1967 - Color, 1967, Atomic Energy: Government Documentary, The Day Tomorrow Began: CP-1 The First Atomic Pile Pt. 2 of 2

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Montage of atomic pile CP-1 construction. Illustration of round pile & material placement w/ graphite rods & wood surrounding. Animation of control rods. 21:08:49 Dr. Walter Zinn, SOF on problems w/ quality of graphite received & how they corrected problems w/ small machine room in University of Chicago squash court. Dr. Herbert Anderson SOF talks of his competition w/ Zinn in constructing the pile. 21:10:03 Leona Woods Marshall Libby SOF about Zinn, protective clothing & not being allowed in the actual pile construction. 21:10:52 SOF Norman Hillberry talks about Fermi covered in graphite dust while machining blocks. I 21:11:45 Illustrations of first test 02Dec42; Hilberry talks of emergency methods if needed to stop reaction. 21:12:58 SOF ?? tells what Fermi said to do in case of problems; Leona Woods talks of bell ringing at safety point & wires being pulled & success of test; drinking of Chianti afterwards & people then thinking of the atomic bomb & thoughts of whether or not bomb should have been dropped vs Allied lives saved. 21:15:23 Atomic bomb explosion w/ mushroom burst & cloud. 21:15:49 Montage: Electric transmission yard; aerials over atomic reactor; control room; desalination plant; chemistry & industry uses of atomic technology & research. Researchers & scientists. Large reactor w/ technicians. 21:16:59 End credits. Argonne National Laboratory; WW2; WWII; Nuclear Research; Atomic Energy; Scientific Research; Manhattan Project; NOTE: Up to any continuous 15 minutes of 20:47:45 - 21:17:53 sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk NOTE: Leona Woods was the youngest & only woman member of the team on the Manhattan Project.