| ROYAL OBSERVATORY An item about Herstmoneaux Castle home to the Greenwich Observatory. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6047 |
| Catalog #: | 503229 | |
| Clip Number: | 503229-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 443 | |
| Timecode: | 01:09:38 - 01:11:04 | |
| Location: | Herstmoneaux, Sussex. | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Palaces / Castles CLOCKS: Time LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Sussex SCIENCE: Astronomy, Observatories & Planetariums | |
| Description: | ROYAL OBSERVATORY An item about Herstmoneaux Castle home to the Greenwich Observatory. Herstmoneaux, Sussex. Herstmoneaux castle is home to the Greenwich Observatory. Various shots of the castle, pan to the observatory on a nearby hill. Various shots showing the observatory domes. C/U of a massive telescope coming out of a hatch in the dome. Various shots inside the dome. Observer Norman Walker sits in a chair at the base of the telescope and moves it with levers. Various shots of Senior Experimental Officer Philip Laurie operating the "four-inch photo-heliograph" - it is his job to photograph sunspots. Various C/Us of the "weird apparatus" inside the dome, including a "gadget that keeps the telescope in line with the earth's spin". Some more shots of the exterior of the observatory. | |
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