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The Super Weapon. Radio-Guided Rocket - First Pictures

Date released

1 Oct 1951

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2148

NoS ID

043298

Story no

2 / 9

American official pictures for first time of radio-controlled, atom-carrying rocket. Remarkable pictures at high altitude show automatic weapon passing fastest US fighter, Sabre jet.

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Tough Whiskers

Date released

1969

Series name

Tomorrow Today

Issue no

9

NoS ID

350769

Story no

2 / 4

COI synopsis: Grown in the heart of a nuclear reactor, the silicon carbide whisker is one of the strongest things in existence today. Able to stand pressures of three million pounds per square inch -...

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Into Eternity (2011)

Director

Michael Madsen

Subject

Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 75 minutes), £5.99

In 1954, the first nuclear power plant went into operation in the Soviet Union, but more than half a century later little has been done to confront the most serious problem with nuclear energy - what to do...

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Canada Exposes Atom Spy Ring

Date released

21 Feb 1946

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1563

NoS ID

039905

Story no

3 / 7

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Mackenzie King uncovers most sensational spy drama of modern times - foreign attempt to probe atomic bomb secrets.

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Busy Days for President Lopez

Date released

31 Oct 1955

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2639

NoS ID

155106

Story no

7 / 7

Extras

1 commentary sheet

At Benson RAF station (35 feet) At Harwell (40 feet) Royal Opera House (212 feet)

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UNO Debates Atom Control

Date released

28 Jan 1946

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1556

NoS ID

039865

Story no

1 / 6

United Nations Assembly appoints commission to settle how to achieve world-control of atomic power. Messrs Byrnes, Vyshinsky, Paul-Boncour and Lopez.

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Calder Hall to Hinkley Point

Date released

1957

Series name

Home and Away

Issue no

11

NoS ID

352807

Story no

2 / 4

Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: Calder Hall was the first full-scale nuclear power station in the world and in its design and construction Babcock had an important part. Now the Company is playing an even...

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Z.E.T.A.

Date released

1958

Series name

Commonwealth Teleview

Issue no

11

NoS ID

324952

Story no

1 / 1

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Steam and the Atom

Date released

1955

Series name

Home and Away

Issue no

1

NoS ID

352774

Story no

3 / 4

Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: At this time Calder Hall "A", the world’s first fullscale atomic power station was under construction. The film pays a brief visit to the site and then by means of a diagram...

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Science For Society

Date released

1976

Series name

This Week In Britain

Issue no

895

NoS ID

329136

Story no

1 / 1

COI synopsis: Some peaceful uses of atomic power at Harwell - solar heat pump and a plutonium powered pacemaker.

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