Radio Astronomy

Series

Series Name

Carrousel Britanico

Issue

Issue No.

14

Date Released

Sep 1965

Length of issue (in feet)

814

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cosmic Ray Balloon
2. 2Radio Astronomy
3. 3Brazilian Art In London
4. 4Making Rope In Britain
5. 5Atlantic College

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

COI synopsis: The giant radio telescopes at Jodrell Bank in north west England have contributed to both American and Russian space projects by helping to track the course of rockets and satellites. A new radio telescope receives waves from space and these are interpreted by complex computers, which actually steer the telescope. Punch-tape machines record its exact position and the calculations received on automatic typewriters are used for measuring the distance between planets and the earth.

Researcher Comments

NB: The same story appeared in ‘Roundabout No. 32’ as ‘Jodrell Bank’

Keywords

Science and technology; Space; Engineering; Computers and computing

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1168/14

Credits:

Production Co.

British Pathe Ltd.

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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