Mars nearer the Earth than for 100 years.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 44 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1924.

Summary:

"Greenwich Observatory keeps a calm official eye on the 'Red Planet'". Technician sits down to look through giant telescope. "The Editor of 'Popular Wireless' listens in on a 24 valve set in the hope of detecting life of Mars". Brief shot of him at the controls of the set and another shot of a man operating it.

Notes:

Issue number: 679-1 ; Story number within issue: 1 of 3

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.