The Mighty Atom

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
45/66
Date Released
16 Aug 1945
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Witness Laval
  2. 2Bomber Collides with Skyscraper
  3. 3Atlantic "Queen" Home
  4. 4The Mighty Atom

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
First and exclusive pictures of Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, centre of research into atomic power. A "heavy water" plant in Norway which was discovered by Secret Service agents and upon which a commando raid was launched. Map of 4 square mile area of London equivalent to that destroyed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Sir John Anderson, who supervised British research on the atomic bomb, speaking - backgrounded by film of Cambridge laboratory, oil wells, Battersea power station, coal mine, Boulder Dam, eclipse of the sun.
Keywords
Politics and government; Weapons; Science and technology; Military
Locations
Cambridge; Hoover Dam
Length of story (in feet)
269
Story extras:
Film clip
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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