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Telescope

Date other

17 May 1926

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

NoS ID

383839

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Giant Telescope at Trepstow Observatory, near Berlin.

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James Webb Space Telescope (Jwst) Sunshield Deployment Test

Subject

Space science

A major test of the sunshield for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was conducted in July 2014 by Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California. For the first time, the five sunshield test layers were...

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Space telescope launch (1978)

Genre

Interview

Interview with astronomer Ian Ridpath about the ultraviolet space telescope being launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. Male reporter not identified.

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Morning Call Archive No.18: A selection of interviews: Patrick Moore; Clare Francis. Living in the 17th Century Exhibition - nd [1985]

Morning Call Archive No.18: A selection of interviews from Radio Victory’s Morning Call series, compiled as an archive reel by the station. TRACKS 1-3 PATRICK MOORE. Describes Saturn as seen through...

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Inventions that changed the world (1985)

A series aimed at the under-16s which takes a lighthearted look at the history of invention. Amongst the subject covered are the use of metals and discovery of bronze, the inventions of modern printing, the...

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New Telescope is Britain’s Biggest

Date released

16 Apr 1934

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

254

NoS ID

004763

Story no

2 / 8

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Telescope Is Britain’s Biggest. DESCRIPTION: Dr Spencer Jones, the Astronomer Royal, tells how giant instrument explores heavens. SHOTLIST: Shot of Dr Spencer Jones speaking of...

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Prince Charles Inaugurates Telescope

Date released

28 Oct 1974

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2369

NoS ID

030525

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Prince Charles Inaugurates Telescope. DESCRIPTION: At Siding Spring Observatory, near Coonabarabran, HRH Prince Charles inaugurates the new Anglo-Australian telescope. SHOTLIST: GV...

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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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Listening to Space

Date released

18 Nov 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1798

NoS ID

025331

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Listening to Space. DESCRIPTION: Within a natural crater, in Puerto Rico, ringed by mountain peaks is the site for the largest radar and radio telescope of its kind in the world....

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Ears to See Through

Date released

8 Jun 1964

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1827

NoS ID

025564

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ears to See Through. DESCRIPTION: Sir Bernard Lovell, master-mind behind the Jodrell Bank radio telescope, built in 1957, has just introduced the Mark Two Telescope, which has cost...

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