Zeta

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1495

Date Released

27 Jan 1958

Date submitted

22 Jan 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Big London Fire
2. 2Rocket Pioneer
3. 3Monorail
4. 4Monte Carlo Rally
5. 5Trapped by Radar
6. 6How to Survive
7. 7Spring on the Way
8. 8Zeta

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Zeta - Peace Atoms. DESCRIPTION: Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (or Zeta) is used by British scientists at Harwell, in a tremendous project: the harnessing of the power of the H-bomb for peaceful purposes. SHOTLIST: GV Atomic equipment. MS ‘Zeta’ MS technicians. 2 technicians looking at equipment. MS man sitting at control panel. CU same. CU panel Sir John Cockcroft speaks. 2 technicians, MS technicians. CU panel. Notice ‘Hydrogen No Smoking’. CU man looking at machinery. CU panel buttons. CU gauge. MS technicians. GV ‘ZETA’.

Keywords

Science and technology; Nuclear energy

Locations

England; Harwell

Card file number

72648

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Ken Taylor

Length of story (in feet)

84

Story extras:

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