World Geophysical year (1957)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Report from around the world Full Description: The new satellite to be launched into space as part of America’s contribution to the World Geophysical Year.. shots of proposed rocket for carrying sphere into space.. AUSTRALIA. Radio Telescope set up to probe 93 million miles to the of belt of flame around the contribution to the International Geophysical stations built to plot course and speed of America’s Mount Stromlo a giant 74inch telescope built to study the Universe... CHESHIRE... The World’s largest Radio Telescope at Jodrell Bank, bowl weighing 700 record cosmic explosions millions of light years away... GEOGRAPHICAL YEAR (INTERNATIONAL) 1957. World starts Geographical Year. World’s largest Radio Telescope erected at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire. Saucer shaped radio Tel