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BELL CANADA

1979-0192

Film

1 of 1

1960

Jerry Fairbanks Productions

scenario, Robert Engel; Leo S. Rosencrans; photography, Jerry Fairbanks; editing, Richard Fritch; original score, Gener Kauer; narrator, Larry Thor

Bell Telephone

Documentary about Project Echo, an attempt to bounce radio signals off a large balloon orbiting Earth. Sequences on giant antennae, engineers manning consoles, and shots of the large aluminized balloon parked in a dirigible hangar.~Sequences on various means of communication: a cable layer is shown at work in the Atlantic; microwave transmission towers are silhouetted against the arctic sky and snow. Communication by satellites is discussed, with graphics illustrating the principles involved.~Engineers working at a missile control system lauch a rocket carrying the deflated balloon. More shots of men at consoles. A diagram explains what the balloon is supposed to do; microwave antennae scan the skies. Finally, the echo of the signal sent from a station in New Jersey is recaptured at Goldstone, California. A telephone conversation via the balloon satellite is then successfully completed. <14mn 30s>

English

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Copyright owner: Jerry Fairbanks Productions.

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Bell Canada~The HISTORICAL NEWSREELS compilation is open for consultation and copyright has expired - see letter of 5 June 1996 in Collection File.