News from the sky

General

Description

Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Johns Hopkins science review on April 13, 1953 from the studios of WAAM in Baltimore, Md. Black and white. Lynn Poole, producer; Paul Kane, director; Joel Chaseman, narrator; produced by WAAM television station in Baltimore, Md. for the Dumont Network. Lynn Poole, Ralph Edward Gibson, Henry B. Riblet, presenters. Digitized in 2003.

Abstract

BBC Producer Andrew Miller-Jones introduces this second exchange program produced in Baltimore and sent to Great Britain. Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Lab, sponsored by the Navy's Bureau of Ordinance, is featured. Dr. Gibson discusses cosmic rays and instruments used to do research on the effects of high altitude flying. Mr. Riblet explains how telemetering works and shows instruments used to transmit information from a distance. Mr. Miller-Jones exhibits cameras developed by Clyde T. Holiday to take photos in outer space and some of the pictures and films taken by these cameras. A chart shows the current maximum altitude of flight (nearly 80,000 feet) and the effects of altitude on pilots. A pilot tests the U. S. Air Force-developed pressure suit, and pictures show the U.S. Navy full-pressure suit.
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Dates

Date Published

1953-04-13
Publisher
Language
Identifiers

OCLC Number

54367720

Collection Number

COLL-0008

Item Barcode

31151023451218
Resources
Resource Type
Moving Image

Extent

00:29:00hh:mm:ss
Contributor
Broadcaster (brd): Du Mont Television Network
Director (drt): Kane, Paul
Narrator (nrt): Chaseman, Joel
Production personnel (prd): Gibson, Ralph E.
Production personnel (prd): Poole, Lynn
Production personnel (prd): Riblet, Henry B.
Producer (pro): Poole, Lynn
Copyright and Use
System
Access Rights
Public digital access
Model
Video

Unique ID

f2849810-cb38-49f6-800d-f59328d641af