19551950s NEWSREELS
NEW STORIES: FEBRUARY 1955
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84TH CONGRESS CONVENES
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WHITE HOUSE, CIRCA 1955.
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MEMBERS OF CONGRESS STAND ON STEPS
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FORMER VICE PRESIDENT ALBEN BARKLEY VISITS SENATE
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DEMOCRATS CLEMMENTS, GEORGE, JOHNSON, & HENNINGS ?SP.
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| 00:21:15 21.57 |
VICE PRESIDENT NIXON SWEARS IN OREGON'S NEWBERGER.
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| 00:21:21 27.57 |
SPEAKER MARTIN JOKES AROUND. INTERCUTS MEMBERS STANDING & CLAPPING.
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PRESIDENT EISENHOWER COMES BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
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IKE SUMMARIZES "OUR FAITH WILL SURELY PREVAIL."
STANDING OVATION. |
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PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ADDRESSES CONGRESS
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AN HEROIC RESCUE AT SEA.
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FISHING BOAT CAUGHT & CRIPPLED BY ATLANTIC STORM.
TOSSED AROUND, WATER HITS DECKS. |
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LINER QUEEN OF BERMUDA GUIDED BY COAST GUARD PLANES TO BOAT
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CU PILOT
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TINY LIFE BOAT PICKS UP-RESCUES MEN FROM FISHING BOAT. BOBS UP & DOWN IN WAVES.
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HUGE LINER VERY CLOSE TO FISHING BOAT.
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| 00:22:55 121.57 |
LIFE BOAT CLOSE TO LINER, PEOPLE WATCH FROM DECK OF LINER. MAN IN TUXEDO.
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| 00:23:00 126.57 |
POV FROM LINER LOOKING DOWN AT LIFE BOAT. LADDER THROWN DOWN
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| 00:23:04 130.57 |
CANADIAN LIVES AS AN ESKIMO.
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| 00:23:09 135.57 |
ARCTIC VILLAGE. DOG SLED TEAM, HUSKIES.
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CANADIAN CAMERAMAN, DOUG WILKENSON.
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YOUNG ESKIMO BOY COMES OUT OF DOOR OF IGLOO. CARRIES SKIN.
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CHOPPING FROZEN SEAL MEAT FOR DOGS. DOGS COME RUNNING FROM ALL DIRECTIONS.
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CU MOTHER CARRYING PAPOOSE ON BACK.
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SLED DOGS CHOW-EAT SEAL MEAT.
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| 00:23:36 162.57 |
FROZEN VILLAGE IN THE FAR NORTH.
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| 00:23:39 165.57 |
VISIT TO PTA'S NEW HEADQUARTERS IN CHICAGO
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EXTERIOR PARENT-TEACHERS BUILDING. CHICAGO. PLAQUES ON WALL
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TYPICAL PTA FAMILY ENTERS BUILDING.
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| 00:23:59 185.57 |
MRS. NEWTON LENORD, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS MEETS FAMILY
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| 00:24:06 192.57 |
THE ADEN FAMILY TOURS HEADQUARTERS. MEET MARGARET WELLS ASSISSTANT TO DIRECTOR. SHOWS KIDS PTA MAGAZINE.
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| 00:24:25 211.57 |
LIBRARIAN PULLS OUT BOOK FROM HUGE WALL. SHOWS CHILDREN PHOTOS.
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| 00:24:37 223.57 |
WOMAN WALKS PAST ROWS OF FILING CABINETS
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| 00:24:39 225.57 |
KIDS LOOK AT SLIDES FROM FILING CABINET
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| 00:24:42 228.57 |
SHOW CHILDREN ADDRESSING SYSTEM. PRINTS LABELS FOR SENDING OUT PAMPHLETS. CU LABELS SPITTING OUT OF MACHINE.
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MAIL ROOM MEN SORTING MAIL & PUT INTO SACKS.
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FAMILY WALKS THROUGH BUILDING
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CU PLAQUE ON BUILDING
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MILITARY SCIENCE HEADQUARTERS. HEADLINES
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MAN WEARS A JUMPSUIT STRUNG WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS &
HOLDS TWO SQUARES STRUNG WITH LIGHTS |
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AT NIGHT, SHOWS MAN & SQUARES LIT UP HELPS GUIDE PLANES IN. TELLS PILOT WHICH WAY TO GO LOOKS LIKE HEADLESS ROBOT.
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PLANE SITS ON PLATFORM ON BACK OF TRUCK (WORLD'S SMALLEST AIRPORT)! LAUNCHES, BOOSTER JET IS DROPPED
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| 00:25:56 302.57 |
GROTON, CONNETICUT: WORLD'S FIRST ATOMIC SUBMARINE, NAUTILUS. SAILS OUT TO SEA.
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NATURAL HISTORY: THE WORLD OF FISH
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MONTAGE FISH SWIMMING
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AQUARIUM IN HOLLAND.
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MAN LOOKS INTO GLASS TANK
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PEOPLE WALK IN FRONT OF TANK WITH HERMIT CRABS.
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HUGE STING RAY SWIMS WITH HUGE FINS.
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SHARK IN TANK WITH SMALLER PILOT FISH
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TINY SEAHORSE
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SEA TURKEY. MASS OF FEATHERY SPINES.
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SEA TURTLE
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KISSING FISH
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ARCHER FISH SPITS DROPS OF WATER TO CATCH INSECTS.
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MICROPHONE IN TANK CAPTURES FISH MAKING NOISES.
GRUNTS TO COMMUNICATE |
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SCHOOL OF FISH
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AVIATION. AN AERIAL GEOGRAPHY LESSON.
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| 00:29:00 486.57 |
BEACH RESORT ON ENGLAND'S SOUTHERN COAST,
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| 00:29:05 491.57 |
WORKING ON AIRLINER IN HANGAR.
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| 00:29:13 499.57 |
PLANE TAKES OFF TO AUSTRALIA.
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| 00:29:21 507.57 |
AERIAL OVER DOVER'S WHITE CLIFFS.
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PLANE IN FLIGHT
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CU COCKPIT, INSTRUMENT PANEL, PILOTS. LOOK AT PLANS.
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PEOPLE INSIDE PLANE MEN PACE READING NEWSPAPERS,
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POV LOOKING AT ALPS FROM PLANE
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AERIAL OVER ROME. ST. PETER'S SQUARE. VICTOR EMMANUEL MEMORIAL
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| 00:30:01 547.57 |
AERIAL OVER ATHENS. PARTHENON.
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| 00:30:16 562.57 |
AERIAL OVER SAUDI ARABIA.
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| 00:30:21 567.57 |
CU SPINNING PROPELLER OF PLANE
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MEN SET UP CIGARETTES & COINS TO TEST THE PLANE'S SMOOTHNESS. INTERCUTS PROPELLER.
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AERIAL OVER AGRA, NORTHERN INDIA. TAJ MAHAL.
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AERIAL OVER BURMA.
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AERIAL OVER SINGAPORE
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CLOUDS AS SEEN FROM PLANE
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AERIAL OVER AUSTRALIA. NORTHERN TERRITORY BROAD LAND OF PLATEAUS & MOUNTAINS.
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AERIAL OVER MELBOURNE.
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COMMERCIAL PLANE COMES IN FOR LANDING. BIG CROWD AWAITS ITS ARRIVAL. TAKING PICTURES PHOTOGRAPHS
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| 00:31:38 644.57 |
PLANE CREW WALKS DOWN PLANE'S STEPS
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| 00:31:41 647.57 |
POV CLOUDS FROM PLANE
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| 00:31:56 662.57 |
SPORTS. DAVIS CUP COMES BACK TO AMERICA. TENNIS
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| 00:32:00 666.57 |
MONTAGE TONY TRABERT OF US & HOAD OF AUSTRALIA.
TRABERT WINS. VIC SECIUS OF US & KEN ROSWALL. SECIUS WINS |
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AERIAL OVER SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, CIRCA 1955
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| 00:32:12 678.57 |
PARKING LOT. FILLED WITH CARS, PEOPLE
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| 00:32:17 683.57 |
SPORTS FANS GOING INTO STADIUM.
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| 00:32:19 685.57 |
STADIUM FILLED WITH PEOPLE 75,000 FANS PANS BLEACHERS
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| 00:32:34 700.57 |
COMPETITORS COME OUT ON COURT. MEN'S SINGLES, TENNIS MATCH. TONY TRABERT, U.S. WINS. WHITE SUIT JACKETS.
INTERCUTS SPECTATORS. |
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CU MALE SPORTS FAN WITH LOOK OF DISAPPOINTMENT
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SAME MAN GREAT FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
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| 00:33:09 735.57 |
DAVIS CUP TENNIS MATCH, MALE. AMERICAN WINS, JUMPS NET CONGRATULATES OPPONENT.
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| 00:33:37 763.57 |
FRUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN FAN WIPES BROW LOOKS DISGUSTED.
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| 00:33:39 765.57 |
MEN'S DOUBLES TENNIS PLAYERS WALK ON COURT SEIXAS, TRABERT
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MONTAGE SPORTS FANS WOMAN WEARS HUGE STRAW HAT.
GRUMPY OLD MAN. |
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MEN'S DOUBLES TENNIS MATCH.
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DISAPPOINTED SPORTS FANS
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MATCH POINT, TENNIS.
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| 00:34:08 794.57 |
PRIME MINISTER, AUSTRALIA. JOVIAL JOLLY MAN ENJOYS SPORTING EVENT
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AMERICA WINS MATCH. DAVIS CUP
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| 00:34:18 804.57 |
LOSING FANS IN STADIUM. MAN PUTS HEAD IN HAND
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| 00:34:24 810.57 |
AMERICAN PLAYERS POSE WITH DAVIS CUP.
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| 00:34:27 813.57 |
PLANE BRINGS CUP HOME IN CRATE. BILLY TALBERT, HAMILTON RICHARDSON.
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| 00:34:42 828.57 |
OPEN CRATE & POSE WITH SILVER CUP.
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| 00:34:55 841.57 |
PERSONAL HISTORY: COL. JOHN PAUL STAPP, TEST PILOT
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| 00:35:07 853.57 |
AIR FORCE COL. STAPP POSES FOR PHOTOGRAPHS IN STUDIO.
CURTAIN BEHIND HIM. |
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STAPP GETS PREPARED FOR RIDE, FLIGHT SUIT.
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| 00:35:18 864.57 |
GETS INTO SPECIAL "SLED". GIZMO. ODDITY
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| 00:35:21 867.57 |
CU RAILS ON TRACK.
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| 00:35:26 872.57 |
MAN TURNS VALVES ON ROCKET ATTACHED TO SLED
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| 00:35:28 874.57 |
SHED-SHACK.
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MAN AT CONTROL PANEL WEARS HEADPHONES.
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ROCKET SLED TAKES OFF. 150 MPH. CU COL. STAPP AT WHEEL. LOSES MOUTH PIECE
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SLED COMES TO ABRUPT SPLIT SECOND STOP. SURREAL.
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| 00:35:46 892.57 |
CU STAPP AT WHEEL SHAKING OFF EFFECTS OF RAPID DECELERATION.
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| 00:35:53 899.57 |
STAPP COMES OUT OF CRAZY SPEED MACHINE, PSYCHED FOR NEXT RIDE
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| 00:35:57 903.57 |
JUNE, 1954 SIX ROCKETS ATTACHED TO "SLED". MEN PREPARE FOR FLIGHT.
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| 00:36:09 915.57 |
CU MAN TURNS KNOBS OF CONTROL PANEL.
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| 00:36:10 916.57 |
CU STAPP READY FOR TAKE OFF
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| 00:36:12 918.57 |
SLED IS CATAPULTED DOWN TRACK AT 421 MPH.
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| 00:36:14 920.57 |
CU STAPP'S FACE DISTORTED FROM SPEED.
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| 00:36:21 927.57 |
WATER BRAKES CHECK SPEED. SLOWS DOWN SLED ON TRACKS
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| 00:36:24 930.57 |
COL. AT END OF LINE-TRACKS.
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| 00:36:32 938.57 |
DECEMBER, 1954, WORKER LOWERS SLED, MEN PUT 9 ROCKETS ON MACHINE.
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| 00:36:52 958.57 |
STAPP IN SLED, 4 NYLON BELTS HOLD HIM IN SEAT, LOTS OF MEN FUSSING OVER DRIVER. HELMET PUT ON.
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| 00:37:07 973.57 |
SLED GOES 632 MPH. DOWN TRACK.
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| 00:37:12 978.57 |
COMES TO A SHATTERING STOP. COL. MOMENTARILY STUNNED, MAN SPRINTS TOWARD SLED. CHECKS STAPP.
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| 00:37:25 991.57 |
COL. STAPP IN PHOTOGRAPHERS STUDIO
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| 00:37:34 1000.57 |
ASTRONOMY. PUSHING BACK THE FRONTIERS OF SPACE.
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| 00:37:44 1010.57 |
HIGH ON MOUNTAIN PEAK STANDS AN OBSERVATORY
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| 00:37:50 1016.57 |
BUILDING HOUSING MOST POWERFUL TELESCOPE. LICK OBSERVATORY. MOUNT HAMILTON, NEAR SAN FRAN.
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| 00:38:00 1026.57 |
JAMES LICK'S CRYPT AT BASE OF TELESCOPE.
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| 00:38:07 1033.57 |
HIGH SHOT, OBSERVATORY
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| 00:38:11 1037.57 |
AERIAL LICK OBSERVATORY & TELESCOPE
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| 00:38:20 1046.57 |
PANS TOWERING TELESCOPE. DWARFS MAN LOOKING INTO IT.
TURNS MINI SHIP LIKE WHEELS |
| 00:38:38 1064.57 |
CU INNER WORKINGS OF TELESCOPE, QUITE LIKE WATCH.
PRECISION. |
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MAN SITS AT CONTROL BOARD WRITING. CLOCKS. CU CLOCK WITH SIDEREAL (STAR) TIME. DIALS MOVING.
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| 00:38:58 1084.57 |
CU MONTAGE TELESCOPE TOWERING OVER WORKER.
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| 00:39:15 1101.57 |
CU MODEL OF TELESCOPE
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| 00:39:31 1117.57 |
LANDSCAPE, PASADENA MOUNTAINS.
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| 00:39:38 1124.57 |
MOUNT WILSON OBSERVATORY. SOLAR TELESCOPES.
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| 00:39:50 1136.57 |
JAMES HICKOCK, INSIDE TOWER, PHOTOGRAPHS THE SUN.
LOTS OF ASTROLOGICAL PHOTO EQUIPMENT. PLATES. |
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60 INCH TELESCOPE AT MOUNT WILSON.
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| 00:40:37 1183.57 |
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,
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| 00:40:41 1187.57 |
200 INCH HALE TELESCOPE.
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| 00:41:08 1214.57 |
MAN STANDS AT MODEL OF HALE TELESCOPE.
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| 00:41:16 1222.57 |
CU MAN OPENING COVER WHICH PROTECTS THE LENS. OPENS LIKE PETALS OF FLOWER.
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PANS MOUNT PALOMAR
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SCHOOL CHILDREN GET ASTRONOMY LESSON.
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| 00:42:12 1278.57 |
ASTRONOMER HIGH UP IN CAGE, FOCUSES THE MIRROR ON STARS.
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| 00:42:26 1292.57 |
PANS SKY FILLED WITH STARS. MONTAGE OF STARS INTERCUTS TELESCOPE.
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| 00:43:00 1326.57 |
CU SATURN & IT'S RINGS.
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| 00:43:04 1330.57 |
CU MOON.
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| 00:43:11 1337.57 |
NIGHTTIME OBSERVATORY ON HILL.
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