Telescope mirror made in Corning, NY, being loaded onto train to be shipped to California for grinding and then used at Palomar Observatory
Title card: "Greatest 'eye' is shipped to California" / close shot of disc mirror / man sitting in cavity in mirror wiping cavity with rag / CU mirror / closer panning shot of mirror / tilt up CU mirror / VS man standing on ladder next to mirror measuring its features with measuring tape / VS man sitting in hole in mirror polishes mirror with rag / CU mirror / indistinct shot / truck hauling trailer with mirror on it down street, small crowd watching / overhead shot of mirror on trailer behind parked truck / man tightening bolt on side of mirror with wrench / men standing on and around mirror on trailer / VS man inserting pole into side of mirror / overhead shot of crane next to trailer / VS crane lifting mirror off trailer / crane placing mirror standing on its end on train car / man looking at mirror on train car / mirror standing on its end on train car / train pulling away / mirror standing on its end on train car as train rolls past camera / train pulling away / Note: exact month/day not known; documentation incomplete
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Editorial #:
2203130654
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1935
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:01:51:21
Location:
Corning, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr006428_03_01
- 1930-1939,
- Adult,
- Archival,
- Astronomy,
- Black And White,
- Bolt - Fastener,
- Business Finance and Industry,
- California,
- Cleaning,
- Close-up,
- Crane - Machinery,
- Crowd of People,
- Directly Above,
- Document,
- Film - Moving Image,
- HD Format,
- Hole,
- Horizontal,
- Incomplete,
- Industry,
- Ladder,
- Leaving,
- Loading,
- Looking,
- Manufacturing,
- Measuring,
- Men,
- Mirror - Object,
- Newsreel,
- Next To,
- Observatory,
- People,
- Polishing,
- Produced Segment,
- Rag,
- Railroad Car,
- Real Time Video,
- Science and Technology,
- Shipping,
- Side View,
- Space and Astronomy,
- Standing,
- Street,
- Tape Measure,
- Telescope,
- Tilt Up,
- Train - Vehicle,
- Truck,
- USA,
- Vehicle Trailer,
- Video with Sound,
- Wrench,