Learning on ScreenThe Stars That Have A Different Birth
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Since pre-history man has been fascinated by the stars, and now, more than at any time, they are yielding secrets that are of immediate value here on Earth. A mica window, one six thousandth of an inch thick is at the heart of ‘Spectracon’, a vacuum tube which turns a telescope into a TV camera for the stars. Astronomers can focus on those remote areas of the Universe wherein may lie whole concepts of energy, and perhaps more clues to the origins of the Universe itself.
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Space; Inventions and discoveries
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 49 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/101
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Fred Goodland
- Presenter
- Howard Williams
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 112 times.
