1957 - Colour, Atomic Energy, USA: The Atom Comes to Town

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1957 - Colour, Atomic Energy Promotional Film Interior Atomic plant w/ engineers, technicians & titles w/ film noir music. 10:39:30 Arch N. Booth, Executive Vice president American Chamber of Commerce introduces film standing in office - re importance of nuclear energy for US economy. 10:40:14 LS American city w/ street scenes, suburbs & residential houses, women in kitchen cooking & talking MOS & SOF. Housewife in apron: “...do you suppose it would run as well on atomic energy?” 10:41:05 Factory worker w/ factory machine says atomic power is a long way off. 10:41:26 Women play cards: “I wonder if a girl’s even safe in her own home” re atomic energy. Old men play chess “...getting atom power plants here...”; men play pool: “why do we need atomic power plant”. Pool balls used to explain atomic energy & split atom. Animation. 10:43:36 Animation: Ancient Egyptians at work; railroad; city, stylized Einstein, power generation, atomic power generated electricity; family by appliances. Houses representing various countries. Narration celebrates increasing use of power by America & atomic power to ensure abundance of electricity thru 1975. 10:47:36 Small army atomic plant in Virginia. Los Angeles, early reactor project. 10:48:16 Vallecitos plant near Pleasanton, California. Inside plant control room. Aerial view, construction Shippingport, Pennsylvania plant. Narration re cost of construction. 10:49:28 Men look exhibit of at animated graphs, models & illustration of nuclear stations planned for 1960: New York, Chicago, Detroit, New England. Map of new plants for 1960 & 1975. Electricity towers & power lines. Inside Oak Ridge lab w/ two technicians handling radioisotope. Putting cans of radio isotope in slots. 10:51:47 Hospital, use of radioisotopes in medical diagnosis, patients. Sign: Caution radioactive materials. Doctor in white coat. Hospital waiting room. Atomic cocktail of radioactive iodine mixed & drunk by patient for thyroid problems. Machine w/ dials. New York Memorial Center, leukemia patient on bed radiated w/ rotating head. Boston hospital w/ cancer operation / surgery. Cancer cells in tray for research. Specimen tissues processed & cancer cells seen thu microscope (20 secs). Sign “radiation - danger”. Cancer cell dying after radiation. Mother w/ baby. Parents in playground at swing w/ kids. 10:55:27 University of Maryland experimental farm w/ farmer, cows & calves suckling from buckets. Dairy cows studied; injected w/ radioisotope. Scientist takes milk from cow & analyizes in lab. Geiger counter & centrifuge. Shots of cow. 10:57:11 Peanut harvest at North Carolina University farm; Blacks working. Peanuts radiated in reactor to boost production. Giant peanuts & boy buying at stand. 10:58:29 Service station; operating car engine, laboratory radiating car parts to check wear. Tires checked. Rubber coating & tire manufacturing. Atomic thickness gauge. Rubber mill. Cars on suburban street. 11:00:25 Boy brushes teeth. Toothbrush brushes teeth in laboratory tube for radioactive fluoride toothpaste test. Teeth measured w/ Geiger counter. Man off plane w/ suitcase, manufactured w/ atomic measurements. Narration re increased business use of the atom for product manufacture. 11:02:15 Oil well drilling w/ core analysis by atomic energy. Row of houses w/ sign “ caution, radiation area”. Minerals tested for reaction to radiation. Engineers experiment w/ portable radiation measuring to be used on site. Coil. Device to preserve crude oil: covered with water in reactor pool & pool glows. Engineer smiles. Montage re benefits of atomic power. Credits. Propaganda; Promotional; Future; 1950s Science; Atomic Energy; Atomic Power; Medicine; Agriculture; NOTE: Any continuous 15 minutes sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk