1955 US ARMY FILM THE CORPORAL STORY MGM 5 CORPORAL MISSILE JET PROPULSION LAB CALTECH JC13954

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films Visit Visit our website This film depicts the MGM5 Corporal Missile produced by the US Army in partnership with Caltechs pioneering Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It was initially manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company and was to be for use in Cold War hostilities. The film opens with an introduction provided by Leonard K. Firestone, President of the Rubber Company of California (:49). The missiles story began in 1944 in Washington, DC (1:27). At the Pentagon (1:27), the Office Chief of Ordinance had authorized experimental work in applications of rocket propulsion to artillery range missiles. The program was to be put under the charge of Lieutenant General E. L. Cummings (1:51). The control and coordinator base for the missile projects stemmed from the Redstone arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama (2:04). This was under the charge of General Holger Toftoy (2:28) whom was a pioneer in the gui