Weather Satellite Station (1969)

Weather satellite station. Stevenage, Hertfordshire. SV Man pointing at the area on large map which is photographed by the satellite. CU Area being photographed by satellite as it passes over Europe and England. LV Clouds. Pan to the aerial which receives messages from the satellite at the weather station. GV Interior control room on weather station. Operator sitting beside equipment. CU Operator sitting beside tape machine which is recording signals. CU Mans hand pointing to data on sheet and then switching on machine. CU Hand on switch. CU Dial. CU Clock showing time. CU Picture coming off the machine. SV The operator. SV The control room. SV Man studying the pictures. CU Finished picture which shows outline of British Isles held against map of British Isles to show comparison. Man points to British Isles on map, then to British Isles on recorded photographs. Then he points to Iceland on the map, and then refers to it on photograph. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHAN