1955 - Documentary: Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing Pt. 2 of 2

1955 - Documentary: Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing Pt. 2 of 2 Continued... Two technicians experimenting on chicken, feeding w/ radioactive carbon to study egg production; others working on steer w/ iodine; feeding radioactive feed to sheep. 09:26:08 Technician working w/ gallium. Doctor & nurse using gallium thru drip into bloodstream: “Every drop is a soldier in a new kind of army; an army that is fighting w/ God against the forces of disease.” CU of patient being operated on. 09:27:58 Man w/ leukemia treated after early detection using atomic energy. Nurses outside radiological lab. 09:28:33 Freeway w/ rail tracks between four lanes of traffic each way; man climbing telephone pole; gasoline refinery; Navy ships; tire wear, hospital w/ babies; giving baby bath. Men working at machines. Narrator saying how people are needed: plant guards, radiologists, statisticians, executives, file clerks, etc. 09:29:53 Washington DC Headquarters of Atomic Energy Commission. 09:29:59 Father James Keller summarizes (kinescope) relating atomic energy to blessing of God. “For you to make up your mind...to use your influence...for benefit of mankind...not to destroy the world....not in the way of the Devil.” 09:31:46 Segment of film shown to show destructive force. Car in dawn light across desert, daughter w/ sick sleeping child who’s dying headed for father’s ranch. Stopped by police roadblock, told to park & read instructions. Man explains they are going to test an atomic bomb. “It will be just like fireworks for her...we’ll be the ones who will be threatened.” CU of mechanical test equipment & scientists . 09:34:02 Bright blast of explosion lights faces; mushroom cloud rising; CU of cloud & blast seen from above. 09:34:35 Father Keller gives Christian Thought Of The Week: “For we have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come.” “Its appropriate for the atomic age...” CU as he makes his pitch for newsletter that The Christophers will send for no cost. “God wants you to reach out to the world... (otherwise) ...Universal death & destruction if we mishandle atomic & hydrogen energy. Do your part to show that this can be a Servant of Man...” The End (GOOD Graphic of man looking at globe w/ The End across it.. Peaceful Atomic Energy; US Government Propaganda; 1955; Atoms For Peace; Educational Films; Medicine; Medical Procedures; Catholic Religion; NOTE: Father James Keller founded The Christophers in 1945.