New Telescope

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
67/97
Date Released
3 Dec 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
Britain’s biggest ever telescope and the largest ever built in Western Europe, was the centre of attention at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. It’s a 98 inch instrument named after Sir Isaac Newton, inventor of the first reflecting telescope.
Locations
Herstmonceux
Footage sources
Library
Credits:
Camera
Cedric Baynes
Length of story (in feet)
115
Story extras:
Film clip

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'New Telescope', Pathe News Issue No. 67/97, 3 Dec 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/112876 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)