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Date released

13 Jun 1928

Series name

Gaumont Mirror

Issue no

71

NoS ID

333626

Story no

1 / 5

NoS synopsis: Some Sussex snapshots lead off with Herstmonceux Castle, Sussex

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Isaac Newton Telescope, The (1968 Film)

Director

Peter Brown

Producer

F B Nicol

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Film (16mm)

The manufacture, testing and installation of the Isaac Newton telescope. The grinding and polishing processes are shown and the assembly at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, Sussex.

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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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Behind the Headlines: Greenwich Mean Time Has New Home

Date released

10 Nov 1958

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2955

NoS ID

159070

Story no

4 / 8

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New Telescope

Date released

3 Dec 1967

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

67/97

NoS ID

112876

Story no

5 / 6

Extras

1 film clip

Britain’s biggest ever telescope and the largest ever built in Western Europe, was the centre of attention at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. It’s a 98 inch instrument named after Sir Isaac Newton,...

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Stairway to the Stars

Date released

4 Dec 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2009

NoS ID

027152

Story no

5 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Stairway to the Stars. DESCRIPTION: The largest Telescope in Europe, at the Royal Observatory, Herstmonceux, will give Astronomers a closer look at the mysteries of space. SHOTLIST: CU...

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Message of Starlight, The (1983 Video)

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

Describes the birth and death of stars. Filmed at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, and at the Department of Astrophysics at Oxford University.

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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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Trugs

Date released

8 Dec 1963

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

467

NoS ID

121458

Story no

1 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A carpet of wood shavings. Strange almost mediaeval tools. This is a craftsman’s workshop which makes a mockery of 20th-century mass production. Deep in the Sussex hills, the Smith family...

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