John Straford began experimenting with animation in Let's Go Roman (1956), made the same year.
Post-synched music and sound effects accompany the mute 9.5mm film.
The Straford brothers combine a live-action background and cut-out animation for the rocket, and use stop-motion animation techniques for the alien radar.
The original film was transferred to DVD, as part of a compilation of Straford family films, before it was deposited in the National Film and Sound Archive.