Europe’s Largest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1690
Date Released
23 Oct 1961
Date submitted
19 Oct 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Europe’s Largest. DESCRIPTION: They call it a radome. Nearly 70 feet in diameter and over 50 feet high, it’s designed to protect radar installations from the weather. The radome is made of 300 large panels of reinforced plastic which can withstand the extremes of hurricane force winds and below zero temperatures. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS Radome. GV same. CU pan ditto. MS men in Radome. GV Radome.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Science and technology
Locations
United Kingdom
Card file number
83342
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
James Humphries
Length of story (in feet)
57
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Europe’s Largest', British Movietone News Issue No. 1690, 23 Oct 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24324 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)