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Joliot & Szilard at Columbia University

Reel Number: 220777-07

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL and SD

Year / Date: 1949

Country: USA

Location: New York,NYC

TC Begins: 14:53:46

TC Ends: 15:04:46

Duration: 00:11:00

Joliot & Szilard at Columbia University Columbia University Physics Department - Pierre Joliot testing uranium disintegration; using Geiger-Muller counter. Dr. Leo Szilard in lab with George Pegram operating oscillograph. Dr. George Pegram calling Navy Dept. on phone telling them Fermi will explain to them the military possibilities of uranium fission. Studio reenactment: Navy Commander Office - scientist leaving office and interviews with Commander and Lt Commander - Atomic bomb theory being turned down by Navy.

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