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  1. A Royal Astronomer and the Astronomer Royal

    Date released
    27 Jul 1925
    Series name
    Topical Budget
    Issue no
    726-2
    NoS ID
    130094
    Story no
    4 / 5

    King George V and Queen Mary visit the Greenwich Observatory to mark the 250th anniversary of its founding.

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Time Will Tell

    Date released
    22 Feb 1968
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2020A
    NoS ID
    027264
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Time Will Tell. DESCRIPTION: Another argument concerns the Bill to make British Summer Time - or Standard Time as it’s called - a permanent thing. We visit the observatory where GMT...

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. Time on Their Hands

    Date released
    23 Jun 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2090
    NoS ID
    027906
    Story no
    4 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Time on Their Hands. DESCRIPTION: Commuters and British Rail sometimes have slight differences about time, but its the job of these men at Reading to at least keep the hands of time...

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  8. Heritage Year

    Date released
    13 Apr 1975
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2393
    NoS ID
    030658
    Story no
    2 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Heritage Year. DESCRIPTION: In European Heritage Year - a New UN Building in Vienna - and a New Olympia Ice Rink in Seefeld. In Great Britain, under the Chairmanship of the Duke of...

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