New Telescope is Britain’s Biggest

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

254

Date Released

16 Apr 1934

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Scouts of Scotland Welcome the Prince
2. 2New Telescope is Britain’s Biggest
3. 3Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: First snapshot is sailing Australian Test team at Melbourne in quest of elusive "Ashes"
4. 4Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Lakenhurst, NJ - Testing new parachutes
5. 5Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Godstone - Old Crocks hill-climb
6. 6Picture Paragraphs in the Week’s News: Waikiki - A true fish story
7. 7Great Fire in Japan Takes Ghastly Toll
8. 8England v Scotland Soccer International at Wembley

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Telescope Is Britain’s Biggest. DESCRIPTION: Dr Spencer Jones, the Astronomer Royal, tells how giant instrument explores heavens. SHOTLIST: Shot of Dr Spencer Jones speaking of the instrument. Shot of the doors of the observatory opening. Shot of the telescope and of the moon as seen through same. Shot of the interior of the observatory and the telescope being reset. Shot of the total eclipse of the sun by the moon taken through the telescope.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Space

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2874

Length of story (in feet)

97

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