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  1. Cosmic Ray Balloon

    Date released
    Sep 1965
    Series name
    Carrousel Britanico
    Issue no
    14
    NoS ID
    324651
    Story no
    1 / 5

    COI synopsis: Floating above the English countryside is a huge balloon. It was sent up by British scientists to help them with the exploration of the atmosphere. Attached to it is a geiger counter which...

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  2. Radio Astronomy

    Date released
    Sep 1965
    Series name
    Carrousel Britanico
    Issue no
    14
    NoS ID
    324652
    Story no
    2 / 5

    COI synopsis: The giant radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank in north west England have contributed to both American and Russian space projects by helping to track the course of rockets and satellites. A new...

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  3. A Simple Solution: Wobble Stopper

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    209
    NoS ID
    325894
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Years of painstaking precision engineering go into the manufacture of a single satellite, fitting it out for its years of work in space. But the long thin shape of most satellites contains a...

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  4. Fylingdales Early Warning

    Date released
    5 May 1966
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    593
    NoS ID
    121752
    Story no
    1 / 2
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: The weird radar domes perched on remote Fylingdales Moor look like a lunar outpost but they really are evidence that we’re in the space age. It’s the Ballistic Missile Early Warning...

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  5. A Big Job

    Date released
    22 Aug 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1629
    NoS ID
    023738
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Big Job. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s giant radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is undergoing a major overhaul. The telescope itself has done many a big job, tracking satellites, but...

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  6. Satellite Tracking

    Date released
    1979
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    1084
    NoS ID
    329325
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Kettering Boys’ School has been tracking satellites for the past twenty years and has a few world scoops to its credit. Now the School is recognised as an official tracking station. The...

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  7. The Black Knight

    Date released
    15 Sep 1958
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1528
    NoS ID
    022597
    Story no
    2 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Black Knight. DESCRIPTION: Here it is - the Black Knight ballistic rocket, thrusting its lance right into space, hundreds of miles up in the silent solitudes among the satellites....

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  8. Science And Survival: Kit Pedler

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    This Week In Britain
    Issue no
    802
    NoS ID
    329043
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: From satellites to the electronic toothbrush, our everyday lives are dominated by some miracle of science and technology. But there are many people who fear that technology may be getting out...

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  9. Writing by Wire

    Date released
    24 Jan 1963
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1755A
    NoS ID
    024965
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Writing By Wire. DESCRIPTION: If you have an important document that urgently requires signature by other parties a long way away, the answer could be this machine. Developed by a firm...

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  10. Antiques Fair

    Date released
    21 Sep 1970
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2155
    NoS ID
    028496
    Story no
    2 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Antiques Fair. DESCRIPTION: Twice a year the Chelsea Town Hall is the venue for the famous Chelsea Antique Fair where dealers from all over Britain exhibit the cream of their stock. On...

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