| CHILDREN MAKE ATOMIC ENERGY PLANT students making adjustments and starting up an installation capable of producing a one-million-volt output. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7921 | |
| Catalog #: | 286760 | |
| Clip Number: | 286760-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1747 I | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:12 - 01:47:06 | |
| Location: | El Cerrito, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/TEENAGERS: Studying / Learning EDUCATION & SCHOOLS: Classrooms EDUCATION & SCHOOLS: Secondary (High School) INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Atomic / Nuclear LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California SCIENCE: Nuclear | |
| Description: | CHILDREN MAKE ATOMIC ENERGY PLANT aka CHILDREN MAKE ATOM PLANT students making adjustments and starting up an installation capable of producing a one-million-volt output. El Cerrito, California, United States of America / USA LS Exterior of the High School in El Cerrito, California, where pupils have built an atomic energy plant. MS Entrance doors, pupils entering. LS A school teacher (Ben Siegel, Head of the Science Department) explains the cyclotron to his senior physics class, by means of blackboard drawings. (2 shots). CU Blackboard drawing of cyclotron with teacher indicating certain parts. MS and CU The "atom smashing" plant (a Heath-Robinson-looking contraption) showing two of the male students making adjustments. (3 shots). MS The students close the door on their installation, housed in the school carpentry workshop. CU Two boys making adjustments to the wiring. MS Two students with notebooks, flick a switch on the control panel. CU The wheel and belt (looks like a sewing machine) start up. CU One of the student controllers making adjustments at the control panel. CU Test tube with liquid bubbling up to top. | |
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