New Radio Telescope

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2268

Date Released

20 Nov 1972

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1New Radio Telescope
2. 2Russian Circus
3. 3Royal Silver Wedding. Colour
4. *Malta Special Report

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Radio Telescope - Colour. DESCRIPTION: The world’s largest radio telescope near Cambridge, handed over to Sir Martin Ryle, Astronomer Royal. SHOTLIST: GV radio telescope in background across field. SLV reflector on rails. CU Sir Martin Ryle Astronomer Royal, looking up. SCU Sir Alan Hodgson, President of Royal Society. AS reflector, tilt down & pan to SLV Hodgson making speech. SV crowds. Sir Alan unveils plaque. CU plaque. SV interior operator sitting at telescope control panel. CU as he pushes buttons. GV crowd round reflector. CU Sir Bernard Lovell watching. AS reflector. CU sub reflector & feed horn. GV one of the reflectors on track.

Keywords

Space

Locations

Cambridge

Card file number

98560

Credits:

Camera

David Allan

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

83

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