PRECISION APPROACH RADAR [Main Title]

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  • Title: PRECISION APPROACH RADAR [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 820
  • Other titles: CONTROL APPROACH RADAR [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: A demonstration with commentary, illustrating how a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) based radar system can be used to guide aircraft in to land during poor visibility. The example shown is during a control tower guided approach at London Airport, from ten miles out.
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  • Alternative Title: CONTROL APPROACH RADAR [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AMY 820
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1959
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 130 ft
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    AMY 820

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