Get Rocket, Go Places (1964)

Jetpacks are the new thing in 1964. See footage from first tests here. Full title reads: “Sydney. Get Rocket, Go Places“. Sydney Royal Show, Australia. Australians get to see a one-man rocket powered flying backpack. SV Of the spaceman rocket harness. CU Spaceman’s rocket harness. CU Of the spaceman’s feet pan up to show spaceman about to get into his harness. CU Spaceman Bob Courter being strapped in. CU Spaceman’s hand on the control handle. CU of the hand on the Control handle. LV Of the spaceman, leaving the ground and soaring into the air. He comes towards camera and slowly down towards the ground, touching the ground. He pauses for a second and takes off again almost immediately, and then goes backwards through the air to land where he took off from. (F.G.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT