New Telescope
Series
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Issue
Story
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- 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:
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- Camera
- Cedric Baynes
- Length of story (in feet)
- 115
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How to cite this record
'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)