The Meteorological Office

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2570

Date Released

3 Sep 1978

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Meteorological Office
2. 2Contemporary Art Exhibition

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

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 Weather Bulletins for the radio, television, airports and many other bodies are prepared. HM the Queen recently visited the Met Office and was shown the Viewdata System which collects weather conditions from all over the world. SHOTLIST: CU rain on pavement. MS pan across sea of umbrellas. GV Cowes High Street raining. GV Royal Yacht Squadron. MS sun PB from 2 children playing in sand (Ruislip Lido). Small boy plays in sand. CU boy in rubber ring. MS boys in paddle boats. CU woman under umbrella. MS woman wearing bikini. MS group of boys on floating pontoon. MS woman in bikini in water. CU bottom of woman in bikini. CU Meteorological Office sign. GV Met Office, Bracknell. MS the Queen arrives at foyer of the Met Office. Pan from ‘Viewdata’ to Queen looking on. CU keyboard for ‘Viewdata’. MS Queen looks on. Lacing up of magnetic data tape. CU start buttons being keyed. MCU operating stands to watch tracing. MS tracing begins. CU tracing. Ditto. PB from tracing on its final stage. MS operator peels off tracing and rolls it up. Zoom into man unrolling meteorological balloon. Pan along balloon on floor. CU hand on gas tap. Zoom out from balloon inflating. MS balloon being taken out of shed. MS man holds balloon transmitter. MS man lets go of balloon. MS transmitter is launched. MS balloon ascends. Man opens beehive type box containing weather instruments. Various of meteorological equipment. CU observations written down on pad. MS man types out observations on teleprinter. CU typing. MS observations being received at Bracknell Telecom Centre. CU operator press ‘run on’ button. CU data sheet. MCU operator tears off data checks. Tilt up computer forecast chart as printed. MS girl tears off forecast from machine & puts them into lift which goes to Central Forecasting Room. MS lifts in Central Forecasting room man takes forecast sheets from lift. GV computer analysis desk - man with forecast sheets. CU man. CU forecast sheets lifted to compare with computer forecast sheets. CU forecast sheets penciled in. Tilt down to chief forecaster checking off satellite pictures. MS tilt up as chief forecaster receives more info. MCU chief draws in info from satellite picture. CU drawing on forecast chart. GV chief as he receives typed copy of future forecast for checking. CU copy. CU chief forecaster. CU forecast map. GV Viewdata operator at keyboard. CU television screen as weather forecast is typed out. CU keyboard. CU screen with example of type of information that could be received by householders.

Keywords

Weather

Locations

Isle of Wight; Cowes; Middlesex; Berkshire; Bracknell; Ruislip Lido

Card file number

78/124

Credits:

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Camera

Richard Day

Length of story (in feet)

470

Story extras:

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