The Yerkes Observatory in the United States of America.
Full titles read: "THE LARGEST STAR GAZER - At the famous Yerkes Observatory, U.S.A., where the giant 40 " Refractor telescope probes the starry regions."
Good L/S of the large observatory building. L/S of the men inside the building. the floor is seen moving slowly upwards towards the telescope. Good L/S's of the giant telescope rotating.
Intertitle reads: "The World's largest camera."
L/S of man fitting camera to the end of the telescope.
Intertitle reads: "The rings of Saturn"
Photograph of Saturn which a narrator tells us was taken by the late Professor Barnard.
FILM ID:1016.01
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