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  1. New Radio Telescope

    Date released
    20 Nov 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2268
    NoS ID
    029652
    Story no
    1 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Radio Telescope - Colour. DESCRIPTION: The world’s largest radio telescope near Cambridge, handed over to Sir Martin Ryle, Astronomer Royal. SHOTLIST: GV radio telescope in...

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  2. Sun Reflector

    Date released
    24 Aug 1959
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    243
    NoS ID
    120771
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS Summary - Shows how aluminium foil can be used as a reflector used to help promote a suntan and also for wrapping picnic food.

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  3. Space Flight - By Telescope!

    Date released
    12 Jul 1965
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1884
    NoS ID
    026064
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Space Flight - By Telescope!. DESCRIPTION: Just been opened by Lord Bowden, Minister of State for Science, the new radio telescope at Cambridge. It was designed by Martin Ryle who is...

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  4. Eyes on the Stars

    Date released
    26 Jun 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1673
    NoS ID
    024159
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eyes on the Stars. DESCRIPTION: The last word in star gazing is the Interferometer: twin radio telescopes. Each telescope can be driven along railway tracks, so that they can operate at...

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  5. Bomb Destroyer

    Date released
    3 Feb 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/10
    NoS ID
    098562
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Demonstration of a bomb shield or reflector, which would reflect bombs from their targets by means of the cables fixed to the shields. The spinning cables would collect the missile and explode it before it...

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  6. Long View

    Date released
    13 Feb 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2071A
    NoS ID
    027747
    Story no
    2 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Long View. DESCRIPTION: Movietone looks at telescopes, from the archaic devices built by Sir William Herschel in the 18th Century to the latest proposals in Radio Telescopes. The most...

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  7. Titfield Thunderbolt

    Date released
    1 Sep 1952
    Series name
    New Pictorial
    Issue no
    416
    NoS ID
    119430
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    SHOTLIST: (Monkton Combe, Somerset). MS group of people watching train. MS people on platform with train. CU name of train ‘Thunderbolt’. CU pan along chassis of engine. CU buffers. MS train stationary....

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  8. New Aerial for Goonhilly

    Date released
    4 Dec 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2270
    NoS ID
    029674
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Goonhilly New Aerial. DESCRIPTION: The new aerial inaugurated at Goonhilly, Cornwall - 97’ in diameter; and cost about £2 1/2m. SHOTLIST: GV aerial No 3 pan up to dish. SLV dish of...

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  9. Ballroom Champions

    Date released
    12 Mar 1959
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1553A
    NoS ID
    022914
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ballroom Champions. DESCRIPTION: The World’s Ballroom Dancing Championships were won by couple number 8, Brenda Winslade and Desmond Ellison of Great Britain. The dancers came from...

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