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  1. (Untitled record)

    Date released
    13 Jun 1927
    Series name
    Gaumont Mirror
    Issue no
    19
    NoS ID
    333398
    Story no
    5 / 5

    NoS synopsis: a visit to the Greenwich Observatory

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  2. Measuring the Universe: From the Transit of Venus to the Edge of the Cosmos (2012)

    Subject
    Astronomy

    This short film explains how the transit of Venus was used in previous centuries to make an accurate measure of the distance to the planets, giving astronomers their first inkling of the true scale of space.

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  3. Greenwich Observatory resets time (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with a male speaker (not identified) at the Greenwich Observatory about the loss of one or two seconds at midnight on the 31/12/79 to reset clocks and who it will affect. Female interviewer not...

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  4. Press Release

    Date
    18 Mar 2016, 16:44
    Author
    Alex Morris
    Post Type
    Page

    NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FOR 12TH ANNUAL   LEARNING ON SCREEN AWARDS  Celebrating film and media production in education #LoSAwards   [caption id="attachment_29157" align="aligncenter" width="510"]...

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  5. Royal Greenwich Observatory threatened with closure (1986)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on the news that the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Sussex will have to close and/or relocate as a result of financial cutbacks. Includes Head of the Observatory’s Time Department, Dr John...

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  6. Greenwich Observatory

    Date released
    28 Oct 1926
    Series name
    Empire News Bulletin
    Issue no
    52
    NoS ID
    047668
    Story no
    4 / 8

    Slade catalogue entry: A message from Mars: At Greenwich observatory a keen lookout is being kept for a Martian sign, the planet is a mere 42m miles away.

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  7. The march of time (1981)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary; Special

    The March of Time, presented by Rodney Bennett. Looks at methods of recording and telling time. Visits National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, Sussex. Interviews...

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  8. [Title missing]

    Date released
    27 Jul 1925
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1210
    NoS ID
    084440
    Story no
    4 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

    King and Queen visit Greenwich Observatory on its 250th anniversary.

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  9. Greenwich Time For Paris

    Date released
    9 Mar 1911
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    20
    NoS ID
    381624
    Story no
    2 / 7

    One o’clock at the Observatory.

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  10. Royal Observatory

    Date released
    23 Jun 1963
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    443
    NoS ID
    121397
    Story no
    2 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: ... that castle is at Herstmonceaux, Sussex, the place mentioned in the Domesday Book where the Greenwich Observatory has now re-established itself. We see its big 36-inch telescope that...

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