Telescopes Aka Worker & Star Gazer Issue Title Is Up And Doing (1939)

Part of issue UP AND DOING. Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Mr. Burrell is a fitter at local railway works, he is also a keen amateur astronomer. We see him operating his own telescopes in his back garden, one of which he constructed himself. He is a member of the British Astronomical Society and passes on his findings to them. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT 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.