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To Imitate The Sun Pt. 1 of 2

Reel Number: 221527-01

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1971

Country: USA

Location: Argonne Lab,California,Livermore,Los Alamos,New Mexico,OAK RIDGE

TC Begins: 04:01:06

TC Ends: 04:18:04

Duration: 00:16:58

Part 1 of 2 Animated illustration of birds, leaves in flight against colored background. 04:01:32 Title: Nuclear Spectrum USA - To Imitate The Sun 04:01:42 Pan skyline of city at night. CU cars past on pavement, city street, neon signs. Subway past in CU. 04:02:19 Workers assemble equipment seen thru chassis & hoses. CUs. Hoists moving large machined metal parts & assembling. 04:03:00 Coast & pan over rocks, waves, sun reflections on small waves, fishing boat in sunset. 04:03:51 Illustration of galaxy w/ dissolving shots towards stars. Animation of nucleii moving. Abstract patterns w/ physics equation over; movement of lines. VO talking about conditions needed for plasma fusion. 04:06:54 Animation of plasma inside lines & disappearing. 04:07:42 Man looking into instrument, adjusting. Large equipment w/ scientists & tecyhnicians working on & around them. 04:08:16 Fission reactor described & illustrated w/ animation. 04:08:52 Men assembling large machined metal structure. Men working at optical machine. Camera moving past fusion device w/ pipes. Chamber. Animated diagram showing how coil is wrapped to create magnetic field. Straight tube illlustrated w/ plasma moving in animation. Plasma likened to a ball rolling down a hill not moving at bottom; plasma in a magnetic well also doesn’t move. Drawing illustrating cancelling magnetic well or cage holding plasma. 04:12:01 Plasma stabilized w/ a twist, diagram showing wiring magnetic field. Mathematical equation. 04:13:04 Man working on large machine to create magnetic field. 2X mirror device illustrated w/ animation of plasma held & compressed. 04:14:26 Man painting ?? on large coil being wound. Movement over pipes & man adjusting w/ vapor off. 04:15:30 Diagram of Los Alamos fast high beta compression theta pinch. Animation of plasma compression. 04:15:55 Camera moving away from two technicians beside large machinery w/ coils. Laser interferograms. 04:16:55 Moving camera over very large machine w/ wiring, piping, etc. at Los Alamos w/ two technicians installling or adjusting equipment to create plasmas. Atomic Science; Thermonuclear Experimentation; 1971; 1970s; Cold War; Scientific Research;Plasma Generators;

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