| The Atom At Work (pt.1) | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 638 |
| Catalog #: | 313342 | |
| Clip Number: | 313342-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PREMIERE 5580 | |
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| Location: | USSR | |
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| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Atomic / Nuclear | |
| Description: | "The Soviet nuclear power industry is examined. Let the atom be a worker and not a soldier seems to be the reigning philosophy. The peaceful uses of nuclear energy including nuclear-powered ice-breakers, rejuvenating deserts into arable lanes and the use of the nuclear technology for medical purposes are shown. The joint institute for Nuclear Research, an international organization based in the Societ Union promotes only peaceful means of nuclear energy use." Science, technology. 02:08:30:- opens with amazingly colorful wide LS of an atomic blast (absolutely enormous mushroom cloud; red, orange, and yellow and every shade inbetween). CU's of a nuclear fuel employee (scientist) working with radioactive materials. CU of uranium rods inside a nuclear facility. EST shots of various Soviet nuclear plants. INT shots, high tech nuclear facilities as scientists go about their daily routines (some great sci-fi shots here, the areas looking much too futuristic). CU's of a model of the largest Soviet nuclear facility. 02:10:31:- EST and INT shots of the Lenin Nuclear Power Station in Leningrad. EST shot of where the power workers live. MS's of children playing in a park in Andersenville, named after the famous children's writer; the park is nearby a nuclear power plant. EST and INT shots of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an international center of atomic studies in Moscow; great MS's of nuclear scientists working in lab and on computers; CUs of early computers, printers, lab equipment, instruments, and devices. MS of a man receiving radiation treatment; CU of a lab readout being printed. EST shots of an irradiation center as geneticists work in a small wheat field, trying to make a gentically superior strain of wheat (CU's of wheat in field, barely moving in wind). ECU's of geneticists working in lab (looking through microscopes, using beakers, printing information, computing data, etc). CU's of genetically engineered grapes growing in a vineyard; MS of a researcher making calculations. CU of genetically engineered (grown with the help of radioactive isotopes) potatoes on an assembly line. MS's of items which benefit from radioactive isotopes (yard goods freed of static electricity, tires made of better rubber, and heat-resistant polyurethane). CU model of an oil rig. CU's and MS's of household products which benefit from radioactive isotope chemistry. 02:16:52:- Panning shot of waves crashing on rocky coast. LS of a lighthouse equipped with a radio isotope generator; MS of a man operating the lighthouse from ashore. LS of nuclear powered icebreakers (ships) sailing through icy floe; INT shots of boats and crew at work. LS's of the Artica (Artika), the only ship to ever reach the North Pole. LS's of ships (freighters) at sunny dockyard. EST shots of a tundra inside the Artic Circle (looks awfully summery, though), including LS of a helicopter landing. 02:20:29:- EST shots of a remote mining facility (includes aerial shot); MS of buckets full of soil emerging from the permafrosted ground; ECU of gold in a sifting can. Cut to CU of a camel, then to EST shots of a desert.; EST shots of a desert city (an oasis) near the Caspian Sea, including LS's of municipal trucks watering the streets and planters lining them; EST and INT shots of the nuclear-powered (nuclear reactor) water plant that provides the city with water. Panning INT shots of Soviet parliament convening, including shots of LEONID BREHZNEV signing legislation. | |
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