Weather Robot
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 8
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Weather Robot. DESCRIPTION: The Grasshopper a quaint device which will be used as a miniature weather station by the United States Navy. Dropped by parachute, the Grasshopper will play an important part in Operation Deep Freeze to be held in the Antarctic. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the Grasshopper. Shots of the Grasshopper standing up by itself. LS aerial comes up out of the Grasshopper. TPS of the Grasshopper. MCU of the Grasshopper. Panning shot up the aerial. Interior of receiving station with equipment that monitors the Grasshopper.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Science and technology; Navy; Military
- Locations
- United States of America
- Footage sources
- United States of America
- Card file number
- 66526
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 65
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