https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b64c14f2-afb2-43ee-a25e-27856bc91cef Produced and directed by Jerry Hill, "Cameras in Space" shows footage shot with motion picture and TV cameras, as well as with lenses developed to overcome the great distance and speeds presented by missile and rocket launches. A Roti camera, which features a 24 inch telescope with a 500 inch focal length capable of using 35mm or 70mm film, is shown. Milestones shown include the launch of the Atlas missile carrying a motion picture camera in 1959, the creation of mosaic maps, and the launch of Tyros 1, the first weather satellite, and the launch of Ranger 7, which took detailed pictures of the moon's surface. 0:00 Advances in scientific and engineering technologies. Limitations of high magnification lenses at long distances. 1:02 - Development of the radar-controlled Roti camera for greater distances. The Roti camera tracks a Titan missile. 1:39 - Atlas missile on its launch pad at Cape Canaveral in August 1959. Mark II Warhead carrying a motion picture camera. 2:34 - Missile launch at 1600 hours on August 24. Camera turned on as warhead separates. 3:01 - Space camera photographs more than 4 million square miles of Earth's surface. 3:10 - Mosaic map created from sequential frames.Tyros 1, the first weather satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral, carrying two small TV cameras. 4:17 - Transmission of weather pictures to the satellite tracking station in Hawaii. Experimental nose cone with 18 scientific experiments, including three live mice. 4:40 - Atlas booster launch from Cape Canaveral. Atlas missile streaking across the sky with the moon as a background. 5:03 - Atlas booster releases its cargo at a predetermined altitude. 5:11 - Multi-colored stars seen without Earth's atmosphere interference. Atlas booster falls back to Earth, meeting a fiery death. 5:30 - Purpose of the color camera to measure Earth's albedo. Nose cone recovery from the sea after re-entry. 6:04 - Atlas missile launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Development of the Atlas system requiring visual records of engine compartment. 6:32 - High-speed motion picture cameras to photograph liftoff and booster staging phases. Liquid oxygen Y-duct and adjacent area targets for cameras. 7:08 - Recording abnormal occurrences during ignition liftoff phase. Camera pods ejected 20 seconds after ignition. 7:33 - Atlas continues its journey towards space. Cameras await photographing booster engine staging phase. 7:49 - One camera faces engine nozzles and Earth; the other faces the top of the missile. Staging sequence at about 50 miles. 8:01 - Staging sequence starts when the two outside booster engines shut down. Bottom section containing the booster engines is jettisoned. 8:18 - Second camera records the booster skirt sliding off, revealing the upper part of the engine compartment and a small Vernier engine. Cameras are released after the staging sequence and recovered from the sea. 8:43 - On November 1, 1963, the first Titan intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a space camera is launched. Titan staging sequence involves firing the second stage engine before releasing the first stage. 9:54 - A second camera-carrying Titan is launched on December 12, 1963, recording the staging sequence from a different angle. Successful use of cameras to record data. 10:23 - Project Mercury documented America's first man in space program on film. 10:41 - All seven astronauts were rated test pilots and engineers, searching for measurable facts. Each Mercury flight carried cameras to record various data. 11:18 - John Glenn records his observations during his flight in the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7. 12:18 - Earlier unmanned flight recorded Earth's view through the periscope carrying the chimpanzee Enos. 12:40 - Earlier Mercury capsule recorded a tropical storm. Flight over the eye of Hurricane Debbie in the North Atlantic. 13:40 - View of Africa, including the Sahara Desert. 14:00 - Nimbus, the second-generation weather system, prepares for launch. 14:14 - Nimbus carrying sophisticated camera systems to scan Earth's entire area daily. 1452 - Ranger 7 takes detailed pictures of the moon's surface. 16:04 - Cameras will continue to be valuable tools for exploration, whether in space or underwater. 16:29 - Field of engineering photography has proved to be a valuable asset to Space Age technology. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. 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