13170_SFMA1584_rocket_science1
1950s
This clip introduces the Aerojet company and the propellants for rockets that they work with, highlighting some of the successes the rocket manufacturer has had. The clip opens on a man setting off a homemade rocket; smoke shoots out from the top. There is a dissolve to a much bigger cloud of smoke to show the development of rocket science. A rocket is fired up in some sort of testing or launch pad. A plane flies off, then another takes off. Employees leave an Aerojet facility, then there is a cut to a suited man walking towards the Aerojet building. CU of a manual full of contract descriptions. Next, there is a shot of a liquid propellant, followed by a shot of solid propellant. Brief shot of a man tinkering below a plane, then shot of a plane with rocket power flying off. A nicer, larger plane next takes off. Tanks of propellant are shown. CU of a rocket component on a plane, then shot of a 25AL-1000 taking off. Shot of a droppable liquid rocket being let out of a plane; a parachute is released from the rocket as it floats slowly down from the sky. A solid propellant rocket is being loaded into a launching apparatus, then there is a dissolve to a propellant going off. Another shot follows, this one is a smokeless solid propellant rocket. Some men in lab coats work on what are called Nike sustainers, then there is a shot of some machine used for assisted take off. Another rocket-powered aircraft takes off into the air. A machine used to modify thrust in flight is shown briefly, then the launch pad on a boat for the Aerobee Sounding Rocket.