Greenwood Lake, New York (1936)

Full title reads: “Greenwood Lake, New York“. United States of America (USA). Postal rocket plane experiment. Various shots of inventor and support team filling fuel tank of small glider aeroplane with liquid oxygen. The inventor wears a protective suit as he goes to light the plane’s fuse. Flames shoot out of tail of plane. It shoot up its launching ramp and then plunges, nose first into the snow. N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. May be dupe of item from 36/15. 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 Vi