Research Ship Meteor Leaves Port (1969)

Unissued, unused material dates and locations may be unclear, unknown. German newsreel item. Title reads: Die Zeit Lupe Hamburg, Germany. VS Research ship, Meteor, tied up in icy waters of Hamburg Harbour. VS Mayor Professor Weichmann arrives, looks over the ship and meets oceanic scientists and crew. He is shown radar and surveying equipment above deck and echosonic apparatus below that will study in detail the Trade Winds and study long range weather. High shot, a barge moving through icy waters. LS The ship, bound for the Atlantic Ocean, moving out to sea as wives and families wave goodbye from the shore. Note: Date on original record: 20, 01, 1969. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more