ATOMIC POWER STATION An item about an atomic power plant and the way it is designed to benefit modern industry.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	6112
	Catalog #:	122996
	Clip Number:	122996-1
	Orginal Film:	CP 380
	Timecode:	01:13:28 - 01:17:13
	Location:	Bradwell, Essex.
	Year Shot:	1962 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	CONSTRUCTION: Misc. INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Atomic / Nuclear LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex
	Description:	ATOMIC POWER STATION An item about an atomic power plant and the way it is designed to benefit modern industry. Bradwell, Essex. L/S of a deserted beach, L/S of deserted wasteland. L/S of a building site where they are constructing a nuclear power station, an engineer climbs up a ladder in the foreground. Various shots of the building covered in scaffold. Various shots of the 'Goliath' a special crane designed to lift 400 tons. Various shots of a piece of machinery being lowered into place. M/S as two engineers discuss something and point to the structure. C/U of the cement being discharged into the building. L/S of the construction site. M/S of the plans for Bradwell power plant, the camera pans up to show the building. Various shots of the power plant. Interior. M/S of two men inside the plant, they are checking uranium bars which are encased in a magnesium canister and put in a magazine. C/U of the bars, various shots of the men checking them. M/S as one of the men wheels a trolley of bars away. M/S as the bars are wheeled into another room. One man lowers a machine over the bars and winds a handle which lifts the bar up, he then swings it over and lowers it into the reactor. C/U of the other man writing something down, C/U of the bar as it is lowered in, he removes the machine and screws the lid into place. L/S of a control room with rows of dials and instruments. C/U of one engineer as he looks at the dials. M/S of another engineer smoking a pipe, he turns some dials and checks a gauge. C/U of the gauge. M/S of another man turning the controls. Exterior. Various shots of electricity pylons. L/S of the power station shot from a high angle.

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