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  1. Weather Satellite

    Date released
    1 Dec 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1643A
    NoS ID
    023882
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Weather Satellite. DESCRIPTION: Tiros II, launched from Cape Canaveral by a Thor-Delta rocket, is a 280 pound satellite, packed with many instruments, including television cameras and...

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  2. Eye in the Sky

    Date released
    18 Apr 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1611
    NoS ID
    023563
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eye in the Sky. DESCRIPTION: Tiros I stands for Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite, and it marks a new adventure in space: weather observation. It’s packed full of...

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  3. New Aerial for Goonhilly

    Date released
    4 Dec 1972
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2270
    NoS ID
    029674
    Story no
    3 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Goonhilly New Aerial. DESCRIPTION: The new aerial inaugurated at Goonhilly, Cornwall - 97’ in diameter; and cost about £2 1/2m. SHOTLIST: GV aerial No 3 pan up to dish. SLV dish of...

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  4. Moonstruck

    Date released
    31 Dec 1956
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1439
    NoS ID
    021398
    Story no
    5 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Viking Rocket. DESCRIPTION: The observatory at Bloomfontein in South Africa was chosen for an experiment in Moon-gazing, using a special television camera mounted on a 27 1/2 telescope....

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  5. Pictures from Space

    Date released
    16 Jul 1962
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1728
    NoS ID
    024708
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pictures From Space. DESCRIPTION: Telstar, the television relay-station in space, is the first commercially-owned satellite ever to be launched. The receiving station in England,...

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  6. Looking at the Weather

    Date released
    6 Oct 1969
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2105
    NoS ID
    028033
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Looking at the Weather. DESCRIPTION: While the most advanced Satellite Earth Station in the world - that bounces telephone and live television signals half way round the globe - is...

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  7. The Meteorological Office

    Date released
    3 Sep 1978
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2570
    NoS ID
    031184
    Story no
    1 / 2

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Weather Forecasting Today. DESCRIPTION: Weather information from all over the British Isles is gathered at the Meteorological Headquarters at Bracknell, Berkshire. It is here that the...

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  8. Like a Diamant in the Sky

    Date released
    24 Feb 1966
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1916A
    NoS ID
    026338
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Like a Diamant in the Sky. DESCRIPTION: The launching of France’s Diamant Rocket at the rocket base at Hamaguir in the Sahara Desert. Mounted on its Diamant rocket, the Diapason...

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  9. Expo ‘67

    Date released
    4 May 1967
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1978A
    NoS ID
    026872
    Story no
    3 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Expo ‘67. DESCRIPTION: The World’s greatest Exhibition to mark Canada’s 100th Birthday. Prime Minister Lester Pearson lights the Centennial Expo Flame at the opening. The theme of...

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  10. The Seychelle Islands - A Tropical Paradise in the Indian Ocean - Where the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester Arrive to Attend the Independence Celebrations

    Date released
    18 Jul 1976
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    2459
    NoS ID
    030844
    Story no
    1 / 1

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Seychelles Independence. DESCRIPTION: For the past ten years these beautiful and exotic islands have sought independence and now, with good wishes from the retiring Governor, Mr Colin...

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