Mount Wilson Observatory Film Footage (1930)

1930 · Short film · 11 min · dir. Sinclair Smith

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Synopsis

Mount Wilson Observatory in the 1930s: the offices in Pasadena, the 150-foot solar tower with its dome opening, and the astronomers Walter S. Adams and Seth B. Nicholson; sound intermittent.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Director

Sinclair Smith

Running time

11 minutes

Language

English

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Observatories
• Eclipses
• Solar eclipses
• Astronomy
• Mount Wilson Observatory

Cast & crew

• SSinclair Smith Director

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