News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1078

Date Released

30 Jan 1950

Date submitted

26 Jan 1950

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Newsreel Association Having Offered Equal Facilities to the Three Political Parties, Present in This Issue of British Movietone News an Interview with Mr Clement Davies.
• 2. India - A Republic
• 3. Royal Visit to New Town
• 4. Sun Studies
• 5. RAF Survey

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sun Studies From USA. DESCRIPTION: Harvard University’s Observatory at Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been making special photographic studies of the sun. They are called corona-graphs and are taken by a specially designed telescopic camera. SHOTLIST: KS. MS Observatory, dome revolving. Interior - person looks through telescope. CU of the sun, showing only part of same. Dr Menzel looking at ‘stills’ of the sun. Various shots of the sun. Explosions on the sun.

Keywords

Science and technology

Locations

Cambridge; Massachusetts, USA

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

53124

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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