STK-ID 25485

Shot of glaring sun against starry sky, comet appearing at lower left hand corner and moving into its temporary orbit around Sun. CU of nucleus of comet appearing at lower frame edge, slowly moving up. CU of billowing tail of comet trailing, veil-like, from bottom to top of frame. Various HALSs of meteors entering atmosphere, burning up. Shots of meteors streaking away from camera, curve of Earth in background, TILT UP to moon. MLSs and CUs of comet's tail moving gauze-like over blank background. MLS of head of comet, of tail, moving slowly up-frame. LSs of comet circling Sun against background of stars, of meteors penetrating atmosphere and burning up.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Universe
Location
Canada
Year
1957
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, Video HI 8
Shooting format
35mm neg b&w, 35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3