Eyes to Hear With

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2051

Date Released

23 Sep 1968

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eyes to Hear With. DESCRIPTION: A case where seeing is receiving! Developed as an offshoot of research in military communications, binoculars that can be used to hear as well as see, transmitting and receiving messages along an infra-red radiation beam. SHOTLIST: CU man using new radio-binoculars. CU binoculars, lid is opened to reveal concealed radio equipment. CU lid is shut. CU man using binoculars. MLS ditto. Masked shot - view through binoculars of countryside. MLS man with binoculars. Masked shot view through binoculars - viewer locates another man in distance using radio binoculars. MS man with binoculars. CU man talking into microphone. Masked shot other man. CU man with binoculars. MCU another man with binoculars.

Keywords

Science and technology; Newsreels

Locations

United Kingdom; Hampshire; Christchurch

Card file number

93919

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Maurice Ford

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