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Auroral Rocket - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB528568
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: M.W. Thistle, Robert Anderson, Sidney Goldsmith
Directors: Grant Crabtree
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Astronomy, Documentary, Science, Tech/Voc
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1964
Running Time: 14:03
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Auroral Rocket - DVD 
Catalogue Number: NFB528568
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: M.W. Thistle, Robert Anderson, Sidney Goldsmith
Directors: Grant Crabtree
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Astronomy, Documentary, Science, Tech/Voc
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1964
Running Time: 14:03
Click here for pricing
This film shows facilities at the National Research Council's Churchill Research Range at Fort Churchill, Manitoba, which are being used to study the aurora and other upper atmosphere phenomena. The film shows Canadian-built 3000-pound Black Brant rockets being launched to study the aurora at altitudes of 40 to 130 miles.