Radar Station (1950)
Unissued / unused material. Experimental Radar Station, London Airport. Sound stars at 01:04:32. LS radar station buildings at London airport, pan to scanner in motion. Various CUs Scanners in motion. L/S direction-finding aerials. Exterior view radar station. LS plane landing, pan over to scanner. MS aeroplane taxiing past scanner. CU Cathode tube signal operating, showing bad weather blips. Various shots operators working on receiver. Operator testing receivers. CU Receiver, hand pushes in plug. CU operator. CU testing machine. MS lower beam dial revolving. MV receiver showing cathode ray tube operating. CU operator, pan down to cathode tube. CU directional blips revolving on tube. Various shots male and female radar operators sitting at receivers, they wear headphones. CU man writing on chart pan up to cathode tube. More shots operators sitting at receivers. Directional blips rotating on tube. CU girl talking into microphone. MS Operators working receivers, pan to checker. M/S checker, assistant sliding card down board. C/U aircraft checker. CU checker's assistant talking into microphone and writing on card, she slides card down to checker. Date on old record is 11/01/1950. Note: soundtrack seems unrelated to images - sounds like air traffic controllers speaking. FILM ID:2292.03 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
Unissued / unused material. Experimental Radar Station, London Airport. Sound stars at 01:04:32. LS radar station buildings at London airport, pan to scanner in motion. Various CUs Scanners in motion. L/S direction-finding aerials. Exterior view radar station. LS plane landing, pan over to scanner. MS aeroplane taxiing past scanner. CU Cathode tube signal operating, showing bad weather blips. Various shots operators working on receiver. Operator testing receivers. CU Receiver, hand pushes in plug. CU operator. CU testing machine. MS lower beam dial revolving. MV receiver showing cathode ray tube operating. CU operator, pan down to cathode tube. CU directional blips revolving on tube. Various shots male and female radar operators sitting at receivers, they wear headphones. CU man writing on chart pan up to cathode tube. More shots operators sitting at receivers. Directional blips rotating on tube. CU girl talking into microphone. MS Operators working receivers, pan to checker. M/S checker, assistant sliding card down board. C/U aircraft checker. CU checker's assistant talking into microphone and writing on card, she slides card down to checker. Date on old record is 11/01/1950. Note: soundtrack seems unrelated to images - sounds like air traffic controllers speaking. FILM ID:2292.03 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/