Why does footage of rocket launches by space agencies look so slow?

Question

You see video of rockets with munitions in them like surface -to-air and plane mounted rockets and they seem to move so quick. Why do these massive rockets seem to move slow? Is it payload? Do they speed up as they reach the stratosphere?

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Answer 1

It’s because they’re shot from very far away. Same as when you see a plane in the sky that looks like it’s going slow as molasses, even though in reality it’s traveling hundreds of miles per hour.