The Five Outposts of Harvard (Part 5)

Date1939

AbstractThe footage contains intertitles from a film entitled The Five Outposts of Harvard about two observatories, two botanical gardens and Harvard Forest in Petersham, MA. The intertitles give some information on the Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, MA, including both the telescope and seismograph. Donor Notes: “Harvard Forest - Unknown? Oak Ridge?” The Five Outposts of Harvard Part V is Reel 31B of the Harvard Forest Collection. [Oak Ridge Observatory was established in 1933 and largely decomissioned in 2005. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Ridge_Observatory]