| TV FROM SPACE Television pictures from America are received at Goonhilly in Cornwall, via Telstar. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5907 |
| Catalog #: | 48896 | |
| Clip Number: | 48896-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 62/57 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:10 - 01:44:50 | |
| Location: | England/United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Satellite ENTERTAINMENT/TELEVISION: Technology LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Florida SPACE EXPLORATION: Rockets | |
| Description: | "TV FROM SPACE". Television pictures from America are received at Goonhilly in Cornwall, via Telstar. Various shots of the huge satellite dish receiving station at Goonhilly Downs. General view of Cape Canaveral as the Thor Delta rocket carrying the Telstar satellite is prepared for blast off (at night). The rocket is fuelled on the launch pad. The rocket takes off and soars into the sky. Back at Goonhilly we see CU of satellite dish and GPO (post office) engineers at work in the control room, waiting for a signal from Telstar. A man sits at another control desk, with a view of the dish. Captain Booth and his team at Goonhilly are seen looking at monitors that are receiving pictures on a screen relayed from America via Telstar, showing Mr Frederick Kappell, Chairman of the American Telephone Company. | |
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