News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

593

Date Released

5 May 1966

Date recorded

1 Apr 1966

Length of issue (in feet)

675

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Fylingdales Early Warning
• 2. Pedalcar Marathon

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

Pathe synopsis: The weird radar domes perched on remote Fylingdales Moor look like a lunar outpost but they really are evidence that we’re in the space age. It’s the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System where the RAF monitors listen to the sound of the stars, track satellites and meteorites, but their real task is to watch out for a hostile missile that might appear over the 3,000 miles of horizon to the north and east. Computers check everything that comes through the giant dish aerial. Then the V-bombers would be the last link in a chain of events designed to prevent an event...

Keywords

Science and technology; Military

Locations

Yorkshire; England; Yorkshire Moors

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

276

Story extras:

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