The Eclipse 1921

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Item title reads - The Eclipse - By courtesy of the Astronomer Royal - the Pathe Gazette is able to show how the great eclipse was recorded. Greenwich Observatory

There is a shot of Greenwich from the rooftops, the dome opens up and the telescope comes out. A man looks through the telescope...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22204
Sort Number:
G 0762
Time in/Out:
01:46:12:00 / 01:47:54:00
Canister:
G 762
Film ID:
230.42
Issue Date:
11/04/1921

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