Full, unedited documentary on RADAR Applications from 1962. This 40 minute training film provides excellent background and technical description of the invention and evolution of RADAR technologies. From its earliest use in wartime, to cold war installations integrated with the giant SAGE computer systems, to onboard RADAR, naval and submarine use, it gives a great overview to the entire subject. Included are RADAR uses in rescue operations, space craft tracking and recovery and weather tracking. A great deal of technical equipment is shown in various applications. ~ We have improved video clarity for best viewing. A table of contents is provided below. Hope you enjoy this great vintage material.
TOC
00:22 “Battle of Britain” film clip 1940; radar towers
00:55 aircraft tracking room
1:00 aircraft in flight; anti-aircraft battle
2:00 “radio location” room
2:44 early tracking systems, U.S. Ft. Monmouth Signal Laboratories, antennas,
3:14 Naval Research Laboratory, cathode ray tube (CRT)
3:28 (1938)SCR-268 was the United States Army's first radar system initially tested. (1939) 270 and 271 systems. The term “RADAR” is explained.
(RADAR - Radio Detection and Ranging)
British “Magnetron” tube, provides high power transmission for more effective antennas.
04:25 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), U.S. sets up a research center;
Detailed Illustrations of how RADAR works.
Searching and Tracking RADAR are explained.
06:00 Continuous Wave RADAR, illustrations of Doppler effect in RADAR; components of RADAR systems; Block diagrams;
10:05 Pearl Harbor, SCR 270 RADAR;
10:39 CRT Scope Display Stations, multiple control panels; multiple antenna types;
11:32 IFF “Identification - Friend or Foe” equipment; RADAR scopes; airborne RADAR;
12:25 Signal Corps SCR 584 equipment and control boards; microwave antenna;
18:16 * * * * *Giant SAGE COMPUTER SYSTEM mentioned; “Texas Towers” ocean based RADAR sites are shown; inside of SAGE facility is shown; DEW Line (“distant early warning”)
18:55 Arctic RADAR installations; RADOMS with interior heat lamps keep ice and snow away; links to NORAD; Giant toroid antenna; airborne search RADAR; NIKE missile launches; control center; computer controlled RADAR;
28:00 mobile RADAR tracking; CW tracking RADAR; Radome at Nike Missile Test Site, (Def: A radome is a structural, weatherproof enclosure that protects a radar system or antenna and is constructed of material that minimally attenuates the electromagnetic signal transmitted or received by the antenna. Radomes protect antenna surfaces from weather and/or conceal antenna electronic equipment from public view for security purposes.)
29:20 tracking ICBM using RADAR and ground computer station; Cape Canaveral, computer and tracking control equipment seen; FPS 16 unit mounted on a naval vessel; Korean War and MPQ 10; airborne surveillance RADAR; portable RADAR units; RADAR use during storm tracking; future uses of RADAR are suggested.