Process of making glass for telescope mirrors.
Sydney's old observatory at operation.
An enormous telescope seen in Treptow, near Berlin.
Historical film about the achievements of the astronomer Galileo.
New British radio telescope nears completion at Chilbolton.
French astronomer Mr Salkazanov talks about his work.
Australian radio astronomers show a new design system for a radio...
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This item explores properties of light.
A huge telescope is tried out in Newcastle before being...
Photographs of the Moon are taken with the aid of television cameras.
A look at a 14 inch home-made telescope and...
Anthony Crosland opens the new radio telescope at Chilbolton, Hampshire.
Shots of Nancay...
Technicians at work constructing a large mirror...
Australian Minister Mr. Hulme speaks to...
An item about Herstmoneaux Castle home to the Greenwich Observatory.
A song about being a sailor - performed by Bernard Dudley...
The giant new British radio-telescope under construction at Jodrell Bank.
A group of naturists gather in the groups of Woburn Abbey.
At Radcliffe Observatory near Pretoria is...
Mr. Burrell, a keen...
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh,...
Powerful telescopes and observation planes enable clearer view of space...
Nice story about total eclipse of the sun in Florence, Italy.
German tanks are tested out on live firing range in South Wales.
George Hole takes pictures of the moon with large telescope which he built...
Percy Wilkins uses home-made telescope to chart the surface of the moon.
Fisherman Tony Ellis finds fame as an...
The 'Atlas' missile is fired from Cape Canaveral. Florida....
Item showing story of the Sputnik satellite. Czechoslovakia.
Special telescopic Roti camera is used for photographing...
Giant telescope is erected at Ala-Tua in Russia for exploring...
Astronomy and the moon; from Galileo to new high powered telescopes in...
The Yerkes Observatory is seen in action in the United States of America.
A huge telescope camera seen at Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles.
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Sputnik II has been launched with first living creature ever to reach...
Russian scientist send dogs in space.
American rocket Pioneer IV takes off on trip to orbit round the sun.
A look at planet Mars - its place in science,...
Item about Isaac Newton showing place of birth in...
Duke of Edinburgh looks at radio...
Great footage of people enjoying...
Women of the South African ATS get training in aiming...
Soviet newsreel item about Sputnik satellite.
American newsreel story about observatory in New Mexico where sun is studied. ...
The Soviet built Luna 9 lands on the...
Telescope mirrors are polished and silvered in an underground factory in...
At Mount Wilson Observatory photographs are taken through the world's...
Planets are seen in the show at the Hayden Planetarium in the New York World's...