| SYDNEY'S OLD OBSERVATORY Sydney's old observatory at operation. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8937 | |
| Catalog #: | 82654 | |
| Clip Number: | 82654-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 4043 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:30:31 - 01:31:45 | |
| Location: | Sydney, Australia. | |
| Year Shot: | 1965 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CLOCKS: Misc LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: New South Wales, Sydney SCIENCE: Astronomy, Observatories & Planetariums | |
| Description: | SYDNEY'S OLD OBSERVATORY Sydney, Australia. "One o'clock Ball is Right on Time" GV. Exterior of Sydney observatory which was built more than one hundred years ago. Various shots of the doors opening and a large telescope goes out to search the skies. Various shots of Dr Wood in position studying the stars. He then looks through a microscope at a still taken by the telescope camera. CU. Still. CU. Mechanism of the timing system in the observatory. MS. The time ball. MS. The time ball dropping at exactly one o'clock. GV. Observatory. | |
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