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  1. Star Turns Star Gazer

    Date released
    10 Aug 1933
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    256
    NoS ID
    032782
    Story no
    3 / 6

    Will Hay discovers spot on Saturn. "School-master comedian" tells how he located white blemish on planet.

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  2. Searching the Heavens

    Date released
    28 Sep 1933
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    643
    NoS ID
    333291
    Story no
    5 / 5

    NoS Summary - A very large telescope located on the top of a building is demonstrated. British Pathe synopsis: "The secrets of the planets and stars have been brought another step nearer discovery by this...

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  3. Searching the Heavens

    Date released
    12 Oct 1933
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    645
    NoS ID
    333300
    Story no
    1 / 5

    NoS synopsis: Giant Telescope

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  4. To Peer the Heavens

    Date released
    5 Apr 1934
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    324
    NoS ID
    033183
    Story no
    4 / 7

    Giant "eye" for science. Twenty tons of molten glass go to make world’s largest telescope mirror, to be ready in three years.

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  5. World’s Largest Spy Glass

    Date released
    9 Apr 1934
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    391
    NoS ID
    140382
    Story no
    1 / 9
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

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  6. Maybe the Moon Next?

    Date released
    5 Jul 1934
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    350
    NoS ID
    033339
    Story no
    5 / 6

    Another trip to the heavens. US aeronauts prepare equipment for stratosphere ascent in biggest balloon ever built.

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  7. Twenty Ton "Eye" Now Open

    Date released
    26 Dec 1935
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    503
    NoS ID
    034276
    Story no
    3 / 6

    Two hundred inch disc for world’s biggest telescope comes from annealing chamber without flaw.

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  8. Giant "Eye" Crosses US

    Date released
    27 Apr 1936
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    539
    NoS ID
    034479
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 shot list

    From New York to California. Two hundred inch mirror for world’s largest telescope completes trans-continental journey.

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  9. Japan Sees Eclipse

    Date released
    16 Jul 1936
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    562
    NoS ID
    034616
    Story no
    2 / 7

    First pictures from British camp. Paramount cameraman secures unique record of all phases.

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  10. Britain’s £40,000 Telescope

    Date released
    3 Jan 1938
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    781
    NoS ID
    143873
    Story no
    2 / 8

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