Moon Mapping 1953

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Bexleyheath, Kent.

Percy Wilkins opens French windows and walks into his garden. Various shots of him using a huge 18 inch home-made telescope at night out there. Commentator tells us that over the last 21 years Percy has used the telescope to chart the surface of the moon....

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43551
Sort Number:
NP 442
Time in/Out:
01:36:14:00 / 01:38:34:00
Canister:
NP 442
Film ID:
1315.18
Issue Date:
02/03/1953

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