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  1. Listening to the Stars

    Date released
    27 Jun 1957
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    57/52
    NoS ID
    107718
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Progress on the giant new British radio-telescope under construction at Jodrell Bank.

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  2. Scientific Research

    Date released
    1 Jul 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1465
    NoS ID
    021773
    Story no
    3 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Radio Telescope. DESCRIPTION: Towering over the Cheshire countryside, the world’s largest radio telescope nears completion. Radio waves will tell of cosmic events a thousand million...

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  3. World Begins Geophysical Year

    Date released
    11 Jul 1957
    Series name
    Gaumont British News
    Issue no
    2454
    NoS ID
    074313
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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  4. Dog in Outer Space

    Date released
    7 Nov 1957
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    57/90
    NoS ID
    107938
    Story no
    4 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    The first living being reaches outer space - Laika, the Russian husky passenger in Sputnik the Second.

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  5. Behind the Headlines: Americans at Jodrell Bank

    Date released
    10 Nov 1958
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    2955
    NoS ID
    159069
    Story no
    3 / 8

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  6. New from Venus!

    Date released
    16 Nov 1959
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    59/92
    NoS ID
    108917
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Duke sees scientists who brought about amazing space triumph.

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  7. Man in Space

    Date released
    17 Apr 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1663
    NoS ID
    024064
    Story no
    1 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Man in Space. DESCRIPTION: The Earth looked a delicate blue, floating in a black sky. So said the first man in space after his fabulous journey of 108 minutes, Major Yuri Gagarin, a 27...

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  8. Ears to See Through

    Date released
    8 Jun 1964
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1827
    NoS ID
    025564
    Story no
    1 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ears to See Through. DESCRIPTION: Sir Bernard Lovell, master-mind behind the Jodrell Bank radio telescope, built in 1957, has just introduced the Mark Two Telescope, which has cost...

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  9. Venus Calling!

    Date released
    22 Oct 1967
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    67/85
    NoS ID
    112817
    Story no
    1 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Venus calling loud and clear with Russian approval. In fact, Red Scientists asked that the British Radio Telescope (the best in the world) should listen in. A great Russian achievement - their planet probe...

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