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Weather Satellite

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1643A
Date Released
1 Dec 1960
Date submitted
28 Nov 1960
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Rally Winners
  2. 2The Archbishop in Holy Land
  3. 3Weather Satellite
  4. 4The Grand Old Man
  5. 5Come Aboard
  6. 6Down Mexico Way

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
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 radio transmitters, to send back weather news from outer space. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS Tiros II (Satellite). MS television camera’s and radio transmitters. CU same. MCU Tiros II LS the firing of Tiros II. MS map of space travel. MCU receiving apparatus. GV the weather man at the controls. GV television screen showing pictures of the clouds. MS photographs. CU photographs. CU another CU photographic drawing of Tiros II in orbit.
Keywords
Weather; Communications; Science and technology; Space; Television
Locations
United States of America
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
81460
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
87
Story extras:

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