Atomic Energy

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1244A

Date Released

9 Apr 1953

Date submitted

Mar 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Atomic Energy
2. 2South Africa Prepares for Elections
3. 3Coronation Preparations
4. 4Queen and Duke at Maundy Service
5. 5Easter Vagaries
6. *RAF Anniversary Review

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atomic Energy. DESCRIPTION: Though strict security guards the Atomic Energy Commission’s Laboratories in America, Newsreel cameras are permitted to report on how the deadly radio-activity of atomic power is being put to work - not for destruction - but for the benefit of mankind. SHOTLIST: Workers leaving Atomic laboratory. Workers showing passes to Police at gate. Inside laboratory, man working mechanical hands. Radio active material being handled. Pieces of radio active food given to sheep. Sheep then tested with some machine. Man drinks radio active medicine. Then he is X-Rayed and the machine draws a diagram where the cancer is to be found in his body. CU finished chart.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Manchester.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Animals; Nuclear energy

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

58799

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

119

Story extras:

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