| Title: |
Reminiscences of Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A197
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Childhood and education, Scotland; meteorological work, World War I; radio and static studies, direction finders; Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; studies of nature of atmospherics; simultaneity of technical developments; memorandum on detection of radiation, 1935; Baudsie Manor, training observers, operation research; political pressures; Air Ministry staff, 1936; airborne radar; recruiting young scientists; United States interest in radar; planned position indicator; target finding, H2S; "Window"; interallied intelligence missions; secondary radar devices; Telecommunications Research Establishment; V-1 and V-2 raids; Royal Commission on awards to inventors; impressions of many political and military figures, notably Winston Churchill, Clement Attlee, Stafford Cripps, Frederick Lindemann, Henry Tizard, Ernest Rutherford, Arthur Balfour, Richard Haldane.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 568 leaves, Tape: 2 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part IV, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1961 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Watson-Watt, Sir Robert Alexander, 1892-1973
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1892
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| Speaker occupation: |
Meteorologist; Radio physicist
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| Age at speaking: |
69
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| Document date: |
1961
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| Interviewer: |
Mason, John T., 1909-
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Europe; United Kingdom
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Europe; Physicists--Great Britain; United Kingdom; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Great Britain--Politics and government--1936-1945; Meteorologists, Great Britain; Physicists, Great Britain; Radar defense networks; Radar--Great Britain; Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973; World War, 1939-1945--Communications
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017898-13341
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