COLLECTION NAME:
Walter Orr Roberts Papers
Record
Collection Name:
Walter Orr Roberts papers
Title:
Sacramento Peak
Type of Resource:
Moving image
Genre:
black-and-white films (visual works)
Date Created:
1955-10-18
Date Captured:
2023
Language Term:
English
Form:
research (function)
Internet Media Type:
video/mp4
Extent:
1 film reel (16 mm); black-and-white, silent; 00:03:35
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
Form:
scientific films
Abstract:
Images of the High Altitude Observatory in Sacramento Peak, New Mexico, including interior and exterior shots of the obseratory, close-up images of equipment, and images of researchers using a large telescope.
Note:
00:00:00 A white man, possible Walter Orr, walks down a sidewalk and towards an observatory in Sacramento Peak. Exterior shots of the building are displayed. The exteriors doors for the telescope open; 00:00:38 An interior view of the telescope moving out of the building is shown; 00:01:26 Close up views of certain parts of the telescope are shown. A small mirror on the telescope is lifted; 00:02:23 Walter Orr walks towards the lenses at the bottom of the telescope. He looks through it and adjusts; 00:03:09 Orr and another unidentified white man talk next to the telescope.
Note Type:
segment sequence
Note:
Reel number: 57-1
Subject Topic:
Meteorology
Subject Geographic:
New Mexico--Sunspot
Subject Name:
Sunspot Solar Observatory
Subject Topic:
Heliophysics
Subject Authority:
local
Subject Name:
Sacramento Peak Observatory
Subject Topic:
Solar telescopes
Identifier:
U183044140397_narv_robertsWalter_sacramentoPeak_a.mp4
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Sublocation:
COU:1356
Shelf Locator:
Series 5: Media, 1946-1980
Access Condition:
The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.