Royal Observatory (1963)

Herstmoneaux, Sussex. Herstmoneaux castle is home to the Greenwich Observatory. Various shots of the castle, pan to the observatory on a nearby hill. Various shots showing the observatory domes. C/U of a massive telescope coming out of a hatch in the dome. Various shots inside the dome. Observer Norman Walker sits in a chair at the base of the telescope and moves it with levers. Various shots of Senior Experimental Officer Philip Laurie operating the “four-inch photo-heliograph“ - it is his job to photograph sunspots. Various C/Us of the “weird apparatus“ inside the dome, including a “gadget that keeps the telescope in line with the earth’s spin“. Some more shots of the exterior of the observatory. Cuts exist - please see separate record. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT