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- title: ATOMS FOR THE AMERICAS
naid: 88120
date: 1963
length: 28
color: true
description: >
This semitechnical film offers an extensive tour of the facilities of the
Puerto Rico Nuclear Center (operated for the USAEC by the University of
Puerto Rico) and a study of the Center's curricula and research programs.
The Center was conceived primarily to aid the Latin American nations in
developing skills essential to nuclear energy activity, by providing
graduate- and post graduate-level education and research opportunities. At
the Center's Bio-Medical building, work is shown involving radioisotopes and
their clinical applications, and other nuclear work related to biology,
chemistry, and medicine is reviewed. Study and research in nuclear
engineering and technology, health physics, agriculture and marine biology
are shown at the Center's reactor and laboratories located on the campus of
the University of Puerto Rico's College of Agriculture and Engineering, and
aboard the Center's oceanographic ship.
notes:
priority: 3
links:
- title: ATOMS ON THE FARM
naid: 88122
date: 1961
length: 12
color: true
description: >
This nontechnical film, suitable for all audience levels,
summarizes the nature of the USAEC exhibit on atomic energy in agriculture at
the first World Agricultural Fair, New Delhi, during the winter 1959-60.
Various views show the crowds examining the research reactor, master-slave
manipulator, the gamma pool, the technical information center, and exhibits
featuring radioactive tracers in agricultural research, plant mutations by
gamma irradiation, atomic energy work in medicine, screwworm fly eradication,
food sterilization by irradiation, etc.
notes:
priority: 3
links:
- title: FULL SPEED AHEAD
naid: 61220
date: 1958
length: 15
color: true
description: >
A nontechnical film for intermediate through college-level audiences. It
depicts the initial stages in the development of the first U. S. nuclear-
powered merchant ship, the N.S. Savannah. Included are the industrial and
technical procedures in building and testing the reactor, surveying harbors,
and laying the keel.
notes:
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo14h9_DKVY
- title: The Nuclear Ship Savannah
naid: 88199
date: 1964
length: 28.5
color: true
resolution: 4K
description: >
This nontechnical, documentary film, for junior-high-school through
college-level audiences, covers the historical background, and the design,
construction, sea trials, and initial port calls of the N.S. Savannah, the
world's first nuclear-powered merchant ship. The film begins with a brief
review of America's maritime growth, starting with May 22,
1819, and the story of the S.S. Savannah, the first ship to cross the ocean
under steam power. The design of the N.S. Savannah and its atomic reactor and
propulsion system are explained with animation and live action photography.
After keel laying, various phases of the ship's construction are covered, and
the assembling and testing of the reactor are explained. The ceremonies
involving the launching of the ship are shown, followed by impressive scenes
showing the loading of the reactor with its nuclear fuel under surgically clean
conditions. The special training of the crew is reviewed. The film then shows
the sea trials of the ship, during which time the reactor is slowly brought up
to full power. After sea trials, the trip of the N.S. Savannah to her first port
of call, Savannah, Georgia, is covered, followed by her voyage through the
Panama Canal and visits to Hawaii and West Coast ports. As the ship leaves for
foreign ports, the film ends with a statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson on
the significance of the Nuclear Ship Savannah as a pioneer in the use of nuclear
power for world trade to benefit all mankind.
win: true
image: /img/savannah-03.jpg
resolution: 4K
links:
- name: Our announcement page
url: /news/2023-07-12-the-nuclear-ship-savannah-film-digitized.html
- name: On YouTube!
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA8W2Xpz2hA
notes: Thanks to Ross Koningstein for help
- name: Related NARA file 88200
url: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88200
notes: This is the shorter version
- title: UNDER WAY
naid: 61214
date: 1960
length: 20
color: true
description: >
This is a nontechnical film for intermediate through college-level audiences.
It traces the design and construction of the first U. S. nuclear-powered
merchant ship, the N.S. Savannah; its hull design and assembly; the design,
testing, and fabrication of the nuclear power plant; critical assembly used in
core design; fuel element fabrication; erection of the reactor system's
containment vessel; safety features; christening and launching.
notes:
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpmjK9EpPWA
- title: The New Ship
date: 1959
length: 26.5
color: true
description: >
A General Electric documentary on the advances in ship design.
Cross-compound geared turbine propulsion systems. Turbine/generator sets.
Manufacture, test, assembly. Boiling water reactors for ship propulsion.
Controls. Propulsion gear manufacture. Balancing. Hobbing gears. Assembly at
the shipyard. Cargo winches.
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl40efJCRhc
notes: Digitized by miSci, Schenectady, NY
- title: Power from the Atom
date: 1957
length: 4
color: true
notes: Note duplicate titles. This is not AVN 0649 from IAEA catalog either.
description: >
A discussion of the future Dresden nuclear power facility, led by Don Herbert.
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPH6Ert2USc
notes: Digitized by miSci, Schenectady, NY
- title: Power from the Atom (cartoon)
date: 1970
length: 14.5
color: true
notes: Note duplicate titles. This is not AVN 0649 from IAEA catalog either.
description: >
Cartoon on nuclear power. Measure of civilization is amount of power available
to work for us. Power made from heat, mostly generated by burning coal or oil.
In the future, from atomic fission. Atoms. The fission process. Radioactivity.
Atomic core comprised of protons and neutrons. Binding energy holds it
together. Electron shells. Atomic number. Atomic weight is sum of protons and
neutrons. Varying the number of neutrons leads to isotopes of the same element.
Most natural uranium is U-238, but it has high binding force and is not
suitable for fuel. U-235 easier to split. Fission causes release of radiation
and heat. Fermi produced first controlled chain reaction in 1942. U-238 can be
changed to U-239, Thorium to U-233 by adding neutron to a fertile material
(U-238 or Thorium), resulting in a fissionable material. This takes place in
all reactors, but process is accelerated in a breeder reactor, which produces
more fuel than it uses. Produced in co-operation with Niagara Mohawk.
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM9Wn7HN2VI
notes: Digitized by miSci, Schenectady, NY
- title: Cask Test
date: 1978
length: 3
color: true
description: >
Test of shipping containers for spent nuclear fuel by Sandia Corp. Impact
tests (trucks ram concrete wall at different speeds; diesel locomotive
broadsides truck carrying container; rail car impacts concrete block wall) and
test for survival after fire. Involves collisions with rocket propelled
trains for that classic "mythbusters" feel.
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu1YFshFuI4
notes: Digitized by miSci, Schenectady, NY
- title: A is for Atom (1956)
date: 1956
length: 16
color: true
notes: Another version was updated in 1963 according to catalog
description: >
An animated documentary on atomic power from GE's "Excursions in Science"
series.
From the GE Film Catalog: "To most of us the recently unleashed giant of atomic
energy represents an incredibly potent force for destruction - but it is
becoming apparent that this super power can also be harnessed as a wonderworking
servant, helping to bring about a new era of progress in the fields of industry,
medicine, agriculture, and science.
"Since the future of our world depends upon man's wisdom in the control of this
force, an understanding of the elements of atomic energy is of prime importance
to every American. This picture, therefore, has been designed to present a
comprehensive, easily understandable explanation of the principles of nuclear
fission in an interesting and entertaining manner.
"Filmed in striking, full-color animation, the picture introduces an amusing
character called Dr. Atom who takes the audience through "Element Town" to
explain the atomic structure of the 92 basic elements. The film goes on to
illustrate the process by which the energy within the atom is released
through nuclear fission and the means of controlling this energy to supply
power to a peacetime world."
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ng-oHp7wQY
notes: Digitized by miSci, Schenectady, NY
- title: Atomic Power and the United States
naid: 88107
date: 1959
length: 25
color: false
description: >
This is a nontechnical film for intermediate through college-level audiences.
It summarizes activities of both the government and private industry in the
program for the development of economic production of electric power with
atomic energy. It compares conventional and nuclear approaches, and by
animation and live action explains six important nuclear power projects. It
outlines industry's contributions and the sharing of technical know-how
overseas through the Atoms for Peace Program.
notes:
win: true
image: /img/vids/atom_usa/434_48_usa-15.jpg
links:
- url: /news/2024-03-16-six-early-nuclear-films.html#atomic-power-and-the-united-states-1957
name: Our announcement page
- url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zukgzn47_ec
name: On YouTube
notes: Thanks to Last Energy!
index: >
00:00 Intro to electricity
05:14 Intro to atomic power
07:08 Enrico Fermi's CP-1
08:14 Planning EBR-1
11:20 EBR-1 in Idaho
12:55 Program for bigger designs
14:43 Sodium Reactor Experiment
15:28 Shippingport
19:07 APPR-1/SM-1 and HRE
21:27 Experimental Boiling Water Reactor
24:22 Forging ahead with other reactors
- title: Army Nuclear Power Program
date: 1963
color: true
length: 23.5
description: >
A description of the Army's nuclear power program.
notes: MF20 9740. I found online but can't find catalog entry anywhere.
links:
- name: On Youtube!
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPWDMHH4rY4
- name: Some discussion
url: https://www.ans.org/news/article-113/the-us-armys-nuclear-power-program-in-film/
- title: Dresden Atomic Power Station
date: 1958
naid: 88138
iaea: AVN0011
length: 14
color: true
description: >
Construction and design features of the 180MW plant. Film made before 1960
completion date. Duration 9:15. In a trailer, Ernie Tetrault of WRGB narrates
film on some of the plant components such as pressure vessel, steam turbine,
fuel elements.
notes: Possibly mislabeled as Dresden Nuclear Power Station at NARA?
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02wIGsI2P9Y
notes: Digitized by miSci, Schenectady, NY
- title: ATOMIC VENTURE
naid: 88112
date: 1961
length: 23.5
color: true
description: >
This semitechnical film, which is a sequel to the 1958 film "Dresden Nuclear
Power Station," covers the design and development of a large dual-cycle
boiling-water reactor the 180,000-kw Dresden Nuclear Power Station built by
General Electric Company (GE) for the Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago,
and the Nuclear Power Group, Inc., and the history of the project from its
beginning in 1955 to its completion in 1959. The film shows major stages of
development, including clearance of the site 47 miles southwest of Chicago;
ground-breaking; construction of foundations, sphere, and other buildings;
manufacture of the containment vessel and fuel; shipment and arrival of major
components; installation of the reactor core, reactor vessel, and
turbine-generator; testing of completed installations; and the station's
"going critical." The film also includes scenes relating to development work
for Dresden carried out at GE's Vallecitos Atomic Laboratory near Pleasanton,
Calif.
notes:
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmaPc27Avvw
notes: Digitized by miSci, Schenectady, NY
- title: Inspection and Refueling of Ginna Station
date: 1972
color: true
length: 11
description: >
A short documentary produced at the Ginna Station of Rochester Gas and
Electric Corp.
This nuclear plant was built by Westinghouse. Planning for refueling started
Sept. 1970. Shutdown Feb. 26, 1971. Refueling plus disassembly and inspection
of nuclear and electrical components. Core removed, replaced by water that acts
as coolant and radiation shield. Fuel removed to storage area. Fuel bundles
described. Inspection of fuel bundles. New fuel loaded. one-third of core
replaced every 13 months. Overhaul of main coolant pumps, repacking of all
valves. Disassembly of 666,000 hp turbine. Disassembly and inspection of
generator, main fuel pumps and condensate pumps. Startup May 1971.
links:
- name: On Youtube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQrfL0w3aA0
notes: Digitized by miSci, Schenectady, NY
- title: Automated Fuel Manufacture
color: true
date: 1981
length: 12
description: >
GE fuel manufacturing film.
Commercial for Nuclear Energy Products Division. Shows manufacturing of fuel
and absorber rods at Wilmington N.C. plant.
notes: Great music
links:
- name: On Youtube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b25VOuTMqXs
notes: Digitized by miSci, Schenectady, NY
- title: Vallecitos Boiling Water Reactor
date: 1958
naid: 88275
iaea: AVN0010
description: >
Shows operation of the General Electric Vallecitos boiling water reactor,
including views of the loading of the reactor, interior of the reactor
containment vessel, and the turbine generator installation. Reactor start-up
procedures and actual operating sequences, including close-ups of control and
instrumentation, are demonstrated.
links:
- name: On Youtube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn1zESA0V8k
notes: Digitized by miSci, Schenectady, NY
- name: Related Vallecitos dedication video from 1957
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1O8xAB_FDI
- title: "BORAX: Construction and Operation of a Boiling Water Reactor"
naid: 88125
date: 1955
length: 14
color: false
description: >
This nontechnical film for intermediate through college-level audiences,
shows the equipping of a reactor with an electrical generating system, and the
operating of the nuclear power plant to light and power Arco, Idaho, the U. S.
community first served exclusively by nuclear power, for an hour on July 17,
1955.
notes:
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdd2BJI836g
notes: Digitized by ANL in 240p
- title: Hallam Nuclear Power Facility
naid: 88153
date: 1963
length: 20
color: true
win: true
resolution: 4K
description: >
This film shows the setting and location of the reactor built jointly by USAEC
and the Consumers' Public Power District of Nebraska. An explanation of this
type of reactor, using a liquid metal coolant, is given stressing its
advantages. The working of the plant is shown in animation. Live footage
shows construction of the reactor containment vessel, its transportation
from Philadelphia to Hallam, moderator fabrication and installation,
installation and operation of safety rods, use of an intermediate heat
exchanger, installation of steam piping and the installation of the turbine
and generator. Also shown is fuel handling, cleaning and storage cells, fuel
fabrication, and testing.
notes:
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey1MO_1DkL4
notes: Special thanks to NPPD
- name: Our announcement page
url: /news/2023-03-13-hallam-historical-films-scanned.html
- title: Hallam, Operating Experience
naid: 88207
date: 1964
length: 7.2
color: true
win: true
resolution: 4K
description: >
This describes the operation of the 79-megawatt electric Hallam Nuclear Power
Facility which is powered by a 252-megawatt sodium-graphite reactor.
Demonstrates Hallam's heat transfer cycle and plant operation features,
including fuel transfer and sodium handling.
notes:
Basically a condensed version of 88153
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1kazdkkB5o
notes: Special thanks to NPPD
- name: Our announcement page
url: /news/2023-03-13-hallam-historical-films-scanned.html
- title: In Search of a Critical Moment
naid: 88308
date: 1970
length: 29
color: true
win: true
resolution: 4K
description: >
This film tells the story of the Zero Power Plutonium Reactor (ZPPR), which
was a special test reactor in Idaho designed to supply information essential
to the development of economic fast-breeder, central-station, nuclear-power
plants. The film shows the construction of the ZPPR by the Argonne National
Laboratory, its many safety features, plutonium handling and storage, the
computer that analyzes the data obtained by the reactor, and the fuel loading
and attainment of reactor criticality.
notes:
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmvbbRRYb6k
- name: Our announcement page
url: /news/2022-12-19-zppr-film-scanned.html
- title: ML-1 MOBILE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
naid: 88191
date: 1963
length: 26
color: true
description: >
This semitechnical film states the Army's logistical need for mobile power,
and shows how that need is partially filled by the design, construction,
testing and field operation of a new transportable power rector plant, the
ML-1. An explanation of the design of this gas-cooled, water-moderated
reactor is given. Development of the reactor at the USAEC's National Reactor
Testing Station, Idaho, is shown. The design and testing of the
turbomachinery takes place at the Army Engineer Research and Development
Laboratory at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. The film also covers the training of
the operating crews, assembly of the ML-1, checkout and test run, testing of
the transportability of the system using mock-ups, simulated transportation
of the ML-1 to the field and its start-up and criticality
notes:
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPPp5rtu04A
notes: Digitized with a red tinge
- title: The New Power
naid: 88194
date: 1965
length: 45
color: true
description: >
This nontechnical film, for all audience levels, tells how the National Reactor
Testing Station in Idaho is furthering the USAEC's quest for economic nuclear
power. Most of the more than 40 experimental nuclear reactors built, being
built, or planned there are described either historically or currently,
including the Navy's prototypes for the submarine Nautilus and aircraft
carrier Enterprise; the internationally known testing reactor complex (MTR, ETR,
ATR); the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, the Army's mobile low power nuclear
plant (ML-1); and the importance of breeding nuclear fuel as authorized by the
two Experimental Breeder Reactor complexes, EBR-I and EBR-II. Also discussed are
the USAEC's leading reactor safety programs SPERT and STEP (Special Power
Excursion Reactor Test and Safety Test Engineering Program). The film also
explains the basic principles of power reactor construction and operation in an
animated sequence that is also available as a separate film titled, "Basic
Principles of Power Reactor Operation.
notes:
win: true
resolution: 4K
links:
- name: Our announcement page
url: /news/2023-07-04-the-new-power-film-about-nrts.html
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmdLgYqJLqs
- title: A Breeder in the Desert
naid: 88126
date: 1965
length: 29
color: false
description: >
Argonne's Experimental Breeder Reactor II at the National
Reactor Testing Station in Idaho is shown in detail and many of the features
and operating characteristics of a large scale fast breeder reactor are de
scribed The EBR-II Fuel Cycle Facility first nuclear fuel reprocessing plant
completely integrated with a reactor is shown in operation
notes:
win: false
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4Ks2TA8h4M
- title: Atomic Furnaces
naid: 88103
date: 1962
length: 28
color: false
description: >
The operation principles and scientific applications of nuclear reactors
used as research tools in various projects are briefly described Types of
research that reactors and associated equipment make possible are shown at
length The Gamma Ray Spectrometer the Neutron Chopper and a new reactor
designed specifically for high and low radiation experiments in biology are
also described. This film provides an in depth description of basic
research in the nuclear sciences at ERDA's Argonne National Laboratory
notes:
links:
- name: Digitized at Archives
url: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88103
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHXOxHwpwsY
- title: Nuclear Energy Goes Rural
naid: 88195
date: 1963
length: 14.5
color: true
description: >
This film presents the background, planning, and construction of the Elk
River Reactor for Minnesota's Rural Cooperative Power Association. After
the rural background and setting are established, the planning of the
reactor is shown. Animation is used to explain the principle of the boiling
water reactor with conventional superheated steam. A comparison is made with
the hot air heating system used in the home, and the reactor's control rods
are compared with a thermostat. The reactor control room is shown. A "Scram"
is explained. Fuel operations are also explained, as well as the air
monitoring system.
notes:
win: true
image: /img/vids/rural/boy-and-elk-river.jpg
links:
- url: /news/2024-03-16-six-early-nuclear-films.html#nuclear-energy-goes-rural-1963
name: Our announcement page
- name: On YouTube
notes: Thanks to Last Energy!
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dft1fPWFgD8
index: >
00:00 Intro
02:02 History of Elk River Reactor
03:20 Planning and components
05:20 Control rod loading
06:24 Reactor animations
09:38 Control rod drives and control room
11:10 Fuel handling
12:16 Fuel details
12:51 Containment air
14:30 Conclusions
- title: NUCLEAR REACTORS FOR RESEARCH
naid: 88197
date: 1955
length: 15
color: true
description: >
This film explains the basic design of the small homogeneous water-boiler
reactor type and describes the components and the various steps in the
construction of a small homogeneous reactor. Operation of the reactor is
described, and research uses are illustrated.
notes: NARA version says no sound, but Periscope found sound
links:
- name: Digitized by Periscope
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1CL5GELNW8
- title: THE PIQUA NUCLEAR POWER FACILITY
naid: 88218
date: 1963
length: 23
color: true
description: >
The Piqua Nuclear Power Facility is the first municipally owned power plant
using steam produced by a USAEC nuclear reactor. This film gives an animated
explanation of Piqua's reactor an organic moderated reactor and compares it
with the liquid metal sodium graphite type reactor at Hallam, Nebraska, and
the pressurized water reactor at Shippingport, Pa. Live action footage of the
Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment at the National Reactor Test Station in
Idaho is shown, as well as of the design and construction of the Piqua
facility.
notes:
links:
- name: On YouTube in SD
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH06vZZZSZw
- title: Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment (OMRE)
naid: 88405
date: 1958
length: 16
color: true
priority: 1
description: >
This film presents a pictorial summary of the fabrication and operation of the
OM RE facility at the USAEC 's National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho, being
conducted by Atomics International to investigate the use of organic materials
as a reactor coolant, for transferring heat and for moderating neutrons. The
film also depicts the technique of melting the organic moderator and methods
of monitoring.
notes:
- title: PM-1 Nuclear Power Plant
naid: 88220
date: 1962
length: 20
color: true
description: >
A filmed story of the PM-1 nuclear power plant (a pressurized water system), a
joint project of the USAEC and the U. S. Air Force, which supplies the power
for the radar and space heating of a remote Air Defense Command radar station
in Wyoming. The film breaks down the types and contents of 16 air
transportable packages, a total weight of about 30,000 pounds: reactor, steam
generator, waste tank, heat-transfer apparatus, control room, turbogenerator,
etc. Details are given on major components and the design and operation of the
system by information on: 741 nuclear fuel tubes in 7 fuel bundles, the "flow"
of primary water, the secondary water, details on the makeup of the fuel
element tubes, criticality testing, nature of the control rods, tests to
determine heat transfer and flow characteristics. The film recounts the
airlift of the packages, erection and assembly of the power plant, the work to
achieve criticality, and the varied safety controls.
notes:
win: true
resolution: 4K
links:
- name: Our announcement page
url: /news/2023-07-03-film-about-pm1-microreactor-in-wyoming.html
- name: On YouTube in 4K
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9S1P54n1FA
notes: Thanks to Ross Koningstein for his help
- title: PM-3A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ANTARCTICA
naid: 88221
date: 1963
length: 20
color: true
description: >
This is the semitechnical film-story of the 1500-kilowatt nuclear power
station built, under contract to USAEC, for operation by the Navy at McMurdo
Station, Antarctic headquarters for the joint Navy National Science
Foundation Antarctic Research Project. PM-3A, the first atomic power station
in the bleak Antarctic, supplies electric power and space heating for the
isolated station. Use of nuclear power reduces the massive amounts of fuel
oil for generating electricity that must be brought 11,000 miles by American
tankers. PM-3A was designed, fabricated, and tested in 14 months. Details
are given on the plant's pressure vessel, coolant, nuclear fuel, control
rods, switch gear, heat-transfer equipment, turbogenerator, and many other
major components. We see shots of the erection and testing of the reactor in
the States, site preparation by Seabees in the Antarctic, erection and
testing of the reactor at McMurdo, safety aspects, and achievement of
criticality.
notes:
links:
- name: On Youtube HD
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uJTQ32znKc
- name: On Youtube SD
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcgS_xnzvlA
- name: "Related: Power for Continent Seven"
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSmQ7TUowao
- title: Power and Promise (Shippingport)
naid: 3890916
date: 1959
length: 29
color: true
description: >
This is a semitechnical film for high-school and college-level audiences.
It describes the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, built to
advance power reactor technology and demonstrate the practicability of
operating a central station atomic power plant in a utility network. Included
is an explanation of the production and control of heat and radioactivity
produced by nuclear fission; manufacture of fuel elements; major components
such as pumps, heat exchangers, and the pressure vessel; construction of the
station; installation of components; and the erection and installation of the
reactor core.
notes: >
Eisenhower uses a nuclear wand to start the Shippingport reactor in this one
remotely.
links:
- name: On YouTube, digitized by PeriscopeFilm in SD
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hs_S7fUnoY
- title: "The Story of Camp Century: City Under the Ice"
naid: 88263
date: 1961
length: 32
color: true
description: >
This film concerns the construction by Army Engineers of Camp Century, a
nuclear-powered U. S. Army Arctic research laboratory buried below the
Greenland ice cap. Although the film tells the entire story of the planning
and construction of Camp Century, it contains a significant section devoted to
the nuclear power plant for electricity and space heating. The film shows the
selection of the isolated camp site, 150 miles from Thule; delivery of
supplies and equipment by motorized bobsleds; digging and construction of 23
tunnels in the ice (trenches covered with steel arches and snow); construction
of foundations for prefabricated buildings; erection of prefabricated
buildings; procurement of water supplies; installation of insulated piping and
sewage lines; and how the men eat and sleep. Also shown are the digging of
four deep trenches for the nuclear power plant, the construction of the
frame for the reactor buildings, arrival of the power plant (400 tons of
piping, machinery, and components) by sea, delivery of the heavy components
(including a 21 -ton vapor container) by sled over the ice cap, unloading of
the power plant, opening of labeled boxes of piping and wiring, reassembly of
major components, and movement of the 15-ton condenser into the tunnel. The
power plant is described, and the assembly of the shells to contain the
nuclear section, the work to activate the power plant, the subcritical tests,
the careful loading of the reactor core with fuel elements after inspection
and cleaning, the gradual activation of the reactor, and the achievement of
criticality are shown. Today, powered by its nuclear reactor, the Arctic
research center is in full operation. (Nontechnical: suitable for high school
and above.)
notes: >
Extremely awesome. Featuring Mukluck the dog.
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ujx_pND9wg
- title: "TOMORROW'S POWER --- TODAY"
naid: 88269
date: 1964
length: 5.5
color: true
description: >
This nontechnical film, for all audience levels, briefly explains the
principle of atomic power production, states the need for its continued
development while showing that it is already in use in many locations across
the country. The film explains why the energy of the atom is needed to
supplement that of conventional fossil fuels. Animation is used to explain how
nuclear fission creates heat and how that heat is converted to electrical
power. A comparison is given between the energy released from the uranium atom
and coal, gas, and oil. The film concludes with a brief survey of
representative atomic power plants in the United States, noting location and
kilowatts of electrical power
notes:
priority: 3
links:
- title: "The Magnetic Bottle"
naid: 88178
date: 1958
length: 10
color: true
topics: ["Fusion"]
description: >
This film is a concise summary, for the informed layman, of the United
States Sherwood Program, for research into controlled nuclear fusion. It
shows various operating experimental devices, explains their principles
and the many complex problems involved in possible future development of
full-scale machines to create unlimited industrial power by controlling a
continuous fusion process at millions of degrees of temperature.
notes:
priority: 2
links:
- title: To Imitate the Sun
naid: 88325
date: 1971
length: 33
color: true
topics: ["Fusion"]
priority: 2
description: >
One of the rarest basic research programs now gripping the minds
of nuclear physicists the world over is controlled thermonuclear fusion After
more than a quarter century of research and experiment scientists believe they
are close to demonstrating the scientific feasibility of the fusion concept.
This film depicts the theoretical challenge of such controlled fusion and describes
many of the research machines that are being used to investigate plasmas of
thermonuclear regimes It also touches upon what environmental and economic
advantages may accrue from future fusion power reactors The film also includes
descriptions of the four major American fusion devices Two X Two Astron Scyllac
and ORMAK as well as discussions on the modeling of plasmas by such internal
ring machines as the DC Octupole and the Spherator
notes: This film won many honors at film festivals
- title: "Metals Frontier"
naid: 88187
date: 1961
length: 22
color: true
description: >
This semitechnical documentary film, a story of teamwork in research, is
designed for an audience with an appreciable degree of scientific
sophistication, primarily seniors and graduate students in the physical
sciences and engineering. Highlights in the operations of the Ames
Laboratory, a major installation of the USAEC, are shown by illustrating
the steps in the development of the process for the production of yttrium
metal. The film also gives insight into the facilities and the pioneering
tradition of Ames Laboratory in the investigation of the rare earths. The
film is panoramic in style, showing how basic research, development, and
production go along together. The following steps in metal processing are
shown: separation of yttrium from rare earths, conversion to fluoride,
reduction, and arc melting. Special emphasis is given to purity and to the
need for careful analytical control. The film also shows how the graduate
student fits into the laboratory's research program.
notes: Reached out to Ames to see if they want to fund digitization
priority: 3
links:
- title: "Of Man and Matter"
naid: 88205
date: 1963
length: 29
color: true
description: >
This film describes the design, development and operation of the alternating
gradient synchrotron (AGS) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, shows the
various major components of this 33 billion-electron-volt particle
accelerator, and explains how the high energy protons produced in the
machine are used in physical research. An actual experiment is seen, in
which the particle beam is guided into a bubble chamber and the resultant
interactions with the target nuclei are photographed. The methods adopted in
scanning and analyzing the photographs are also shown. By means of a brief
lecture, a Brookhaven physicist explains that such gigantic and complex
machines as the AGS are necessary in order to study the fundamental
particles and the forces within the atomic nucleus that are the basic
components of all existing matter.
notes: Reached out to BNL to see if they want to fund digitization
priority: 3
links:
- title: The Many Faces of Argonne
naid: 88183
date: 1963
length: 60
color: true
description: >
Although the film is about Argonne National Laboratory, it will be useful to
both technical and nontechnical audiences who wish an interesting survey of
the objectives, methods, and hardware of the broad range of nuclear research
conducted by a typical national laboratory of the USAEC.
With both artistry and clarity, the ANL narrator shows the CP-5 and the
range of work accomplished with this powerful research reactor. In an ANL
chemistry laboratory, investigation of atomic forces with "color center"
studies of the structure of crystals is shown. Information is given on
methods of protecting atomic scientists from radiation: film badges and
dosimeters; the checking of air, water, walls, dust; the remote-control
devices involving periscopes and television in order to see and work despite
massive shielding.
Argonne's efforts in the power reactor field are summarized, using the
Experimental Breeder Reactor II as an example, with detailed explanation of
its components, purposes, methods, etc.
Experiments to learn the effects of radiation on human beings are explained
studies of the effects of radiation received continually over a lifetime
(bone-tumor studies); studies of the mutation-producing effects of radiation
(fruit fly studies, work with dogs, etc.); studies of neonatal rates;
life-span studies; studies of leukemia; effects of radiation on cells, etc.
The film shows in detail the giant Zero Gradient Synchrotron accelerator or
"atom-smasher" used to tear apart subatomic particles to study the basic
nature of matter. Argonne's relation to American universities is outlined,
with views of the training of foreign students
notes:
priority: 3
links:
- title: ATOMS FOR PEACE
naid: 88117
date: 1955
length: 17
color: false
description: >
This nontechnical film, for all audience levels, ties together film footage
from various sources to cover the entire range of peaceful applications of
atomic energy in industry, biology, medicine, and agriculture. It outlines
the potential of nuclear power.
notes: Video available in NARA
links:
- name: On YouTube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TYXjsP9CiA
- title: A DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
naid:
date: 1955
length: 40
color: true
description: >
In this nontechnical film, for all audience levels, Fred McMurray, playing a
nuclear scientist, explains to his teenage son, concerned over the destructive
uses of the atom, the various peaceful applications of atomic energy. It also
contains a section describing the development of nuclear power for submarine
propulsion.
notes: Produced by Westinghouse. Not in NARA.
priority: 4
links:
- title: MAN AND RADIATION
naid: 88179
date: 1963
length: 28.5
color: true
description: >
This popular-level film, suitable for audiences from junior high school
through college, discusses many aspects of radiation and offers a survey of
their widespread beneficial applications in medicine, industry, agriculture,
power, and research. A historical survey of the discovery of radiation is
followed by an animated explanation of different types of radiation, including
alpha, beta, and gamma. A brief explanation of radioisotopes and how they are
produced is given, followed by scenes depicting some of their uses, including
the use of Calcium-47 to diagnose bone cancer. The detection and study of
radiation by sensitive instruments is explained. The study of radiation in the
laboratory is demonstrated with work in photosynthesis using
radiochromatography. Several important industrial uses of radiation are shown.
The use of irradiation for prolonged food preservation, particularly of such
highly perishable food as fresh fish, is demonstrated. The production of a new
material, a wood-plastic alloy, is also shown as one example of current
research in the beneficial uses of radiation.
notes:
priority: 3
links:
- title: MAN AND THE ATOM
naid: 88180
date: 1965
length: 59
color: true
description: >
Designed for high school through college-level audiences, this film surveys
the role of the USAEC in guiding and supporting the nation's atomic energy
programs. It reviews many of those programs, including both the peaceful
applications of nuclear energy and those involved in national defense. The
film opens with a visit to the community of Buchanan, New York, site of
Consolidated Edison's Indian Point atomic power station. The enlightened
attitude of the community toward the atomic plant is revealed as the camera
visits the mayor of the town, teachers and school children, housewives,
businessmen and plant personnel. Following a review of the atom's place in
national defense, the film goes into the mining of uranium and processing into
fissionable materials.
It then explores the broad role of the USAEC, briefly discussing the make-up of
the Commission and showing an actual Commission meeting in session, as the
Commissioners, General Manager and Director of Regulation engage in an important
discussion involving aerospace safety. The USAEC 's responsibility in all facets
of atomic safety is covered as the film shows the testing of a nuclear power
source for a space satellite and the design and testing of a power reactor. The
processing and storage of radioactive waste is discussed.
After reviewing some aspects of the peaceful uses of nuclear explosives,
including Projects Sedan and Gnome, the film next turns to a survey of
radioisotopes and their many applications. Isotope production at Oak Ridge is
shown. Some of the uses of radioisotopes in medicine are demonstrated at the
hospital at USAEC's Brookhaven National Laboratory. Some agricultural
applications of radioisotopes are shown, including the irradiation of the
screwworm fly and the use of radiation for food preservation.
The radioisotope as a source of power is covered during a brief review of the
SNAP (Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power) program. After a visit to Brookhaven
National Laboratory to explore some aspects of high energy physics at the
Alternating Gradient Synchrotron, the film concludes with some statements by Dr.
Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman of the USAEC, concerning the important future of the
nation's atomic energy program and the role the atom will play in benefiting
all mankind.
notes: >
There are three NAIDs for this one, 88180, 88181, and 88182. It's probably
on more than one film reel due to length.
priority: 2
links:
- title: THE ATOM AND THE MAN ON THE MOON
naid: 88295
date: 1969
length: 13
color: true
description: >
Describes SNAP-27, its mission and its role in the Apollo program. On an early
Apollo flight, astronauts on the moon will install a small scientific
laboratory to conduct lunar surface experiments. After they depart for earth,
the laboratory—known as ALSEP, Apollo Lunar Surface Packages will remain,
transmitting its research data to receiving stations on earth for several
years. ALSEP is powered by electricity from atomic energy a highly reliable,
radioisotope-fueled thermoelectric generator called SNAP-27. The film