American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)

Record Details:

Title:
American cinematographer
Date:
Jan-Dec 1963
Publisher:
Hollywood : A.S.C. Agency, Inc.
Volume:
American cinematographer (Jan-Dec 1963)
Leaf #:
000100
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Technical Journals
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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MISSILE BOOSTER separation, as recorded by Milliken Highspeed 16mm cameras. Frame reproductions from film show (1) camera view looking down side of Atlas 7 F missile 50 miles up. Camera is in 2nd stage, aimed at booster. Earth in background, sun at top, left. (2) Separation produces sudden cloud of fuel residue from booster. (3) Second-stage nozzle now visible. Booster is dark shape just above it. (4) Empty booster has turned edgewise toward the camera, appearing as tiny dark ring, center of picture. Photo, lower left, is Atlas missile taking off ot Cape Canaveral, Florida, for successful test flight. Space Cameras Ride A Missile After recording booster separation, cameras were released back to earth in Cook recoverable capsules. By ARTHUR ROWAN w HEN MISSILE BLASTOFFS are written into the feature movie scripts of the future, special ef¬ fects technicians will encounter new and challenging problems in reproducing and staging such events. If you already have such a project on your schedule, then the photos above may interest you. They depict a nose-cone’s eye-view of the actual separation of an At¬ las missile booster in flight as re¬ corded by Milliken 16mm high¬ speed cameras. The performance demonstrates once more the ability of today’s high-precision motion AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER, FEBRUARY, 1963