Full title reads: “America. Total eclipse of the Sun. Pathe Gazette presents remarkable pictures of one of Nature's greatest phenomena.“ United States of America. Various views of large telescopes and viewers for looking at the solar eclipse. Strange view up one of the optical instruments. Men and women prepare their equipment. People standing on a rooftop, waiting for view the eclipse. View of the American President Herbert C. Hoover and another man looking at the sky through darkened glass. Map of the area around Boston, Massachusetts. An animated line shows the Path of totality - it passes over Mt Washington and Cape Cod. The animation shows how the lunar shadow will move during the eclipse. Quick shot of city-scape in semi darkness. Shots of the sun as the eclipse takes hold. Good shots of totality as the moon goes in front of the sun. The corona stands out very clearly. A couple kiss in the twilight of the eclipse. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CH
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