. News - Fastest Man (1954)

New Mexico. SV & CU Lieutenant Colonel John Stapp being strapped into the land sled. SV rockets being readied. GV 3,500 feet long runway. SV sled at end of runway. CU John Stapp ready for run. LV pan, sled making its run - cloud of water shoots up as sled is slowed down. CU Stapp’s reaction as the rocket starts off. SV pan, rocket slowing down. SCU Lieutenant Colonel John Stapp. (F.G.) (Orig.D.) 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 British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé w