Search for the Tunguska Meteorite, The

Synopsis

At 7.17am on June 30, 1908, an explosion of tremendous violence disrupted the remote Siberian taiga several hundred miles north of Irkutsk. The film describes this event and the scientific effort that has been made to understand it, from the first expedition to the area conducted under the direction of L A Kulik in 1929 to the 1961 expedition. Field work and laboratory investigations yielded the conclusion that it was a comet entering the earth’s atmosphere that had caused the destruction in the Tunguska area.

Language

English

Country

Russian Federation

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col.

Year of production

1967

Availability

Special loan only

Notes

The film was produced in the USSR under the supervision of the Committee on Meteorites of the Academy of Sciences, Moscow. It has been adapted for English speaking audiences by the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Documentation

Reference: ‘Giant Meteorites’ by E L Krinov (New York: Pergamon Press, 1966).

Subjects

Geology

Keywords

comets; meteorites; Russia; Siberia

Distributor

Name

Hutchison, Dr R