Eyes to Hear With

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2051
Date Released
23 Sep 1968
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eyes to Hear With. DESCRIPTION: A case where seeing is receiving! Developed as an offshoot of research in military communications, binoculars that can be used to hear as well as see, transmitting and receiving messages along an infra-red radiation beam. SHOTLIST: CU man using new radio-binoculars. CU binoculars, lid is opened to reveal concealed radio equipment. CU lid is shut. CU man using binoculars. MLS ditto. Masked shot - view through binoculars of countryside. MLS man with binoculars. Masked shot view through binoculars - viewer locates another man in distance using radio binoculars. MS man with binoculars. CU man talking into microphone. Masked shot other man. CU man with binoculars. MCU another man with binoculars.
Keywords
Science and technology; Newsreels
Locations
United Kingdom; Hampshire; Christchurch
Card file number
93919
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Maurice Ford
Length of story (in feet)
99
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Eyes to Hear With', British Movietone News Issue No. 2051, 23 Sep 1968. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27556 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)