Atomic Power Station

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1381

Date Released

21 Nov 1955

Date submitted

17 Nov 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Geneva - Final Scenes
2. 2Home to Gettysburg
3. 3New Global Bomber
4. 4Atomic Power Station
5. 5Atomic Power Station
6. 6Modern Addis Ababa
7. 7Pretoria Centenary
8. 8Ladies Day
9. 9Campbell Does It Again
10. *The Duke’s Visit

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Calder Hall. DESCRIPTION: At Calder Hall, Cumberland, Britain’s first Atomic Power Station is nearing completion. SHOTLIST: CU reactor building. GVs of the whole site showing progress. CU and LS reactors and furnaces in the course of construction. CU builders at work with barrows etc. CU man putting washer gasket on water pipes. CU one of the generators. SCU reactor control board. GVs of the site.

Keywords

Nuclear energy

Locations

Cumberland; Calder Hall

Footage sources

Gaumont British News Rota

Card file number

65217

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

James Humphries

Length of story (in feet)

141

Story extras:

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