After the failure of the Ariane 501 launch in June 1996, steps were taken to recover the components of its payload - four Cluster solar science satellites. This film contains the following footage: military recovery vehicles and personnel, on roads and in French Guiana swamps; a helicopter leading the convoy; soldiers with gas masks and machetes; debris from Ariane 501 in swamps, recuperation of pieces: launcher fragments, hydrazine tank; unloading various pieces; red-taped area; charging gas masks; inspection of debris area; personnel in 'Cluster' T-shirts, briefing on waste toxicity; recuperation of electronic boxes and various small pieces; man in orange 'Ariane' suit cuts cables; tearing out large piece of structure with cable; passing over cutters and saw; sorting retrieved parts on roof of vehicle; towing vehicle out of swamp; unloading and hosing down of pieces, measurement of toxicity; removing a large part of the main structure from swamp and lifting onto the truck, debris inside truck; eating on top

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