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1960-07-21_First_Polaris_Firing_By_Submerged_U-Boat.ogv ‎(Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 1 min 29 s, 640 × 480 pixels, 1.94 Mbps overall, file size: 20.49 MB)

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English: Missile Milestone - First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat, Universal International Newsreel, 21 July 1960. Polaris missile loaded from truck to sub at Cape Canaveral, missile hatches opened on USS George Washington, missile fired on 20 July 1960, 1100 miles to its target, then 2nd missile fired.
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Universal City Studios donated their newsreel collection into the public domain, and gave film materials to the National Archives in 1976. The materials reside at College Park, Maryland. [1]

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English: Missile Milestone - First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat, Universal International Newsreel, 21 July 1960. Polaris missile loaded from truck to sub at Cape Canaveral, missile hatches opened on USS George Washington, missile fired on 20 July 1960, 1100 miles to its target, then 2nd missile fired.
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English: Missile Milestone - First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat, Universal International Newsreel, 21 July 1960. Polaris missile loaded from truck to sub at Cape Canaveral, missile hatches opened on USS George Washington, missile fired on 20 July 1960, 1100 miles to its target, then 2nd missile fired.
中文（简体）：UGM-27北极星导弹1960年7月21日首次发射。

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