Need name of old si-fi movie

[myvols2002]

I don't remember much but here goes. I watched this movie in the early 70's. There is a rocket ship (I believe) that is flying around the earth and once it passes everything behind it melts. One scene has a father and son or daughter playing in the snow and this ship passes over them and the whole area turns to molten rock. I know that it is not "When Worlds Collide". Sorry but this is all that I remember. Thanks for any help.

I'm still trying to figure this out. I wish that I knew more.

[myvols2002]

I'm still trying to figure this out. I wish that I knew more.

[Tom Arnold]

The Lost Missile 

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051881/

[Tom Arnold]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7_Ri1-QHDA

[ALIEN]

It was "RODAN" (1956)--when Rodan begins to fly, he hits supersonic speeds causing things to melt as he passes by. I do recall the scene you recall with a Father and his daughter on a snowy slope, ducking and covering as Rodan flies overhead. They are killed by his fiery wake.

[Ethan Bourne]

Wow, that's a great guess!

I was thinking in terms of rocket-ships and missiles, but never thought of a flying monster achieving supersonic speeds.

[Tom Arnold]

Well, that is correct about Rodan, though he sorta knocks stuff down more he than incinerates. There is almost exactly the same scene in The Lost Missile. I dismissed Rodan because the OP did not mention a giant monster. In The LM, the rocket burns, melts, and flames everything in its path as it flies over.

[Ethan Bourne]

It's too bad that the OP didn't specify whether the film was in color (Rodan) or b/w (Lost Missile).

[Tom Arnold]

Yes! Or it was a Japanese monster movie, too! :)

[ALIEN]

that would help--but aren't all fuzzy memories B/W? ;)