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The Eclipse

Date released

11 Apr 1921

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

762

NoS ID

081868

Story no

5 / 7

Extras

1 film clip

By courtesy of the Astronomer Royal, the Pathe Gazette is able to show how the great eclipse was recorded. Free distribution of millions of pieces of film enabled everybody to be "Eclipse Gazers".

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Pot Shots

Trade Show

6 Apr 1937

Series name

Ace Cinemagazine

Issue no

13

NoS ID

348905

Story no

2 / 5

NoS synopsis: An interview with Will Hay, the well-known film comedian and astronomer, in his astronomical laboratory

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Recording the Eclipse

Date released

23 Jun 1927

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1409; Super Issue No.: 27/50

NoS ID

086053

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Astronomer Royal and assistants all ready at "the Eclipse Camp" in the centre of the "Band of Totality".

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Nameless Star, A (2003)

aka: Bezymyannaya Zvezda

Subject

Drama; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 130 minutes), $25.00

Based on the 1943 stage play, "Steaua Fara Nume" by Romanian Jewish writer Iosef Hechter, writing under the pen name Mihail Sebastian (1907-1945). This version was made for television in 1978, but there was...

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Nightwatchman

Date released

Jun 1969

Series name

Mining Review 22nd Year

Issue no

10

NoS ID

346450

Story no

1 / 4

NoS synopsis: Bill Henshaw, an engineer at Pleasley Colliery, Notts, is an astronomer in his spare time

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London’s New Observatory

Date released

10 Oct 1929

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1649; Super Issue No.: 29/81

NoS ID

087916

Story no

4 / 8

Extras

1 film clip

Sir Frank Dyson - Astronomer Royal - opens University of London’s "new eye upon the stars".

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Young Astronomer

Date released

1 Feb 1943

Series name

Pictorial

Issue no

357

NoS ID

117253

Story no

1 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

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Did You See the Eclipse?

Date released

30 Jun 1927

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

1411; Super Issue No.: 27/52

NoS ID

086071

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe Gazette presents remarkable and exclusive pictures, thanks to invaluable assistance of Sir Frank Dyson, Astronomer-Royal. Scientists and car cameraman prepared for months, with specially designed...

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Galaxy

Date released

1970

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

33

NoS ID

350924

Story no

2 / 5

COI synopsis: The infinity of the Universe presents the astronomer with a constantly changing picture with which it is impossible to keep track. Now the Royal Observatory has handed the job over to a machine...

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Yorkshire. Passing Shadows

Date released

30 Jun 1927

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

827-1

NoS ID

131358

Story no

2 / 5

[SUBTITLE]: "The patient labours of the Royal Observatory Camp at Giggleswick rewarded by a perfect view of the total eclipse." Two astronomers at work on some apparatus. Sir Frank Dyson, the Astronomer...

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