ATV Today: 10.12.1979: Computerised Weather Forecasting

Summary

Anne Diamond reports from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern, about the latest computerised weather forecasting system which uses colour to show the pattern and movement of weather on a television screen.

Year:

1979

Duration:

0:04:05

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

View of the Malvern Hills. Shot of radar dish at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment at Malvern. Anne Diamond piece to camera. Interview with Doctor Keith Browning who discusses the system with Anne Diamond and demonstrates a sequence on a monitor showing a recent weather pattern and one from August during a major storm that caused a loss of life in the Fastnet yacht race. (+ 2.50 trims of the screen).


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