TIL Moonraker (1979) was filmed before the NASA's Space Shuttle program launched, so no stock footage of a shuttle launch was available.

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TIL Moonraker (1979) was filmed before the NASA's Space Shuttle program launched, so no stock footage of a shuttle launch was available. Shuttle models attached to bottle rockets and signal flares were used for take-off, and the smoke trail was created with salt that fell from the models.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonraker_(film)#Filming
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