Robot Weather Station
Robot Weather Station
Clip: 354014_1_1
Year Shot: 1956
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1617
Original Film: 029-029-03
HD: N/A
Location: Washington, DC
Timecode: 00:02:41 - 00:03:31
Designed for exploration of isolated areas, a robot weather station designed to be Para-dropped, shows how it rights itself, shoots up an aerial, takes weather readings, and radios reports to base, all automatically. Establishing shot - This little weather station laying on the ground looking like a toy. it shoots out extend ions and rights itself up. MS - Something starts spinning on top of the robot and then an antenna, and its signals can be heard 800 miles away. MCUS - Technician receiving transmissions from the weather station in code on a tape recorder. CUS - The Robot Weather Station. otherwise known as the Cricket.