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Listening Post

Date released

8 Jan 1940

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

510

NoS ID

124422

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Somewhere in England skilled listeners and linguists of the BBC eavesdrop on all parts of the world. They take down as many as 150 bulletins from 22 different countries, and each item has to be timed to the...

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Skynet

Date released

1971

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

80

NoS ID

325406

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: Hovering 22,000 miles above the Indian Ocean is a communications satellite which can relay signals across Eurasia. Originally developed for defence purposes, it can transmit and receive...

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Skynet

Date released

1971

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

80

NoS ID

329458

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: Hovering 22,000 miles above the Indian Ocean is a communications satellite which can relay signals across Eurasia. Originally developed for defence purposes, it can transmit and receive...

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'Daventry Calling

Date released

30 Jul 1925

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

727-1

NoS ID

130099

Story no

3 / 5

[1ST SUBTITLE]: "...Wind and rain against my voices fight in vain’: Postmaster-General opens ‘5XX’, the world’s greatest broadcasting station." Shot of the wireless masts. Group of officials standing...

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Sunspots Play Queer Tricks in America

Date released

15 Apr 1940

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

952

NoS ID

037239

Story no

2 / 8

Recent severe electric storms in America now attributed to sunspots. Atlantic radio, long-distance telephones and other communications suffer considerable interference.

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USA colonisation of pacific islands

Date released

1935

Series name

The March of Time 1st Year

Issue no

5

NoS ID

352118

Story no

1 / 3

BFI synopsis: Colonisation of three Pacific islands to further air communications.

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Communications For Survival

Series name

London Line

Issue no

271

NoS ID

326502

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Communications Under Pressure

Date released

1969

Series name

London Line

Issue no

259

NoS ID

326490

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Satellite Communications

Date released

1967

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

431

NoS ID

328672

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: An official satellite tracking station established at Kettering Boys School.

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The War in New Guinea

Date released

16 Dec 1943

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

43/100

NoS ID

100214

Story no

6 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Australian infantry advance through New Guinea in open country. Signallers manage to maintain communications under the most difficult conditions. Native helpers who act as bearers are assisting the troops in...

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