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ED 067 273 SE 014 815 TITLE Combined FilmCatalog, 1972, United States Atomic Commission.. INSTITUTION Atomic EnergyCommission, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 72 NOTE 73p.

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ABSTRACT A comprehensive listing of all current United States Commission( USAEC) films, this catalog describes 232 films in two major film collections. Part One: Education-Information contains 17 subject categories and two series and describes 134 films with indicated understanding levels on each film for use by schools. The categories include such subjects as: and Agriculture, Environment and Ecology, Industrial Applications, Medicine, Peaceful Uses, Power Reactors, and Research. Part Two: Technical-Professional lists 16 subject categories and describes 98 technical films for use primarily by professional audiences such as colleges and universities, industry, researchers, scientists, and technologists. The subjects include: , , Medicine, Peaceful Nuclear Explosives, Physical Research, and Principles of Atomic Energy. All films are available from the five USAEC libraries listed. A section on "Advice To Borrowers" and request forms for ordering AEC films follow. (LK) U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EOUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONORIG INATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY RF °RESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OFEDU CATION POSITION OR POLICY

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I I University of Alaska Film Library NOTICE Atomic Energy Film Section Division of Public Service With theissuanceof this 1972 catalog, the USAEC 109 Eielson Building announces that allthe domestic film libraries (except College, Alaska 99701 Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) have been consolidated Phone:907-479-7296 into one new library. From now on all requests for USAEC Film requests from Hawaii for popular or technical films films should be sent to this address: should be sent to the library which ctocks these films: University of Hawaii USAECTIC Film Library CTA Film LibraryAEC Popular Films P. 0. Box 62 Krauss Hall, Room 108 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 2500 Dole Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Use this map as a guide to ensure that the library will help University of Hawaii you meet your showing dates. The concentric circles, with AV ServicesAEC Technical Film Library Oak Ridge at the center, illustrate the number of days it Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 will take for films to move normally via the postal service. Phone: 808-944-8111 Please allow two additional weeks for the library to process your request. After use, return the films immediately; other And film requests from Puerto Rico should be sent to: borrowers may be waiting for the same subjects. Film Library Puerto Rico Nuclear Center Unaffected by the consolidation will be the USAEC Caparra Heights Station film libraries in Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Film San Juan, Puerto Rico 00935 requests from Alaska should be sent to: Phone : 767-0350

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For general information, advice or special assistance on film , the USAEC field offices will continue to help you. Write or call: TIC Film Librarian Wayne Range Dale Cook USAECTIC Office of Information Services Public Information P. 0. Box 62 U. S. Atomic Energy Commission U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 P. 0. Box E 2111 Bancroft Way Phone: 615.483.8611, Ext. 3-4271 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830 Berkeley, California 94704 Phone: 615. 483.8611, Ext. 3 -4231 Sid L. Schwartz Gary Pitchford Office of Information Services Information Office George Dennis U. S. Atomic Energy Commission U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Information Division Washington, D. C. 20545 U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Phone: 301-973-4239 9800 South Cass Avenue P. 0. Box 5400 Argonne, Illinois 60439 Albuquerque, N. M. 87115 Phone: 312- 739 -7711, Ext. 21 08 Phone: 505 - 264 -7239 F. Tom Richardson Office of Information Services Richard Blackledge U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Office of Information Northeast Region U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Savannah River Operations 376 Hudson Street P. 0. Box 2108 U. S. Atomic Energy Commission New York, N. Y. 10014 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401 P. 0. Box A Phone: 212. 620.3601 Phone: 208-526-1317 Aiken, South Carolina 29801 COMBINED

1-') FILM CATALOG,1972 c.) Lu United States Atomic Energy Commission

NOTICE CONTENTS With this 1972 revision, the USAEC Film Catalogs have Letter to USAEC Film User ...... iii been combined into a two part catalog with all current Part One and Part Two Subject Categories . iv USAEC films listed in one book. Combined Title Index FREE LOAN FILMS FOR SCHOOL, THE PUBLIC, AND TELEVISION USAEC pictures listed in this catalog are available Part One:EDUCATIONINFORMATION from the USAECTIC Film Library for free loan for public Subject Categories 3 nonprofit exhibition. A few sublibraries may charge a small handling fee. All films, except those described as "NOT cleared for television," may be shown on television pro. TECHNICALPROFESSIONAL grams as a public service. Part Two: Subject Categories 39 HOW TO ORDER Advice to New Borrowers 60 A supply of film loan request forms is included as the last Advice to Teachers 60 pages of the catalog. Who May Borrow 60 How to Order 60 Address your film loan requests to: Civil Rights 60 USAECTIC Film Library P. 0. Box 62 Loan Requirements 60 Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830 Television Use 61 Canadian Borrowers 61 You may order more than one film at a time and for more Advice to Foreign Borrowers 61 than one showing date. in ordering, place refer to each Where to Purchase Prints 61 film by its numbei and full title. Stock Footage 62

3 UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20545

DEAR FILM USER:

The 1972 revision of the USAEC COMBINED FILM CATALOG describes 232 films in two major film collections: Part One: EDUCATIONINFORMATION contains 17 subject categories and two series, and describes 134 films with indicated understanding levels on each film for use by schools. These films are available to the general public, television stations, and colleges, universities and secondary schools. The categories have a wide range of interest including such subjects as: Biology and Agriculture, Environment and Ecology, Industrial Applications, Medicine, Peaceful Uses, Power Reactors, and Research. Included in Part One of the catalog are seven important films on environmental and ecological aspects of nuclear energy programs: " and the Environment" page 7, "The and the Environment" page 5, "Endless Chain" page 6, " in Environmental Control" page 7, "No Turning Back" page 7, "Web of Life" page 9, and "The Warm Coat" page 8. Part Two: TECHNICALPROFESSIONAL lists 16 subject categories and describes 98 technical films for use primarily by professional audiences such as colleges and universities, industry, researchers, scientists, engineers and technologists. The subjects include: - ing, Fuels, Medicine, Peaceful Nuclear Explosives, Physical Research, and Principles of Atomic Energy. For reference, a list of subject categories in Part One and Part Two appears on Page iv, and a complete alphabetical index of all the films starts on Page v. All the films in the catalog are available for free-loan from the five USAEC libraries listed inside the front cover. Additional copies of this catalog are available free of charge from these libraries, or the Audio-Visual Section, Office of Information Services, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545. In ordering films, please refer to each film by its NUMBER AND FULL TITLE. This will speed the handling of your request. If you teach science, your attention is directed to the revised USAEC film catalog, CLASSROOM SCIENCE FILMS, available from the same sources.

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Part One: EDUCATIONINFORMATION Part Two: TECHNICALPROFESSIONAL Subject Categories Subject Categories

(For the General Public, Schools, Television, (For Colleges and Universities; Industry; Researchers; Colleges and Universities) Scientists; Engineers and Technologists)

BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE 1 ANTHROPOLOGY 39 CAREERS ...... 3 BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE 40 ENVIRONME NT AND ECOLOGYG ...... 5 DATA PROCESSING 40 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AND SSPINOFF. . . . 9 ENGINEERING 41 INTERNATIONAL 12 FUELS, PROCESSING AND . .42 MEDICINE ...... 12 GENEVA1971 FILM TITLES 44 NATIONAL LABORATORY. ACTIVITIES 13 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AND SPINOFF .44 NUCLEAR DESALTING 16 MEDICINE 45 NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND TESTING 17 AND DETECTION .48 PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES 18 PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES 48 PEACEFUL USES (SUMMARY FILMS) 19 PHYSICS, FUSION AND 49 POWER REACTORS 21 POWER REACTORS 53 PRINCIPLES OF ATOMIC ENERGY 24 RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS 54 RRESEARCH E S E A R C H...... 25 SAFETY, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND MONITORING .55 SAFETY, WASTET DISPOSAL,AND RADIATION . .28 SPACE AND SNAP PROGRAMS 57 SPACE AND SNAP (SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR TRANSPORTATION 58 AUXILIARY POWER) 29 PROSPECTING, MINING, AND PRODUCTION 32 SERIES: "CHALLENGE" (22 Titles) 33 "UNDERSTANDING THE ATOM" (11 Titles) .35

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A IS FOR ATOM 24 CERAMIC FABRICATION ACCEL REVISITED: Automated Circuit DEVELOPMENT FOR PRTR ...... 42 Card Etching Layout 40 (CHALLENGE SERIES) (21 TITLES) 33 ACROMEGALY: DIAGNOSIS, ETIOLOGY, CHEMICAL SOMERSAULT, A 33 THERAPY 45 CLEAN AIR IS A BREEZE: Airborne ADVANCED TEST REACTOR 54 Contamination Control Through Laminar AIR AND GAS CLEANING FOR Air Flow ...... 10 NUCLEAR ENERGY 55 COMBUSTION TECIINIQUES IN LIQUID ALCHEMIST'S DREAM, THE 33 SCINTILLATION COUNTING 40 ALPHA, , AND GAMMA 35 COMPUTER FLUID DYNAMICS 40 ANALYSIS OF NUCLEONNUCLEON CONTROLLED PHOTOSYNTHESIS 2 SCAICERING EXPERIMENTS 49 CONTROLLING ATOMIC ENERGY 24 ART OF SEPARATION, THE 33 CONTROLLING RECORDS FIRES WITH ARGONNE FAST SOURCE REACTOR 54 HIGH EXPANSION FOAM ...... 55 ATOM AND EVE, THE 21 COUNTING WHOLE BODY RADIOACTIVITY . . 45 ATOM AND THE ENVIRONMENT 5 CURRENT METHODS IN FUEL ATOM AND THE MAN ON THE MOON, THE 29 FABRICATION 42 ATOM IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE, THE 35 DAY TOMORROW BEGAN, THE 23 ATOM IN THE HOSPITAL, THE 12 DESALTING THE SEAS 16 ATOM SMASHERS 25 DEVELOPMENT AND FABRICATION OF ATOM UNDERGROUND, THE 18 HFIR TARGET ELEMENTS 49 ATOM: YEAR OF PURPOSE, THE 19 DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY WITH ATOMIC ENERGY FOR SPACE 29 RADIATION 45 ATOMIC FINGERPRINT, THE 9 DISPERSION THEORY APPROACH TO ATOMIC FURNACES 33 NUCLEONNUCLEON 49 ATOMIC GREENHOUSE, THE 1 DOORWAY TO DIAGNOSIS 45 ATOMIC MEDICINE 13 DOWN ON TIIE FARM 33 24 EBRII FUEL FACILITY 22 ATOMIC POWER PRODUCTION ENDLESS CHAIN...... 6 29 ATOMIC POWER TODAY (Short Version) ENVIRONMENTAL TES'T'ING ...... 17 ATOMIC POWER TODAY: SERVICE WITH ETERNAL CYCLE, THE ...... 2 SAFETY (Long Version) 22 EXPERIMENTS IN CONTROLLING BRUSH ATOMIC REVOLUTION IN WOOD 9 FIRES WITH DETERGENT FOAM 55 ATOMIC SEARCII 19 EXPLORING THE 25 ATOMIC VENTURE 53 EXTRACORPOREAL IRRADIATION OF BLOOD 12 FOR TIIE AMERICAS AND LYMPH ...... 46 ATOMS IN AGRICULTURE 1 FABRICATION OF THE ACCELERATOR ATOMS IN THE MARKETPLACE: STRUCTURE 49 NUCLEAR MATERIALS SA FEG UARDS FABRICATION OF SNAP 7D FUEL AND MANAGEMENT 10 SOURCES 57 ATOMS ON THE MOVE: Transportation FARM FRESH TO YOU 10 of Radioactive Materials 58 FEAST, THE 39 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF POWER REACTORS 23 FIFTH FUEL, THE ...... 32 BEGINNING WITHOUT END, A 13 FIRE FIGHTING IN THE E. NUCLEAR BETA RAY SPECTROMETER 55 FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT, PART II: BITTER AND THE SWEET, THE 16 COMPUTER INSTALLATIONS BREEDER IN THE DESERT, A 33 FIRST CHEMICAL SEPARATION OF BROOKHAVEN SPECTRUM 14 BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE 33 FIRST REACTOR IN. SPACE: SNAP10A 30 (CAREERS SERIES) (3 TITLES) 3 FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE 33

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FRESHER THE BETTER, THE 11 OAK RIDGE RESEARCH REACTOR . .55 FUEL OF 1HE FUTURE, THE ...... 34 OF MAN AND 26 FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANICAL VIBRATION 41 OPERATION LONG SHOT ...... 17 FUSION RESEARCH 50 OPPORTUNITY UNLIMITED: FRIENDLY ATOMS GASEOUS DIFFUSION 32 IN INDUSTRY .11 (GENEVA-1971 FILMS) (12 TITLES) 44 OUR NEAREST ...... 30 GO FISSION 5 PARACHUTE DEVELOPMENT AT SANDIA . . . .44 GUARDIAN OF THE ATOM ...... 20 PAX ATOMIS: SNAP-7 TERRESTRIAL HANDLE WITH CARE: THE SAFE HANDLING OF ISOTOPIC POWER SYSTEMS 30 RADIOISOTOPES 28 PEOPLE AND ...... 26 HARNESSING THE RAINBOW 34 PERSIMMON: A EXPERIMENT 51 HARVEST OF ANATOMIC AGE 2 PETRIFIED RIVER, THE ...... 32 HEAVY BEAMS IN MEDICINE 46 PLANT GROWTH IN COMPENSATED FIELDS . . .40 HIGH ENERGY PEOPLE, THE 25 PLUTONIUM FUEL FABRICATION, EBI, MARK IV 43 HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS RESEARCH 50 PLUTONIUM RECYCLE ...... 43 HORIZONS UNLIMITED 3 PM-3A -ANTARCTICA .54 IMMUNE RESPONSE, THE 34 POWER FOR PROPULSION .30 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF PREPARING FOR TOMORROW'S WORLD . .4 RADIOISOTOPES 44 PRINCIPLES OF THERMAL, FAST AND INDUSTRIAL ATOM, THE 11 BREEDER REACTORS ...... 23 IN SEARCH OF A CRITICAL MOMENT 23 PROJECT GASBUGGY: THE RESOURCEFUL ATOM 19 INSIDE THE YANKEE CORE 42 TECHNICAL REPORT . . 48 INTRODUCING ATOMS AND NUCLEAR PROJECT SALT VAULT 56 ENERGY 24 PROJECT SHOAL .17 41 INTRODUCTION TO ANALOG COMPUTERS PROPERTIES OF RADIATION . .36 INTRODUCTION TO HIGH VACUUM 50 RADIATION ACCIDENT PATIENTS 47 INVISIBLE BULLETS ...... 33 RADIATION AND MATTER 36 . 7 ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL RADIATION AND THE POPULATION . . . 34 JOURNAL OF PLUTONIUM, A 50 RADIATION DETECTION BY IONIZATION . . . 36 LINK "41 RADIATION DETECTION BY SCINTILLATION . 36 LIVING SOLID, THE 34 RADIATION EFFECTS IN CHEMISTRY 51 LIVING WITH A GLOVED BOX 56 RADIATION IN BIOLOGY: An Introduction . . 2 MACHINES THAT THINK 34 RADIATION PROCESSING: A NEW INDUSTRY . . 45 MAN AND RADIATION 21 IN NUCLEAR MAN AND THE ATOM 21 MEDICINE . .46 MANY FACES OF ARGONNE, THE 14 RADIATION S'A FETY NUCLEAR OF ATOMS, THE 25 ENERGY EXPLORATIONS .28 METALS FRONTIER 26 RADIOISOTOPE APPLICATIONS IN INDPST10 7 . .36 MICRODEFORMATION OF URANIUM 42 RADIOISOTOPE APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE .36 MICROSCOPE FOR THE UNKNOWN 34 RADIOISOTOPE POWERED CARDIAC PACEUA KE11, MIGHTY ATOM, THE 21 THE ...... 47 MIRACLE IN THE DESERT: THE STORY RADIOISOTOPE...... IN MED'IdINE . . . 13 OF HANFORD ...... 141 4 RADIOISOTOPES IN BIOLOGY MODIFICATION OF RADIATION INJURY AND AGRICULTURE 36 IN MICE 46 RADIOISOTOPES: SAFE SERVANTS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: An Introduction 2 INDUSTRY 45 EXPERIMENT 53 RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY ...... 37 ACTIVATION 50 R-A-P: RADIOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 56 ANALYSIS 50 REACTOR SAFETY RESEARCH . . .54 NEUTRON DIFFRACTION 51 RESPONSE TO MECHANICAL SHOCK 41 NEUTRON IMAGE DETECTOR 51 RETIREMENT OF HALLAM NUCLEAR NEW POWER, THE 23 POWER FACILITY NO GREATER CHALLENGE 16 RETURN TO BIKINI 2 NO TURNING BACK 7 R F D - 2 . . . 5 8 58 NON-ROOT FEEDING OF PLANTS 2 RIDDLE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS, . 3 NUCLEAR FINGERPRINTING OF ROUNDUP . . . . . 3 ANCIENT POTTERY . 26 SAFE HANDLING OF ENRICHEDD UNI.U1M1, RA 'THE NUCLEAR INNOVATIONSN PROCESS (In a USAEC Production Plant) 43 C OO N N T RT O R L O L...... 44 SAFETY IN SALT ...... 2 9 29 NUCLEAR POWER R AND THE ENVIRONMENT . . . 7 SAFETY IN THE PLOWSHARE P PROGRAM . . . .48 NUCLEAR POWER FOR SPACE-SNAP-9A . . . .30 SANDIA SPINOFF .12 NUCLEAR POWER IN THE UNITED STATES . . .53 SCINTILLATION CAMERA, THE .47 IN SPACE 30 SEARCHING FOR THE ULTIMATE 34 NUCLEAR R ER A E C TA I OC N TS I O .N. S...... 35 SHEAR-LEACH PROCESS FOR SPENT SPA'C E POWER SYSTEMS.. .58 NUCLEAR FUELS 43 NUCLEAR WITNESS: ACTIVATION ANALYSIS IN SHORT-LIVED RADIOISOTOPES IN CRIME INVESTIGATION, THE . . 11 47 OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORYR AND D ITS SL-1 ACCIDENT, PHASES 1 AND 2, THE 56 SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES 15 SL-1 ACCIDENT, PHASE 3, THE 57 COMBINED TITLE INDEX vii

SNAP-3 OPERATIONAL TESTS 58 TOMORROW'S SCIENTISTS AT ARGONNE . . . .5 SNAP-8: SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR TRACING AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY . . . . .35 AUXILIARY POWER 31 TRACING LIVING CELLS .35 SNAPSHOT 31 TRANSCURIUM ELEMENTS: SYNTHESIS, SNAPTRAN-2/10 A WATER IMMERSION TEST 58 SEPARATION AND RESEARCH ...... 52 SOLAR ECLIPSE EXPEDITION 1966 27 TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, SPACE AND THE ATOM 58 PART II, ACCIDENTS 59 SPERT DESTRUCTIVE TEST, PART I, On TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS, THE ...... 52 Aluminum, Highly Enriched TRIP STEEL .43 Plate Type Core 55 UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING .17 SRE CORE RECOVERY FOLLOWING (UNDERSTANDING THE ATOM SERIES) FUEL.ELEM ENT DAMAGE 57 (11 TITLES) .35 STORY OF OAK RIDGE OPERATIONS, THE . 15 VELA PROGRAM: SATELLITE DETECTION STUDY OF GRAIN GROWTH IN BeO USING A SYSTEM .48 NEW TRANSMITTED LIGHT HOT STAGE, A . 43 WARM COAT, THE 8 SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET FOR WASTE DISPOSAL BY HYDRAULIC FUSION RESEARCH, A 27 FRACTURING .57 SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS 27 WEATHER EYE, THE 31 SYNCHROTRON 27 WEB OF LIFE: Endless Chain 9 TERNARY PHASE DIAGRAM 43 WOODEN OVERCOAT, THE .. .. . 57 TERRADYNAMICS 42 WORKING WITH RADIATION .35 TESTING FOR TOMORROW 34 THORIUMU-233 UTILIZATION 43 WORLDS WITHIN, THE 97 TIMETHE SUREST POISON 35 TETRAFLUORI DE 53 TO DEVELOP PEACEFUL APPLICATIONS FOR YANOMAMA: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY . . 39 NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS 49 TO IMITATE THE SUN 51 YOUR PLACE IN THE NUCLEAR AGE ...... 4 TOMORROW'S POWERTODAY . . 24 ZONAL ULTRACENTRIFUGE, THE ...... 48 , ere

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NOTE: All films are described for easy reference by those schools, television stations, civic clubs, government and industrial organizations interested in educationit/forma licm f,hns on atomic energy. To help teachers and program chairmen select from those films which will suit the understanding levels of students and other audiences, all titles in Part One are indicated as suitable for three Understanding Levels: Understanding Level-IElementary School Understanding Level-2 Junior and Senior Iligh School Understanding Level-3 College and University l7nderstanding LeveI3 audiences, also see the Par: Two Technical Professional Film descriptions, starting on page 39.

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THE ATOM AND THE ENVIRONMENT See page 5. 00.13 THE ATOMIC GREENHOUSE a (1954). 12!: blackand

Suitable nulershaulittg Let- el-2, Produced andfursalebythe Handel Film Corporation. For tele- visionclearance. write to Audio. V isual Beckon. OIS. USAEC, Washington. D. C, 20515. Shows step by step the use of radioiso- topes to tram a plant's absorption of agriculturallimefront the soil.Ex- plains how effectiveness ofplant's utilization isdetermined, and why such tests can improve crops by point ing to most efficient use of fertilizers, ORDER BY FILM NUMBER AND TITLE 0.137 ATOMS IN AGRICULTURE (1969).'20 minuivs, Suitable forUnderstanding Let% els-2 and -3, Produced by the Walter J.Klein Co. for the Dow Chemical Com- pany, with the technical assistance of the USAEC. For sale by WRS ATOMS IN AGRICULTURE . Motion Picture Laboratory. AMR AMMEratlanit Explores the beneficial applications of atomic energy in the fields of agricul- ture: as radioactive tracers that--like little radio transmittershelp scien- mists. veterinarians,entomologists, weeds, diseases and insects; research to tists follow the life processes in plants, nutritionists,biochemists andengi- achieve better, higher-yielding crops; animals and soil, and as radiation to neers, who show us and explain their studies of animal parasites; studies of treat or improve plants, animals, in- work in: the safe and more effective cattle feeding; work to eliminate the sects and food products. In a series of use ofpesticides;controllingand screwworm fly by irradiation-steriliza- interviewsatuniversities,industrial understandingthe diseases and tion; and research on fibers for im- organizations and government research metabolismof plants andanimals; proved textiles. Itis made clear that and experiment stations in eight places conservation of water; work to fight the atom is an extremely important in the United States. we meet agrono. thestaggeringcroplossesdueto tool for agricultural scientists.

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0459 FARM FRESH TO YOU 0221 CONTROLLED PHOTOSYNTHESIS See page 10. NON-ROOT FEEDING OF PLANTS (1971).24 minutes,color. NOT (1958).21 minutes. color. cleared for television. FRESHER THE BETTER, Suitablefor CndristondingLev. Suitable for Understanding Lev- THE See page 11. els-2 and -3. cls-2 and -3. Producedby Colmeserrenrath Produced by USAEC's Lawrence 0156 Productions, Chicago, for Michigan Berkeley Laboratory. For sale by State University and the USAEC. NAC. HARVEST OF AN For sale by NAC. Photosynthesis is probably the most (1963).20 minutes, color. The techniques of applying nutrients important that takes Suitable for Understand* Lev- to the aboveground parts of plants and place on earthfor without it there els-2 and -3. the method of tracing the nutrients would be no plants, no animals, no Produced by the U. S. Information through the plant's system by means life. The film gives an introduction to Agency with the technicalassis- of radioisotopes are shown in this film. the structure of leaves, chloroplasts, tance of the USAEC, Brookhaven grana and lamellae; and describes the National Laboratory and Michigan HONORS: 3rd International Days ()I' firm part of The process of converting StateUniversity.Forsaleby Nlotion Pictures for Agriculture. the sun's energy to chemical energy. NAC, Illustratesthe progress achieved by The film describes the injection of NO TURNING BACK radioactive -14 into the plant, U. S. scientists in using radiation to ...... See page 7. and tells how this tracer technique is create new strainsof disease-and used to determine the series of chemi- weather-resistantfoodcrops with cal compounds the plant makes before higher yields. We see both the research 02% producing food sugars and also de- workatUSAEC's BrookhavenNa. RADIATION IN BIOLOGY: An Intro- scribes some current research on en- tional Laboratory and the field work duction (1962). 131,",'Mottles. black zyme reactions in plants. It is known with newvarietiesof commercial and white orcolor. that enzymes influence the production crops. The specific example shown is Suitablefor L'nderstandingLev- of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. It the development of the Sanilac bean cl -2. appears possible, by controlling these by Michigan StateUniversityplant Produced ender the technical di enzymes,to control photosynthesis geneticists. The Sanilac beanisdis rection of USAEC's Argonne Na. and increase the production of protein easeesistant and stands upright, per tional Laboratory by, and for sale in the plant's )eaves. mitting machinehamesting. The film by, Coronet Instructional Films, Featuredis a brief discussion by explains simply the theories of radia NOT cleared for television. Dr. Melvin CJIvin, Lawrence Berkeley tion-inducedplant mutations. the Explains the meaning of high-energy Laboratory, who was awarded a Nobel methods, and the complexity of the radiation and shows how this radiation Prizein1961 forhis research with longterm work. is used in biological research. Briefly radioactive tracers on the transforma reviews light from the sun (wave radia tion of raw chemicals into plant sug- Hon),radiowaves.X rays. Also ars. 0435 touches onthe various sources of MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: An Intro- radiation (X-ray machines. nuclear re. HONORS:Finalist, 1971National duction (1969).15 minutes,color. actors, cosmic rays.the sun,etc.). Educational FilmFestival, Oakland, Suitable for UnderstandingLev- Radioisotopes are defined, and their California; Special Award, 1971 13th cls-2 and -3. life is traced from production through Annual Industrial Film Awards, New Produced by USAEC's Argonne their useas toolsinthe studs' of York, N. Y. National Laboratory. For sale by radiation damage. The effect of radii) NAC. tion on living cells is demonstrated by The new science of molecular biology comparisonsof plants grownfrom ENDLESS CHAIN has emergedtodominate thelife irradiated and nonirradiated seeds and See page 6. sciences and open up the new frontiers of mice that had been irradiated with of biophysics andbiochemicalre. those that had not been irradiated. search. To measure and document this The filmalso shows the effects of 0114 explorationintothe molecular and radiation on bone marrow, on the THE ETERNAL CYCLE atomic levels of the cell, technology protective lining of the intestine. and (1954).Black andwhite. hasdevelopedmorerefined and on chromosomes (mutations). The use Suitable for Understanding Lev- sophisticated research tools: the im of radioisotopes totrace chemical el-2. provedresolutionof theelectron processes in plants (the absorption of Produced andforsalebythe microscope, the isolation of cell parts nutrients)is also covered. Autoradio Handel Film Corporation. For tele by ultracentrifugation, the separation graphs are explained, and the function vision clearance, write to Audio. capabilitiesof chromatography,the of a is outlined. VisualSection, OIS, USAEC, localization of autoradiography, and Washington, D. C. 20545. the sensitivity of liquid scintillation 0322 Illustrates use of radioisotope tracers counting. The past achievements using RETURN TO MINI (1966). 281/2 in biological research. Includes study these tools strengthen the belief that minutes, color. of iron absorption by the blood cells; the function and structure of the cell Stdtable for UnderstandingLcv- use of sugars by the body; and biologi- can be integrated. When used in con cls-2 and -3. cal cycling studies in which "tagged" junction with radioactive tracers, these Produced for the USAEC by the materials are traced throughout their tools may someday contributethe University of Washington. For sale movement from the soil to plants and basic information needed to find the by NAC. animals, and the amounts of absorp- cause and cure of human cancer and Describes the latest scientific survey tion during each stage are determined. many other diseases. by a team from the Laboratory of CAREERS 3

Radiation Biology of the University of 0325 areas.Eventually the screwworm fly Washington to determine the condi- ROUNDUP (1960).1814 minutes, was brought under fullcontrol and tion of Bikini and Eniwetok atolls six color. largely eradicated. years after the last nuclear test detona- Suitable for Understanding Lev- tions, and how it is found that there els-2 and -3. HONORS: 2nd International Fishing has been tremendous recovery to the Produced by, and for sale by, the and Hunting Film Festival, Yugoslavia, biological processes that form the life Motion Picture Service, U. S. De- "Golden Rocket," 16th International chainlinking man with the tiniest partment of Agriculture. Nuclear Congress, Rome, Italy; Golden plants, fish and animals in the atolls. Describes the use of radiation to eradi- Eagle, CINE (Council on International Scientistp have been studying the bio- cate the screwworm fly in the south-. Nontheatrical Events) 1970, Washing- logical after-effects of nuclear tests at eastern United States, an insect pest ton, D. C. the mid-Pacificatolls intermittently that had caused large losses to live- since 1946. Returning in August 1964, stockowners. The screwworm fly THE WARM COAT the scientists find that: the islands are deposits its eggs in a cut or insect bite once again lush with vegetation, ex- See page 8. on the skin of a warm-blooded animal. ternal radiation levels have dropped to ..onosucpiuA__,Htsurassit.,..LAtarrniziA levels safe for people and the radioac- The eggs hatch to worms that feed on tive burdens in animals and plants are live flesh and then fall to the ground, low, rainwater in the soil is safe for where they burrow into the soil and drinking, coconut trees are increasing change to pupae. Ten days later the fly again, all the expected species of fish emerges and mates, and the cycle and sea life are to be found, birds are continues. The film shows typical casesofscrewworminfestation. Careers in Nuclear Science and Nuclear thriving, and that the seasurging Engineering.3 films produced by the through the coral reefshas cleaned, Entomologistssuggestedthat since screwworm flies mate only once, if a U. S. Army Pictorial Center for the restored and nourished the atolls. Con- USAEC, with the assistance of the clusion: the gross results of nuclear method of sexually sterilizing flies could be found, eradication was possi- American Nuclear Society. For sale by testingarefading, and what little NAC. ble. Since X ray was too expensive, . biological damage remains is rapidly The basic purpose of these three healing. radioactive cobalt (6°Co) was selected to do the sterilization job. The plan filmsis to motivate students in their formative years to consider HONORS: 5th International Agricul- wastested on the tinyislandof careersinthe tural Film Festival, Trieste, Italy; 15th Curacao, where sterilized male flies field of nuclear were released from aircraft. In six science and engineering. Each film Annual Melbourne Film Festival, Aus- can be shown independently or tralia. months the pest was eliminated. Simi- lar operations were followed in Florida can be shown as a series in this and other southeastern states. A huge order. 0324 screwwormfactorywasbuiltin THE RIDDLE OF PHOTOSYNTHE- Florida, where 50 million flies were 0450 SIS (1965Version). 141/2minutes, reared and sterilized in a week, with 1. HORIZONS UNLIMITED color. pupae subjected to 8000 roentgens of (1969).37 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- gamma rays.Ten million sterilized Suitable for Understanding Lev- el-2. male flies were airdropped on infested el-2.

Produced and forsale bythe V . Handel Film Corporation. For tele- vision clearance, write to Audio- V isualSection,OIS,USAEC, Washington, D. C. 20545. Showsrole in fAT ofphotosynthesis *LABELED growth of food and use of radiocarbon .0 sum STORED to explore the process. Describes, with MOTEIN *RADIOACTIVE. CARBON (C14) animation, key steps in one of the CNIMAN FOR CARSON ATOMS) experiments designed to help solve the PHOTOSYNTHESIS riddle. CHLOROPLAST Photosynthesisistheprocess by aC*0111410 414.00 +101 which plants use sunlight, water, min- erals and carbon dioxide from the airtorelease oxygen and to form C LABEL MAY BE TRACED IN foods such assugars, starches, fats VEIN andproteins.Betterunderstanding STOMA of the process may to the produc- tion of food by chemical methods. In OF LEAF the film, algae, one-cell plants, are sub- mitted to a series of different light VEIN MOVEMENT Of LABELED exposurestodeterminechemical MATERIALS TRACED changes in relation to exposure time.

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Urges young people to think care- Suitable for Understanding Lev- education toward an advanced degree. fullyabout their future and raises el-2. With theavailabilityofgraduate certain questions that should be con- Opens in a high school science labo fellowships and other assistance, the sidered in this regard. The growth of ratory with the physics teacher serving financial burden is lightened for most. nuclear energy anditsapplications as narrator. The student is asked to Although this additional commitment have opened the door for all kinds of examine his interests and abilities with adds to the student's time and cost, careeropportunities. Dueto the a view toward taking his place in the there are many factors which make tremendous energy available from the expanding world of nuclear science these additional investments very atom,brand newindustries have and . The value of worthwhile. Li:rung up. The role of nuclear power building a firm foundation !n science, to produce electricity, desalt seawater, mathematics, and English as early as manufacture fertilizer, propel rockets, possible in school is stressed. Participa- 0152 and mine minerals is described. Nu- tion in extracurricular activities, such 3. YOUR PLACE IN THE NUCLEAR clear fuel processing is noted as one of as school science fairs,is encouraged. AGE (1969). 26 minutes. color. the new industries emerging which will Visits are then made with several Suitable for Understanding Lev - recover unused fuel and reclaim radio- students majoring in some aspect of cl-2. isotopes, a valuable by-product useful nuclear science or nuclear engineering Gives the student a picture of the innumerous medical, research, and at differentuniversitiesacrossthe professional environment in which he industrial applications. country. The difficultyin making a would be working if he chose a career Nuclear research and the tools used career choiceis recognized and the in nuclear science or engineering. The by nuclear scientists and engineers are student is encouraged to examine all three major employment areas covered briefly examined. Nuclear science has programs offered by the university. arecontractors' laboratories ofthe made a substantial contribution to the With the flexibility available inthe U. S.AtomicEnergyCommission, life sciences, where researchers investi- first two years of college and with the commercialnuclearindustries,and gate the biologicalprocesses which helpofhisfacultycounselor,the colleges and universities. Each has a produce and sustain life. One of the student will usually be able to plan a need for trained manpower in nuclear most exciting applications of nuclear career that best suits his capabilities science and technology. energy, ,isstill and interests.Nuclear scientists and Theneed forcreativeideasis to be developed. The potential bene- engineers are needed by government essential to the development of nu- fits are many, but taking advantage of agencies, by industry, and by educa- clear energy, whether it be in basic or themwillrequirecreativeyoung tional and researchinstitutionsen- applied research. In a fast-moving field minds. gaged hi a wide variety of projects, such as , the pro. from pure scientific research to devel- fessional person is expected to prepare 0451 opment and manufacturing. reportsforscientificand technical 2. PREPARING FOR TOMORROW'S Dependingupon one'sgoal,the journals, attend national or intern WORLD (1969). 26 minutes. color. student is encouraged to continue his tional meetings, and maintain contact

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0373 TOMORROW'S SCIENTISTS AT ARGONNE (1965). 131/2 minutes, black and white. Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-2 and -3. Produced by USAEC's Argonne National Laboratory. For sale by NAC. Shows USAEC Special Award Winners, selected at the 16th National Science Fair-International at St. Louis, experi- encing their "Nuclear Research Orien- tationWeek" at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. After brief discussion of the science fair program and the St. Louis fair, the film in- chides highlights of science projects exhibited by the winners. and the student'sinspectionof some of Argonne's many research and develop- mentfacilities.It concludes with a PREPARING FOR TOMORROW'S WORLD round-table discussion with a distin- guished senior scientist, in which the youngscientistsconsiderthe chal- lenges awaiting them and the steps to with other specialists in his field to careers for women, the types of job be taken toward meeting those chal- stayabreast of thelatestdevelop. opportunities and many others. With lenges. ments. sprightly humor, the film makes the For those more interested in the serious points that..people who work in production and development, side of the scientific and administrative fields the nuclear business, there are numer- of atomic energy are not all geniuses, ous opportunities in the growing nu- that opportunities for interesting and ENVIRONMENT clear power industry. The advantages important positions are available for of and the opportunities for continu- all, and that people who work in AND ECOLOGY ing education are again emphasized. nuclearenergywhatever they do andwhereverthey areare just people. 0449 0462 GO FISSION (1369). 14minutes, PEOPLE AND PARTICLES THE ATOM AND THE ENVIRON- color. See page 26. MENT (1971). 22 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-1 and -2. ..q1C.illl Produced by Walter J. Klein Co. for Consolidated Edison Company of New York and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, with the techni- cal assistance of the USAEC. For sale by WRS Motion Picture Lab- oratory. In a "mod" style with a jazz musical score, this nuclear careers film is de- signed to appeal to junior and senior highschool students.In akaleido- scopic presentation,manyyoung people are shown at work in various 11 interesting phases of nuclear research and nuclear science and industry. This unusual film does not have I;Tir narration in the conventional sense. Instead, we hear young voices asking many varied questions about careers in the atomic field. The fast-paced visuals are,ineffect, the "answers" to the questions questionsthatcover: ,ft,) educationrequired,clothes,living, recreation, onjob training, where the jobs are,the kind of people with -11111111 whom one would be associated, the chances for independent research, the YOUR PLACE IN THE NUCLEAR AGE -VW

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0,157 THE ATOM AND THE ENVIRONMENT ENDLESS CHAIN (1971),. 28 min. u les, color. Suitable for Understanding Lee- els, -2, and -3. Produced for the USAEC by Toni !kernel-, Films of the Great Ameri- can Outdoors. For sale NAC. A poetic, intimate look at the "endless chain of life" in the desert: the cease- less transfer of the sun's energy to plants, to insects, and to animals. We see

44" the life death cycle, as energy passes 10""i".- 717 froma plant... to a beetle ... a pocket mouse ...a snake , a -.7:4;1 1I hawkand the cycle is completed as 1,11, Luiz% ..11 I bird droppings washed down by rain become nutrients for plants. But nut 1 eventually intrudes. U.0 threatening the environment essential 4.* to his own existence. Will man and his ^ mishandling of end acceptable conditions on earth'? To save the envi- ronment, one must understand it. Ilene inWashingtonState,ProjectALE (Arid Lands Ecology) is an ecological .1 study sanctuary set aside by the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission to hives tigate arid lands representative of two- thirds of the earth's land. Sincethe ecology of arid lands offers an ideal opportunity to under. stand nature's endless chain, a team of

scientists from Batte..eortawest,N! 1 representing all the varied life sciences, investigatetheplants, animals and interacting food chains of the desert. We watch as the scientists sea nil for data. later preserved and stored by computers, with the ultimate objective of arhit.ving guidelines so man ran Suitable Ibr Understanding Leve12 and fouling coastal waters; how radio- learn toprotect the denote web of and -3. active tracers chartthe underwater life around him and his irreplaceable Produced andforsale bythe movement of sand which results in envinnunent. For a nonarration ver- Handel Film Corporation. For tele. clogging of harbors and channels: the sion of this film see WEB OF LIFE, visionclearance, write to Audio - use of radioactive tracers to study the page 9. Visual Section, 01S, USAEC, ability of flowing streams to purify Washington, D. C. 205,15, themselvesresulting in data to aid in Covers many aspects of how atomic the proper placement of sewage plants HONORS: 18th International Nuclear energy directly and indirectly helps in and factories; how atomic isotopes are Congress. Rome, Italy; Diploma, 1st man's fight to preserve and restore his used in the analysis of smoke samples International Days of Scientific & Di- threatenedenvironment.Thefilm and help scientists determine air pollu- dactic Films, University of Madrid, shows that atomic power stations do tionpatterns overcities; and how Spain; Festival Finalist, National Edu- not release smoke containing chemi- nuclear tracers assistin the study of cational Film Festival, Oakland, Cali- calpollutants intothe atmosphere, the extent to which plants can absorb fornia; Gold Ribbon in Ecology, 1971 and how excess heat. from coolant dangerouspollutantsthatinterfere AmericanFilmFestival, New York water,iscontrolled and minimized, with the process or photosynthesis, City, N. Y.; 1,1th International Golden and may be usedbeneficiallyfor and aid man in learning more about Mercury Film Prize,Venice,Italy; agriculture and recreation. Other the growing processof plants and Second Prize, Silver Medal and Trophy aspects: how radioactive carbonis trees. of the Rome Fair, 5th International used as a tracer to test the effective- Review of Didactic Film & 3rd Inter- ness of new, improved insecticides. ATOMIC POWER TODAY: nationalReview of TV Educational nontoxicto humans andlivestock; Service with Safety Films, Rome, Italy; 25th Edinburgh how neutron activation analysis pro- See page 22. InternationalFilm Festival , Edin- duces "atomic fingerprints" that iden- burgh,Scotland:3rdInternational tify poisonous pollutants that are kill- ATOMS IN AGRICULTURE Scientific Film Festival, Riode ing fishin the Great Lakes, and can See page 1. Janeiro, Brazil; 9th Show of Technical, analyze and compare oil samples to Scientific & Educational Filmsin In- help the Coast Guard pinpoint vessels CONTROLLED PHOTOSYNTHESIS dustry, Pardubice, Czechslovakia; suspected of illegally discharging oil See page 2. Golden Eagle 1971 CINE (Council on ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

InternationalNontheatricalEvents). Michigan where ArgonneNational for the Advancement of Science, Aus- Washington,D. C.:ChrisAwardin Laboratory scientists study t he impact tralia and New Zealand. Education 19th Columbus Film Festi- of industry on natural waterways: a val, Columbus, Ohio:16t h Interna- vast,isolatedforest near Oak Ridge, (1.1.17 tionalFestivalof Scientific & Educa- T.,,nnesseewhere the effects of tional Film, University of Padua, Italy: large-scale fertilization on forests and NUCLEAR POWER AND THE EN- 9th ANZAAS International Scientific streams can he studied indepth: an VIRONMENT (1969).1.1 minutes, Film ExhibitionAustralian & New airport near Brookhaven National Lah color. Zealand Association for the Advance- oratory where indust ry'ssmoke Suitable /'orUnderstanding Lev- ment of Science. plumes are monitored to study pollu- els-2 and -3. tionpatterns in the layers of ato- Produced for the USAEC by Star sphere that blanket large metropolitan pecker Inc. For sale by NAC. HARVEST OF AN ATOMIC AGE areas. In a strikingly beautiful' presentation, See page 2. Narrated by Lorne Greene et' tele- the film takes up the problems that vision's "Bonanza" fame.thisfilm stem from the growing demands for 0.166 points up AEC's long-term commit- electricity in the U. S., demands which ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL mentto environmental research and are doubling every 10 years. To meet CONTROL (1971), 1.1 minutes, the clear importance of further st udy these future needs, the most practical Suitable for Understanding Lev- in the search for final answers, It helps means of producing power in large els-2 and -3. ustosee man's obligat tot he amounts istobuild steam-powered Produced for the USA EC by Bat- fragile biosphere that sustains him and electrical power plantsboth fossil. telle Memorial Institute. For sale his need to improve the quality of life fueled and nuclear. by NAC. on earth. '1'llefilmdiscusses the great care Shows some of the ways radioactive takeninstudying andcontrolling atoms are being used tohelp man HONORS: 9t h ANZAAS International effects of nuclear power plants on the safeguardhisenvironment. Neutron Scientific Film Exhibition, Association environment.Environmental surveys activation analysis is applied to tracing oil spills. Radioactive tracers show the absorptionofoxygen by flowing water. Other tracers are used to deter. mine the drifting of sand on the ocean floor. Chemical and nuclear techniques are used in combination to study air pollution by sulfur oxides. NO GREATER CHALLENGE . See page 16.

ORDER BY FILM NUMBER AND TITLE 0161 NO TURNING BACK (1971). 271/2 minutes. Suitable for l7nders1andingLev- els-2 and -3. Produced by the Office of Infer - malign Services, USAEC. For sale by NAC, Since its beginning, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission hasmade out. standingcontributionstoenviron- mental research. This film visits some of the men involved in AEC-supported ecology studiesatlaboratories and sitesacrossthe country.As these scientists discuss their own areas of research, the camera dwells, at each location, on the forms and variety of life,the interactionof plants and animals and man's impact on nature and the environment. Among the areas visited are: the ALE (Arid Land Ecology) reservea vast, desert steppe laboratory in sou th- eastern Washington State: the "Clima- tron"a tropical forest study at the MissouriBotanicalGarden: AEC plantsSavannahRiver inSouth Carolina and Hanford on the Columbia Riverwhere extensive research on riverecosystems takesplace: Lake 8 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

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are conducted to predict and control NUCLEAR POWER IN THE ablefur,isstaginga comeback in effects on fish life, ecology and hy- UNITED STATES Alaskan waters. The State of Alaska. drology. Problems Hilt thermal ef- See page 53. withcooperationfromthe U. S. fects (heated water) are avoided, with Atomic Energy Commission. has air- artificial coolingponds,cooling RETURN TO BIKINI lifted several hundred sea otters from towers, and careful selection of the See page 2. Amchitka. an islandin the Aleutian plant site. The releases of radioactivity chain.to other areas where natural to the atmosphere and in the cooling THE RIDDLE OF food resources arc more plentiful and water are carefully controlled under PHOTOSYNTHESIS where large otter colonies had lived rigidregulations.Storage ofwaste See page 3. centuriesago. The transplanttook products, safety of nuclear plants and placeinthe summer of 1968 and. esthetic values are also touched in this ROUNDUP hopefully. sea otters will thrive and currently important presentation. See page 3. multiply in the new environment. IIONORS: 1970 National Youth Con- The Warm Coatisa filmthat ference on the Atom. Chicago. Illinois: 0.1.11 watches the shy.whiskeredbright- eyed sea otter dive and swim with easy 8th Show of Technical Scientific Films THE WARM COAT (1969).l 31;2 min- grace.Itcatches himat inIndustry.Pardubice.Czechoslo- Lays. color. play and vakia: 5th International Conference on at tending to t hp businessof Suitably'for Understanding Ler- survival ... caring for pups. dining on Water Pollution Research. San Fran- els-1-2. and -.*;, cisco. California: 1970 CINE (Council Produced by the 011ie(' of Infor- great quantities of shellfish and other on Nontheatrical Events). Washington. mation Services. L'SAC. For sale foods from the sea. hiding from his D.C.: 11th International Award of the by NAC. enemies in tangled beds of sea kelp. Technical Cinema. Rome. Italy: 3rd International Scientific Film Festival. A conservation story of the transplant HONORS:2ndInternational Fish- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. operation of sea otters from Amchitka ing & Hunting FilmFestival.Yugo- to Alaskan coves. Almost extinct at slavia: Golden Eagle. CINE (Council the turn of this century. the sea otter. for Nontheatrical Events) 1970. Wash- ORDER BY FILM NUMBER AND TITLE known for its fine. dense. very vial- ington. D. C.: 2nd International Scien- INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AND SPINOFF 9

' 1, by Tom Beemer, nationally acclaimed nature documentarian. One test of a r 1 good film isdoes it "play" without 4 4 narration? WEB OF LIFE does more if A than playit lives. Without narration, , this film will he particularly useful to 5' nk younger audiences and all age groups. This no-talk version will 1w ideal for club meetings, nature study, environ- mentalistsandbiologyclasses.Of course, foreign audiences will appreci- atethistreatment.For descriptive subject matter, see, the description fur ENDLESS CHAIN, on page 6. ORDER SY FILM NUMBER AND TITLE

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0039 tificFilmFestival,Rio de Janeiro, 0480 THE ATOMIC FINGERPRINT Brazil; 1970 Argentine Film Festival, WEB OF LIFE: Endless Chain (1964).121/2 minutes, color. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; (1972).28 minutes, color. Suitablefor Understanding Lev- 13th International Days of the Short Suitable for Understanding Lev- el-2. Film (Festival of Tours), France; 17th els-1, -2, and -3. Produced andforsale bythe InternationalNuclear Congress, and Produced by Films of the Great Handel Film Corporation. For tele- GoldenRocket, 11thInternational Outdoors and USAEC's Office of vision clearance, write to Audio- AwardoftheTechnicalCinema, Information Services. For sale by VisualSection,01S,USAEC, Rome, Italy;1970International NAC. Washington, D. C. 205-15. Small-Sized FilmFestival,Salerno, This tour de is a version of the Explains neutron activation analysis, a Italy;5thInternationalFestivalof filmENDLESS CHAINProduced highlysensitiveandpower ana- Countries and People, La Spezia, Italy; withoutnarration.Now presented lytical technique with wide applications 8th InternationalFestival of Marine with an improvedmusical score, a inthebasic andapplied sciences, andExploration Films,Toulon, balladand soundeffects, thefilm which involves the use of France; 4th Festival of Scientific and takes an intimate look at the endless tomakesubstancesradioactive, Technical Films, Yugoslavia. chain of life in the desert as recorded followedbyanalysisofthe emitted, to determine which elementsarepresentand their amounts. The film demonstrates some of the many applications of neutron activation analysis in crime detection, geology and soil science, analysis of art and archeological objects, oil refining,

v agriculture,electronics,biology and medicine, and space sciences. Various techniquesof neutron activation- makingasampleradioactiveare explained, as well as the instruments and methods usedinanalyzing the activated samples. These include the use of the gamma-ray spectrometer andthetechniqueof"spectrum stripping"the electronic subtraction of the gamma-ray spectra of one or S more known elements from that of a multi-element sample.

04 38 ATOMIC REVOLUTION IN WOOD (1969).23 minutes, color. WEB OF LIFE Suitablefor Understanding Lev- els-2 and -3. 10 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AND SPINOFF

Produced for the USAEC by the growsit will, eventually assume own- tiny sizes of particles which cause Army Pictorial Center. For sale by ership of all commercial nuclear mate- problems in delicate assembly work NAC. rials, and cannot risk smallcumula- and criticalindustrialprocesses are Story of a new, important peaceful tive,undetected lossesandthe illustrated through animated photog- applicationof nuclear energythe resultant seriousfinancial problems. raphy. Earlier attempts to clean air for fusing of wood and plastic by irradia- The film details how the U. S. manages industrial processes by means of clean tionintoan amazing combination- nuclearmaterialsandthespecial rooms are shown. The reasons for less substance which has all the esthetic techniques and methods involved-- than complete success with standard appeal of wood, but isgreatly im- practicesestablishedbytheU. S, clean rooms are explained through proved in hardness, abrasion resistance Atomic EnergyCommission,by animation, and the theory and basic and durability. The filmtraces the private industry, by nations through- operating principles of laminar airflow developmentof radiationprocessed out the world, and international orga- systems are shown. The variety of wood-plasticmaterialsfrominitial nizations-a story that demonstrates laminar airflow devices (various clean IJSAEC development efforts through the interrelationship of sound manage. rooms and clean benches) now avail- industry's commercialization activities. ment and nuclear safeguards in the ableis shown. Application of such By means of animation and live action, atomic age. devicestoindustrialprocesses,re- thefilmexplainstheprocessfor search and development problems, and making this new material and describes to the field of medical care and medi- its superior characteristics and wood- 0092 cal research are illustrated. CLEAN AIR IS A BREEZE: Airborne working properties in comparison to ORDER IV FILM NUMBER AND TITLE plain wood. Contamination Control Through Lami- The commercialization activities of narAirFlow (1965).16 minutes, 0127 several companies actually engaged in color. FARM FRESH TO YOU (1966). the production of woodplastics are Suitable for Understanding Lev- 1:31/2 minutes, color. shown, including the actual making of els-2 and -3. Suitable for Understanding Lev- the material. Parquet flooring applica- ProducedbytheSandia els2 and -3. tions are highlighted, with emphasis on Corporation for the USAEC. For Produced for the USAEC by the furniture and other industrial uses. sale by NAC. Army Pictorial Center. For sale by Common sources of airborne contami- NAC. nation are illustrated to show that our Preservation of fresh fruits and vege- ----:-..:-- ; .2s..r,..._..e. ._..- world is contaminated by a variety of tables by radiationpasteurizationis i...- ." . 011 ..,' /,1 airborne particles. The difficulties of described inthis semi-technical film. f Ae!-?..4....4s, IA manufacturingprecisiondevicesin After touching briefly on the high ..- such a "dirty" world are shown. The spoilage losses presently encountered

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0-118 ATOMS IN THE MARKETPLACE: NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFE- GUARDS AND MANAGEMENT (1968).28 minutes. color. SuitableforUnderstanding Levels-2 and -3. Produced by the Office of Infor- mation Services, USAEC. For sale by NAC. Deals with the economic nature and significance of high cost, strategic nu ; clear materialswiththeirimpor 11 Lance to commerce, the nation and the I I . nations of the world. 4 The film discusses the great need 4 t_-dk ,, , , for safeguards and controls to avoid .... the diversion of uranium, plutonium and other nuclear materials into chan- ,j. ...- nels for the making of unauthorized nuclear weapons. In addition, as the FARM FRESH l'(061 young.dynamicnuclearindustry INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AND SPINOFF 11 in the marketing of fresh produce, the Italy; 10th Gold Mercury Film Prize, to be analyzed by other methods (even film presents graphic visual evidence of Venice, Italy. microscopicsamples)can often be the reduced spoilage and extension of analyzed successfully by this new tech- shelflifewhichcanbe obtained GUARDIAN OF nique, and tell-tale bare trace concen- through the use of nuclear energy. The THE ATOM . . . See page 20. trations can be measured. Frequently, process of exposing foods to the en- the analysis_can be done nondestruc- ergy of the atom in radiation research 0175 tivelythus preserving the samples. facilities is described, together with a THE INDUSTRIAL ATOM This highly sensitive and powerful simpleanimatedversionof what (1956). 121/2 minutes,black and analytical technique isa method of happens during exposure. Emphasis is white. analyzing samples for various elements placed on the fact that foods pro- Suitable for Understanding Lev- by bombarding them with neutrons, to cessed in this way are safe for human el-2. make some of the elements radioac- consumption, and that each radiation Produced andforsale bythe tive,and thenidentifying and pasteurized food item will be approved Handel Film Corporation. For tele- measuring the induced radioactivities by the U. S. Food and Drug Adminis vision clearance, write to Audio- to complete the quantitative analysis. tration before it is offered for sale to V isual Section,01S,USAEC, The film shows the application of the public. Washington, D. C. 20545. activation analysis to the investigation Shows the early use of radioisotopes of several illustrative types of criminal HONORS: 5th ANZAAS International to detect hidden leaks, locate cases; murder, burglary, and narcotics Scientific Film Exhibition, Australia stuck scrapers inoilpipelines, and peddling.Thecasesdescribedare and New Zealand; 5th International forpiston ring wearstudiesto based on actual cases. One caseis Festivalof Science Films.Lyon, test quality of lubricating oils. described all the way from the com- France.: 12th International Festival of mission of the crime through the trial Scientific & Educational Films, Padua, THE MIGHTY ATOM in court; the others from the crime Italy; 14th International Nuclear Ex- See page 21. through the laboratory investigation. position, Rome, Italy;5th Interna- The film is of interest to law enforce. tionalFestivalofScienceFiction NUCLEAR INNOVATIONS ment people,thelegal profession, Films, Trieste, Italy; 7th International IN PROCESS CONTROL service organizations and educated lay- AgriculturalFilm Festival,Trieste, See page 44. men. Italy; 10th Gold Mercury Film Prize, Venice, Italy. HONORS: 14thAnnual Columbus Film Festival, Ohio; 10th International Exhibition of the ScientificDidactic 0138 Film, Padua, Italy. THE FRESHER THE BETTER (1966).131/2 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- 0250 els-2 and -3. OPPORTUNITY UNLIMITED: Produced for the USAEC by the FRIENDLY ATOMS IN INDUSTRY Army Pictorial Center. For sale by (1962).28 minutes, color. NAC. Suitable for Understanding Lev- Preservation of fresh seafoods by radi- els-2 and -3. ation pasteurization, to extend refrig- erated shelf life up to three times that Produced by the U. S. Army Pic- of unirradiated fresh seafood, is de- torial Center for USAEC. For sale scribed in this semi-technical film. The by NAC. concept of using energy from atomic This film, narrated by news commen- particle?tokillor destroy micro- ../ tator JohnDaly, surveys the wide- organi9. sand other food spoilage *tii spread use ofradioisotopesby bacteri. is described in animated form, THE NUCLEAR WITNESS American industryto make better followed by sequences of actual re- productsfrom ships tonylon search being performed. The Marine hose--more efficiently and with an 0233 Products DevelopmentIrradiator,a impressive record of safety. By means semi-commercial scale THE NUCLEAR WITNESS: ACTIVA- of animation and live action, the film facility, is shown as products are being TION ANALYSIS IN CRIME IN- explains what radioisotopes are and 28 minutes, processed. The purpose of the film is VESTIGATION (1966). how they are used to (1) measure and to introduce the concept of radiation color. control the thickness of sheet mate- preservation of food, and to explain Suitable for Understanding Lev- rials,(2) measure of mate- the process and its results. Emphasis is els-2 and-3. rials, (3) controlproductquality, placed on the fact that foods pro- Produced by General Dynamics (4) increase flexibility and mobility of cessed in this way are safe for human Corporation for the USAEC. For industrialradiography (taking X-ray consumption, and that each radiation sale by McNamara Productions. type pictures to assure safe construe pasteurized food item will be approved Describes anew techniqueinthe tion), and (5) act as tracers to follow by the U. S. Food and Drug Adminis- examination of physical evidence in- physical movement and chemical reac tration before itis offered for sale to volved incrime investigation called tions. Examples are given of thickness the public. "Activation Analysis." This method is gauges of nylon cord-rubber ply for some 100 to 1,000 times more power. automobiletires,sheet plastic, and HONORS: 5th International Festival ful (more sensitive) for the detection cord-rolled alloy sheets for computers of Science Films, Lyon, France; 10th of most elements than methods cur. and space-age instruments, as well as International Festival ofScien- rently available inthe usual crime examples of gauges which measure tific & EducationalFilms,Padua, laboratory. Evidencesamples too small densities without shutdown (such as c 12 INTERNATIONAL MEDICINE gauges that measure sugar content in versity of Puerto Rico) and a study of applesauce, fat content, and moisture theCenter's curricula and research content in soil) and which measure the programs. The Center was conceived I levelof liquidsincans.Industrial primarily to aid the Latin American radiographywith radioisotopes is nations in developing skills essential to illustratedwiththe work on sub- nuclear energy activity, by providing 0060 marines. graduate- and post-graduatelevel edu- THE ATOM IN THE HOSPITAL cation and research opportunities. At (1961).121/2 minutes, color. RADIATION PROCESSING: theCenter'sBio-Medicalbuilding, Suitable for Understanding Lev- A NEW INDUSTRY work is shown involving radioisotopes el-2. andtheirclinicalapplications, and Produced andforsalebythe See page 45. other nuclear work related to biology, Handel Film Corporation. For tele- chemistry, and medicine is reviewed. vision clearance, write to Audio- RADIOISOTOPES: SAFE Study and research in nuclear engi- isualSection, OIS,USAEC, SERVANTS OF INOUSTRY neering and technology, health Washington, D. C. 20545. See page 45. physics, agriculture and marine biol- At the City of Hope Medical Center, ogy are shown at the Center's reactor thefollowingfacilitiesareshown: ROUNDUP and laboratories locatedon the (1) the stationary cobalt source that See page 3. campus of the University of Puerto uses radioactive cobalt to treat various Rico's College of Agriculture and Engi- forms of malignancies; (2) a rotational 0333 neering,andaboardtheCenter's therapy unit called the "cesium ring," SANDIA SPINOFF (1967).15 min- oceanographic ship. which revolves around the patient and utes, color. focuses its beam on the diseased area; Suitable for Understanding Lev- ORDEN DV PDAINUMBEN AND TITLE and (3) thetotalbodyirradiation els-2 and -3. chamber for studying the effects of Produced by USAEC's Sandia Lab- ATOMS IN THE radiation on living things. Studies can oratory. For sale by NAC. MARKETPLACE . , See page 10. be carried out to determine the effects Demonstrates how high reliability re- quirementsin theU. S. nuclear weapons program have resulted in sci- entificdevelopmentsatUSAEC's Sandia Laboratory which have peace- ful "spinoff" applications for hospi- tal. *,- &Wiy, etc. Examples shown: I. minor air flow, a technique which Tinges ultraclean environments for my medical or industrial application where protectionis needed from air borne contamination; ion plating, a new method of plating which creates extremely tight bonds between pre- viouslyincompatiblemetals; and ACCEL ( Automated CircuitCard EtchingLayout).See ACCEL RE- VISITED, page .10. HONORS: CINE Golden Eagle Inter- nationalAward, Washington, D. C.; One of the "Most Honored Pictures of the Year," 1967, Business Screen, Chi- cago.

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0066 ATOMS FOR THE AMERICAS (1963).28 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-2 and -3. Produced for USAEC by Orleans FilmProductions.Forsale by NAC. Offers an extensive tour of the facili- ties of the Puerto Rico Nuclear Center (operated for the USAEC by the Uni- NATIONAL LABORATORY ACTIVITIES 13 of doses of radiation. Data from these studies will be used for civil defense purposes, for investigating skin grafts al as. and organ transplants.etc. At the I"-, :xi 'r.k_ UCLA MedicalCenterthetotal- 4, body counter facility, which measures 1 the slight radioactivity normally pres- 11 (Wilii ent in the animal or human body, is .11,4 t i .4. .41 shown. The counting facility makes it 1 .-- Wiir possibletoemploy new diagnostic proceduresrequiring much smaller ..,....- ;1., rt. ittlir amounts of radioactive materials by eliminating practically all . 22,1';=1,"

0-124 ATOMIC MEDICINE (1968).27 minutes. color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-2and -3. Produced by CBS-News for the series. "The 21st Century." For sale by McGraw Hill Films. NOT cleared for television. Makes a summary examination of the expanding applications of atomic en- ergy for the diagnosis and treatment of disease today and in the future. with Host-Narrator Walter Cronkite. Radio- isotopes are explained. By using the A BEGINNING WITHOUT END right radioisotope, doctors can deter- mine the condition of organs, diagnose illness and often treat disease. We see a DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY bya scintillationdetectorwhich patienttake an "atomic cocktail" WITH RADIATION moves over the test area on the pa- (radioactl:Tiodine)whichdestroys See page 5. tient. This motion picture explains the diseasedtissueinthe thyroid. An methods of organ scanning, and gives example is shown of research on treat- examples: thyroid and lung scanning ing leukemia in which the patient's DOORWAY TO DIAGNOSIS See page .15. with radioactive iodine. Scans are also blood is circulated and irradiated out- shown of the chest. brain, liver. and sidethe patient's body. We seea kidneys. Visualization of the malfunc- patient'scancerouspituitarygland THE RADIOISOTOPE POWERED tioning of human organs is produced being"stabbed"withaneedle of CARDIAC PACEMAKER in black and white or in color on paper radioactive strontium-90, which burns See page .17. and; or on photographic film. The radi- out the cancer. ation detection and printout devices 030.1 are described. BROOKHAVEN SPECTRUM See page 1.1. RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING IN SHORT-LIVED RADIOISOTOPES MEDICINE(1965).16 minutes, IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE color. See page 17. Suitable for Understanding Lev- el-2. OAK RIDGE NATIONAL Produced andforsideby the LABORATORY AND ITS Handel Film Corporation. For tele- SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES vision clearance, write to Audio. See page 15. VisualSection,OIS,USAEC, Vashington, I). C. 211515. ZONAL ULTRACENTRIFUGE Development of scanning equip- See page -18. ment in combination with new radioac- tive drugs has produced important ad- vancesinmedical diagnosis.Radii,. NATIONAL active tracers give off signals that can be converted into an image. Admin- isteredI»patients, these radhlactivc LABORATORY materials.ineffect. make pictures revealing valuable information about the size, shape, position and function. ACTIVITIES Mg of lungs, thyroid glands, bones, & liver, kidneys, heart, spleen, and brain. 0414 ATOMIC MEDICINE The signals emitted from the organ- A BEGINNING WITHOUT END AIM. IOW. r" selective atomic tracers arercegijstered (1968).30 minutes, color. t,1 14 NATIONAL LABORATORY ACTIVITIES

Suitable for Understanding Lev- 0201 els-2 and -3. THE MANY FACES OF ARGONNE Produced by USAEC's Lawrence (1963).60 minutes, color. Berkeley Laboratory. For sale by Suitable for Understand:4 Lev- NAC. els-2 and -3. Summary of the wide variety of nu- 114 Produced by USAEC's Argonne clear research and development work National Laboratory. For sale by at the Berkeley and Livermore sites of NAC. the USAEC's Lawrence Radiation Lab- Survey of the objectives, methods. and oratory, operated by the University of hardware of the broad range of nuclear California. The film briefly covers, in research conducted by a typical na- turn: the work of the late Dr. Ernest tional laboratory of the USAEC. With Lawrence on the invention and devel- both artistry and clarity, the ANL opmentofthe cyclotron(particle narrator shows the CP-5 and the range accelerators); a historical statement by of work accomplished with this power- Dr. Lawrence on the principles of the ful research reactor. In an ANL chem- cyclotron; the post-war work using istrylaboratory,investigationof particle accelerators to discover new atomicforceswith"colorcenter" elements; researchintophoto- BROOKHAVEN SPECTRUM view. 11, CM11 studies of the structure of crystals is synthesis; use of high-energy particles shown. Information is given on meth- from an accelerator formedical NASA, on the combined effects of ods of protecting atomicscientists therapy;studiesinsuperconductiv- from radiation:film badgesand itythe transmission of electricity weightlessness and radiation on living organismsinouter space: a newly dosimeters: the checking of air, water. with no production of heat; studies of walls, dust; the remote-control devices chemical processes that occur during a developedtreatmentforleukemic patients by extracorporeal irradiation involving periscopes and television in ; work on the Plow- order to see and work despite massive share program; studies of effects of of the blood; an experiment at the 33-BEV AGS resulting in the discovery shielding. radiation on animals, man and the Argonne'seffortsin the power food cycle o',7 both; developments in of an important subnuclear particle; and the use of neutron spectrometers reactor field are summarized, using the the Sherwood programdevelopment Experimental II as an of controlled thermonuclear process at the High Flux Beam Research Re- actorinstudying the structure of example, with detailed explanation of for useful energy; high energy physics its components. purposes, methods. work with the Bevatron. liquids and solids. The film suggests the many lines of Experiments to learn the effects of HONORS: Two Statuettes, Industrial researchthatlieahead.While the radiation on human beingsare ex- Photography; Special Trophy, Indus- primary aim of such research, basic in plained studies of theeffects of trial Management Film i est ival. itself, is to add to 1111111'ti knowledge of radiation received continually over a his physicalworld,itiseventually lifetime (bone-tumor studies): studies 0083 applied to his benefit in a more direct of the mutation-producing effects of sense. radiation (fruitfly studies; work with BROOKHAVEN SPECTRUM dogs, etc.); studies of neonatal rates: (1967).25 minutes. color. HONORS: EFLA American Film Fes- life-span studies; studies of leukemia: Suitable for Understanding Lev- tival,New York City,N. Y.:10th effects of radiation on cells. CINE Golden Eagle International els-2 and-3. Shows indetailthe giant Zero Produced by USAEC's Brookhaven Award,Washington,D. C.;Special Gradient Synchrotron accelerator --or National Laboratory. For sale by Merit, 6th International Labour & In- "atom-smasher"---used to tear apart dustrial Owen Murphy Productions. Inc. FilmTriennial, Antwerp, subatomic particles to study the basic Surveys some of the varied aspects of Belgium; 4th International Exhibition nature of matter. Argonne's relation to nuclear research and engineering at the of theScientificFilm,Sao Paulo, American universities is outlined. with Brazil:5th InternationalFestival of Brookhaven National Laboratory. Sci- viewsofthetrainingofforeign Scientific & Technical entists and technicians are seen con- Films, Buenos students. ducting experiments in biology, chem- Aires. Argentina: TriesteFestival of istry,medicine, physics and reactor Flints,Italy; Scientific Film Festival, 0211 technology. The use and operation of Lyon, France; 12th International Fes- MIRACLE IN THE DESERT: THE such large and complex facilities as tivalof Scientificand Educational STORY OF HANFORD (1966).281/2 reactors and accelerators are shown in Films, Padua, Italy; 10th Gold Mer- minutes, color. studying the fundamental structure of curyFilm Prize, Venice, Italy; 18th Suitable for Understanding Lev- matterand the forceswithinthe International Exhibition of the Docu- els-2 and -3. atomic nucleus. Yet in spite of the mentary Film, Venice, Italy; 9th Inter- Produced for the USAEC by J. L. impressive size and complexity of their nationalDocumentary Festival, Feierbacher. For sale by NAC. tools. the film concentrates upon the Bilbao, Spain: 13th International Con- Tells the story of the development men and women themselves who arc gress, Rome, Italy; Award of Merit, during World War 11 of the Hanford the mostvitalcomponent of any 1511t Annual Columbus Film Festival, Engineer Works in Southeastern Wash- scientific investigation. Ohio:5thInternationalFestival of ington.Construction of the billion Among the research projects re- Scientific Films, Paris, France; One of dollar plant was based on the discov- viewed:preservationofperishable the "Most Honored Pictures of the ery of the new element 9.1, plutonium. foods with high intensity radiation; Year,"1967,Business Screen, Chi- in California by Dr. Glenn 'F. Seaborg autoradiography of rare oil paintings cago; AAAS (American Association and others, in 1941, and on the dem- by neutron activation; studies with for the Advancement of Science) 1967 onstration of the first successful nu- radiation on the mechanisms of aging; Convention; Citation, 5th Festival of clear chain reactionin Chicago by an experiment, in cooperation with Technical Films, Budapest, Hungary. Dr. and others, in 1942. NATIONAL LABORATORY ACTIVITIES 15

Starting with construction of the secret Ilanford nuclear plant in 1943, THE STORY OF OAK RIDGE OPERATIONS additionsandimprovementswere 4, made to plant facilities in the posLwar years in the creation of plutonium by transmutation of uranium atoms and its chemical separation from uranium. Also shownis the New Production Reactor, the nation's firstdual -pur- pose reactor to produce plutonium for military needs and steam to generate electricity. Ilanford's broad research efforts in .0t thefields of metallurgy,radiation Arigagif._ effects,biology,aquaticbiology, atmospheric physics and other peace- ful uses of atomic energy are summa- tr.116s11?!",; '1 rized. Conversion of the plant from 1111121' military needs to work on peaceful "ow uses of nuclear energy is detailed. An explanationis givenof how com- munityandgovernmentagencies cooperated toinstitute amultiple- ''':..., contractoroperation,attractnew, z ....' 4: o.,.La_ ,,L1p."-:::,,-, diversified industry and create new . jobs.

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0231 OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORA- TORY AND ITS SCIENTIFIC ACTIV- ITIES (1967).17 minutes. color. Suitable for Understanding Ler- touches on almost all of the Labora- Reactor Experiment; reprocessing of els-2 and -3. tory's activities involving nuclear re- reactorfuels; development of new Produced by USA EC's Oak Ridge search,fundamentalandapplied reactor fuels; auxiliary power sources: National Laboratory. For sale by research inallfields of science, and criticality studies; reactor safety stud- NAC. research on the central technical prop. ies;waste disposal work; controlled Shows the numerous and varied activi- lems of society. thermonuclear research; desalting of ties and facilities at USAEC's Oak Among the areas covered: breeder water by nuclear reactor heat: effects RidgeNationalLaboratory,and reactor research with the Molten Salt of radiation on man and his environ meat: biomedical research: radioiso- tope production; radioactive sources: the lligh Flux Reactor: and the Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron. OF MAN AND MATTER See page 26.

01.11 THE STORY OF OAK RIDGE OPER- ATIONS (1971).28 minutes. color. Suitable for Understanding Ler- els-2 and -3. Produced by USAE("s Oak Ridge Operations. For sale '1)y NAC. The breadth and scope of the Nation's a A atomic energy program--fromthe synthesis of minute quantities of man- made elements fur special research to the highly automated, production of tons of for fueling nuclear power plantsare embodied in the programs of the Atomic Energy Commission's Oak Ridge Operations. AK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY AND ITS SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES! As one of the AEC's largest and most 'AMIllOrriMWS* diverse field offices, Oak Ridge Opera- 16 NUCLEAR DESALTING lionsis responsible for the work of Produced by USAEC's Argonne will not only purify water but will also plants and laboratories in four states National Laboratory. For sale by producelargeamounts of electric and Puerto Rico which employ some NAC. power simultaneously. The film deals 20,000 persons in programs of nuclear In the world today there are more with, in turn: the growing shortage of research and production. than700 smallcapacitydesalting water in a faminehreatened world of In nontechnical language, the film plants which produce about 350 mil- expandingpopulation;thevarious coversthe major activities of Oak lion gallons of freshwater every day. methods of desalting sea waterthe Ridge Operations which support pro- All of these plants use conventional crystallization or freezing process. the grams of national defense and the sources of power such as coal, oil or membrane or squeezing process. the peaceful applications of atomic en- gas to drive their conversion systems. distillation or boiling process; an ex- ergy. A major segment of the film If Man is to meet the growing demand planation of nuclear energy as a means explains how three gaseous diffusion for more and more desalted water, he of desalting large quantities of sea plantsare meeting the demand for ,must eventually turn to nuclear energy water; cost reduction by means of enricheduraniumtofuelnuclear as his cheapest source of power. dual-purpose nuclear plants; thD prob- powerplantsinthiscountry and All aspects of desalting technology lems and goals of nuclear desalting and abroad; the process of gaseous diffu- are discussed in this film, as well as a the development of plants to advance sionisexplained and methods of capsule report on the status of com- the technology. increasingproductioncapacityare mercial desalting in the Western Hemi- also presented. Research activities of sphere. The film blueprints the Agro- HONORS: Special Mention, 21st Film the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Industrial Complex idea and endorses Festival, Salerno, Italy: 5th Interna- are highlighted, including a major ex- the belief thatthe technologies of tional Festival of Scientific and Tech. perimental effort to control the ther- desalting and nuclear energy must con- ideal Films,Universityof Buenos monuclear reaction which could lead verge,if Manistoturn back the Aires, Argentina; 15th International to the development of fusion reactors, threatening growth of world poverty Nuclear Congress, Rome, Italy, U. S. and studies on the environment. The and starvation. Trade Center, London, United King- use of radiation to diagnose and treat dom: 5th International Scientific Film disease in a unique Oak Ridge hospital HONORS: 9th ANZAAS International Festival, Lyon, France; 12th Interna- is covered. Also receiving attention are ScientificFilmExhibition (Associa- tional Festival of Scientific and Educa- the nuclear-related studies of the Ag- tion for the Advancement of Science), tional Films, Padua, Italy; 5th Interna- ricultural Research Laboratory in Oak Australiaand New Zealand; Chris tionalFestivalofScientificFilms, Ridge and the research and education Award, 19th Columbus Film Festival, Paris, France. programs carried all by the Puerto Columbus, Ohio. Rico Nuclear Center. 0.1.10 0407 NO GHEATER CHALLENGE DESALTING THE SEAS (1967).17 (1969).14 minutes, color. minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- Suitable for Understanding LCV- els-2 and 3. els-2 and 3. Produced by Starbecker Inc.for I Produced by USAEC's Oak Ridge the USAEC. For sale by NAC. National Laboratory. For sale by Shows man'shistoricand growing NAC. hunger for water and a dramatic solu- 0463 Describesthevariousmethods of tiontothisgreatchallengethe THE BITTER AND THE SWEET purifying saline waters through the use Agro-Industrial Complex. With the nu. (1971). 291/2 minutes, color. ofnuclear energy,withparticular clear reactor as the energy source, and Suitable for Understanding Lev- emphasis on large-scale dual purpose the desalting plant as the fresh water els-2 and -3. nuclear-electric desalting plants which source,tomorrow'scoastaldeserts may be transformed into self-sustain- r ing,mammothnuclearpowered agro-industrialcentersconsisting of , farms and industrial plants. Nuclear power reactors will pump millions of gallons of water from the sea and provide the heat to desalt it. At the same time low-cost nuclear energy will produce electricity to help extract and process the ocean's mineral wealth. Electricity from nuclear energy will power plants that produce fertilizers. Fertilizers and fresh, desalted water for irrigation will enrich lands where no crops have grown for centuries. I Designed to convert waste lands into new lands of desert agriculture and to provide new industries and new jobs, the proposed Agro-industrial complex will raise the standard of living for DESALTING THE SEAS millions of people. HONORS: First Place, U. S. Industrial Film Festival, Chicago; 16th Interna- NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND TESTING 17

Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-2 and -3. Produced by USA EC. For sale by NAC. Describes thepreparationfor, and firing of, an underground nuclear deto- nation. one of a planned series of tt experiments in a Department of De- fense research programconducted with USA ECparticipation.The purpose of the experiments is to im- prove means of detecting. locating. and identifying underground nuclear explosions. The Project Shoal detona- tion on October 26, 1963, with an explosive force equal to about 12,000 Y "'WI. t'Si. tons of TNT, was intentionally located 4 in an area subject to natural earth- 1.1.4 quakes, 28 miles from Fallon, Nevada. ="7 to gain information to help distinguish , between earthquakes and underground for Shoal NO GREATER CHALLENGE 4''"'`.;''t1111412L.- tests.Technical direction was by the Sandia Laboratory under the o verall managementofthe tional Nuclear Congress, Rome, Italy: Produced for the Defense Atomic USA EC's Nevada Operations Office. Israel International Film Festival, Tel Support Agency of the Depart- The film describes: selection of the Aviv: 70th International Convention in ment of Defense by the U. S. Air site, pre-shot preparationsincluding . New York City, Force. For sale by NAC. a comprehensive program to ensure N. Y.; 7thInternationalFestival of Reports on an Advanced Research public safetyandtoinformthe Short Films, Crakon, Poland. Project Agency (ARPA) experiment of citizens of Fallon of the proposed the Vela Uniform series executed by shot variouscitizens' andcity officials' the the ORDER iv FILM NUMBER AND TITLE the Defense Atomic Support Agency reactions to test, (RASA). withthe support of the seismic station program, instrumenta- Department of the Interior and the thin, and the detonation and some of USAEC. Operation Long Shot, an its valuable results. underground nuclear test in the fall of NUCLEAR 1965, was conducted on Amchitka. RETURN TO BIKINI closetothewesternend of the See page2. WEAPONS Aleutian Islands. The objective of Vela Uniform is 038.1 to increase the capability to detect. UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR AND TESTING identify and locate underground nu- WEAPONS TESTING (1967).281/2 clear detonations at intercontinental minutes, color. ranges. The primary objective of Long Suitable for Understanding Lev- 0113 Shot was to investigate possible travel- els-2 and -3, ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING AT time anomalies associated with seismic Produced by the USAEC. For sale SANDIA (1964).28 minutes, color. events occurringin island-arc struc- by NAC. Suitable for Understanding Lev- tures. Such anomalies could seriously Explainstheresponsibilityof the els-2 and -3. affect the accuracy of locations made USA EC totestnuclear weapons- Produced by the Sandia Corpora- by long range seismic measurements. work vital to the U. S. national inter- tion for the USAEC. For sale by Another objective was to compare the est and the defense capabilities of the NAC. seismic signatures of man-made versus Free World. The film shows how weap- Discusses the environments, both natu- natural events (earthquakes) occurring ons tests at the Nevada Test Site (in ral and induced, which weapon com- in such complex geologic structures. central Nevadaandon Amchitka ponents and systems may experience The filmgivesdetails on core IslandintheAleutianchain)are between manufacture and use. The drilling, methods to assure safe con- carried out safely underground in a film shows how environmental testing tainment. nature of the rock, lowering manner designed to contain radioactiv- is used to ensure reliability. A series of of the casing, lowering of the nuclear itywithin the ground,within the test sequences enables the audience to device, stemming operations, seismic framework of the limitedtest ban see some of the facilities at USAEC's instruments in the close-in monitoring treaty. Sandia Laboratorygiant centrifuge, program, the long-range seismic mea- The film explains various types of electrodynamic shaker, rocker sled, air surement program in Alaska, , nuclear tests: developmentalto gun and climatic chamber which are the United States and elsewhere in the check out concepts of weapons design; used to produce varying environments. world, the detonation, and measure- proof tests-- to confirm safety and ments and results. design of weapons going into produc- 0248 tion;checksonthereadinessof OPERATION LONG SHOT weapons inthe stockpile; and,in (1966).13 minutes. color. 0286 cooperation with the Department of Suitable for Understanding Lev- PROJECT SHOAL(1964). 171/2 Defense, tests to obtain information els-2 and -3. minutes, color. on effects from nuclear explosions. 18 PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES

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The film discusses and illustrates: Producedand forsalebythe underground storage areas for gas, oil, how proposals for development tests Handel Film Corporation. For tele- water or wastes; in-place recovery of of nuclear devices are broughtinto vision clearance, write to Audio- oil from oil shale; "mine" copper and being; the various steps in evaluating Visual Section,01S,USAEC, other minerals by underground teach- and approving proposals; the facilities Washington. D. C. 20545. ing; and produce new elements and at themaintestareasremote Is the story of a new, effective way isotopes. The film corn pares the very Frenchman and Yucca Flats and the for man to recover valuable natural re- attractive economics of nuclear ex- isolated Mime Mesa: the setup at sources locked deep beneath the sur- plosives with the comparatively high CP-l--the Control Point and nerve face of the earth. Using the explosive costs of conventional high explosives. center for operations. power of the atom in a method called Enormous energy, compact and easily The film shows: techniques for the underground engineering, the USAEC transportable,relativelyinexpensive, drilledverticalshafts:the complex and privateindustry are developing and safely applicablethis is the new instrumentation: lowering of the on and investigating the feasibility of the power tool that "Plowshare's" peace- clear device into the shaft; backfilling following"Plowshare"techniques ful atom could add to man's resources, of shafts; scenes at the Control Point. illustrated in the filmtechniques to: to do jobs never before economically where the complex timing and firing stimulate the flow and production of practical or even possible. systemsarelocated;thecareful natural gas; increase oil reserves and weather briefings and other stringent improve the flow of oil through oil- safeguardstoassurepublicsafety; bearingrockformations;provide monitoring techniques. air sampling, a assay of water and vegetation, aerial ''t .. .0 .1. 11. ',.? '''' II' ' ' 4.6.1.... '''.1 i : ',..:,; ';1... ;- OPP-,,,,.... sweeps. We watch the progress of a ,nr. 1 ; .,, , , s' . 4 .. ' 1 . typical testwith animation to illus ( I. ... .t ." I... .011111e7 0 . ar '''.-. .0 . 1 ° . .. .9. . ..C. I,...... 0Ili 4,47-'' ,...r. Ar w . .., I - . trate what has happened underground. I dc ' *.,4. I ., 11410. ;0111' 1131440 UNDERGROUND - 0 ..' THE ATOM 0 It& 4,411.11;11.4 . . -v.1r417:'.:.:7,P,: 43 .,I - 1 F.0477.0411A1,1,:A .; : e , ,..1 6 e I. e'. .; I IL.. ,..4..Al I I I 41 "'''.4,.... `' 0 , .4i111. , .. . 4; . .1 0 ... 1. 0,,i .... . ; i . , . - ,. ' , .....da' ' . , 0 ,, . allk. "1/1011WD q ,. '.' :: . ,.. ..'I. ., ..1 ...... 4. : . ; a. .. 1 '' ; ist.,.411.:t dij ,;.,;.°.-: : -; - . .-1/1Ibr._-_Aipl-.1"..n,'...th '-':,"M.- , . --*.' . ..-i 1/411.

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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL back to collect gas and rock samples. space rocket engine. Among the - LABORATORY AND ITS Art and animation are used to illus off storiesare: transplanting of sea SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES trate the test objectives, what takes otters in the Aleutians, terradynamics See page 15. place underground when anuclear (groundpenetrationstudies), a explosive isfired, and the expected stronger TRW steel,and the zonal effects of the explosion on the gas centrifuge (for ultra-pure vaccines). reservoir. HONORS: Citation. 5th Festival of HONORS: 6th Review of Scientific, Technical Films, Budapest, Hungary. Technical & Educational Films, Pardu- bice, Czechoslovakia; 4th International 0448 Exhibition of the Scientific Film, Sao ATOMIC SEARCH (1970).29 min- Paulo, Brazil; 5th World Festival of utes, color. ScientificEducation & Geographical Suitablefor Understanding Lev- Films, Teheran, Iran;13th Interna- els2 and3. tional Festival of Scientific & Educa- Producedby USAEC's Argonne tional Films, Padua, Italy; Scientific National Laboratory. For sale by Film Festival. Lyon, France; 6th Inter- NAC. national Exhibition of the Scientific In laboratories across the nation, scien- Film, Buenos Aires, Argentina. tists in 1969 made continuing impor- tant contributions to the peaceful uses ORDERISY FILM PRAIREWAND4ITLE' of nuclear energy. This filmisthe story of some of these achievements: TO DEVELOP PEACEFUL used to investigate the composition of lunar rocks to help APPLICATIONS FOR determine the age of the moon; a NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES container of radioactive plutonium to See page 49. provide heat to protect the seismome- ter on the moon during the cold lunar nights; an isotopic nuclear generator providing electrical power on weather 0415 S satellites orbiting in space; the first in PROJECT GASBUGGY: THE RE- a series of tests with dogs of a nuclear- SOURCEFUL ATOM (1968). 141/4 fueled cardiac pacemaker, a device to minutes, color. assist a damaged heart; development of Suitablefor Understanding Lev- new, highly-sensitive diagnostic tools els-2 and -3. to identify and separate the constitu Produced by USAEC and El Paso ents in the body fluids to predict Natural Gas Company. For sale by illness or disease; aspecial shielded NAC. 0.139 room for low-dose total body irradia- Man's hopeto harness the atom's THE ATOM: YEAR OF PURPOSE tion, seeking a more effective, safer explosive force for peaceful purposes (1969).29 minutes, color. method of treating blood disorders; moved closer to fulfillment deep be Suitablefor Understanding Lev- neutron activation analysis to measure neathaplateauinnorthernNew els-2 and -3. the curative powers of a new drug Mexico inDecember 1967. Govern- Produced by USAEC and Argonne treatment for the Parkinson syndrome, ment and industry joined to National Laboratory. For sale by a nerve disorder;* development of an study whether nuclear explosions can NAC. irradiatedconcrete-plastic combina- be safelyused toperform massive Describes 17 major developments in tiona corrosion resistant concrete- undergroundengineeringtasksfor the peaceful uses of the atom as well polymer four timesstrongerthan more efficient recovery of natural re. assixspin.offs. The major stories of a similar sources. ordinary cement; use include:thefirstrefueling of the irradiatedwood-plastic combination, The experiment involved the deto Nuclear Ship Savannah in six years, highly resistant to wear, for floors in nationof a26.kiloton nuclear explo the growth of nuclear power stations, public buildings and homes; a so-called sive (energy equivalent to that released Experimental Breeder Reactor II, the solar telescope, almost a mile under- by 26,000 tons of TNT) 4,240 feet Agro-Industrial Complex (nuclear reac- ground,thatcapturessub-atomic underground in a known area of natu tors to desalt seawater for coastal- particles from the sun in order to learn rill gasbearing sandstone in which the desert agricultureandtoproduce more aboutsolarenergy;Project gas is so tightly trapped that recovery electricityfor factories), toll enrich- Rulisona 40-kiloton nuclear explo- by conventional techniques is uneco ment of uranium owned by private sion experiment to shake loose billions nomic.Principalobjectiveofthe industry, expandedmining of ura- of cubic feet of natural gas trapped in experiment was to investigate if the nium, work on the giant 200 BEV hard rock more than 8,000 feet under explosive force of the atom could "atomsmasher"attheNational ground; positive identificationof a crush and shatter the rock to permit AcceleratorLabotAtorywith its new element, number 104, by a team safe and economic recovery of the 12-foot bubble chamber and supercon- of scientists at AEC's Berkeley Labo- natural gas. ducting magnet, Project Buggy and ratory at the University of California; PROJECT GASBUGGY reports on Project Gasbuggy (for the peaceful the work to learn more about effects site preparations, drilling activities, em- applicationsofnuclearexplosives: of an expanding nuclear power in- placement of the nuclear explosive, large-scale excavation and natural gas dustryontheenvironmentfor installationofsafetymonitoring stimulation),and Phoebus-2Afull- example, the effects on fish of the equipment, the explosion and drilling power ground test of nuprpowered excess heat water from reactor opera- 6,0 0 PEACEFUL USES (SUMMARY FILMS) tionas dart of AEC's conscientious research to protect man and his envi- ronment.

HONORS: 1970 htrtrot,chnicalFilm Exhibition. Budapest, Hungary: 2nd International Scientific Film Festival. Rio de Janeiro.Brazil: Sth Interna- tional Science Fiction FilmFestival. Z.ftt-.1Th' Vtcoo+.4... Trieste,Italy:19711 National Youth 4 Conference on the Atom,Chicago, Illinois: 1970-71 Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Security Seminar. 7 S. cities: 17th Interna- tional Nuclear Congress. Rome. Italy: 12thInternationalFestival of Docu ors mentaryFilms.Bilboa. Spain: 15th International Festiva! of Scient tend Educational Films. Padua. Italy. 0112 GUARDIAN OF THE ATOM (1067).2ti'/.minutes. color, oitubic forUnderstunding Ler- cls-2 011(1,1. Produced b'' the Office or Infor. !nation Services. USAEC. For sale by Motion Picture Service. U. S. Department of Agriculture. States briefly the organization and role of USAEC andits national labora tories. and responsibilities in develop. r Mg thepeacefuluses andnational security uses of the atom. Then. point ii.G.1JARDIAN OF THE ATOM by point. we learn of each type of

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1/i /claw ).. ,N.A....-z.t;.L:ikv_44-Lit_rla POWER REACTORS 21 nuclear application and its effect on the use of Calcium-47to diagnose OP' science and technology: the raw mate- bone cancer. The detection and study rials of atomic energy: the role of the of radiation by sensitive instruments is three gaseous diffusionplants:the explained. The study of radiation in work to produce plutonium. the devel- the laboratory is demonstrated with opment and underground testing of work inphotosynthesis using radio- nuclear weapons under tie terms of chromatography.Severalimportant the limited nuclear test bam treaty; the industrial uses of radiation are shown. Plowshare program to develop peace- The use of irradiation for prolonged ful uses of nuclear explosives; produc- food preservation, particularly of such tion of for atomic reac- highly perishable food as fresh fish and tors; building nuclear power plants; the production of a new material, a the use of nuclear power to propel wood-plastic alloy, is also shown. surface ships and submarines; develop- HONORS: 2nd International Festival ment work on the nuclear rocket for of Red Cross & Health Films, Varna, future space exploration; the produc- Bulgaria;12th International Nuclear tionof radioisotopes,and their Congress, Rome, Italy. applications for medical diagnosis and therapy, in agriculture, industry, food THE MIGHTY ATOM 0200 MM. pasteurization and the development of MAN AND THE ATOM (1965).59 an improved wood; radioisotopes to Walter Cronkite. Touched upon briefly minutes, color. operatethe equipment atisolated are: the need for nuclear power; th'e Suitablefor Understanding Lev- weather stations, for buoys and light nuclearmerchantship,theN.S. els-2 and -3. houses, and in satellites circling the Savannah; nuclear propulsion for space earth;theworkwith giantatom Produced by National Educational rockets; SNAP (nuclear) generators smashers to study the basic nature of Television, Inc. with the technical which supply power for remote un- assistance of the USAEC. For sale matter; research into the fusion of manned weather station and off - shore atoms toachieve almost unlimited by NAC. Surveys the role of the USAEC in oilrigs; use of the atom's energy to power; the sharing of technical infor- preserve foods by irradiation; nuclear mation. guiding and supporting the Nation's atomic energy programs. Thefilm medicine:thefightagainst cancer; HONORS: 11th CINE Golden Eagle opens with a visit to the enlightened nuclearpowered man-made hearts; the InternationalAward , Washington, community of Buchanan, New York, theory of atomic fission and the con- D. C.; 5th World Festival of Scientific site of Consolidated Edison's Indian trolled in a reactor; Education &Geographical Films, Point atomic power station. Following the burialof atomic wastes and re search into the future; the theory and Teheran, Iran; 19th International Ex- areview of the atom's place in na hibitionofDocumentary Films, tional defense, the film goes into the operationofgiantacceleratorsto Venice, Italy; International Congress mining of uranium and processing into smash atoms and study theirsub- of Physiological Sciences, Washington, fissionable materials. atomic particles; breeder reactors, de- D. C.; U. S. Trade Center, London, It then explores the broad role of salting plants, agro-centers, the con- United Kingdom; Scientific Film Fes- the USAEC, brieflydiscussingthe trolled fusion reactor. make-up of the Commission and show- tival, Lyon, France; Canadian National MIRACLE IN THE DESERT Toronto;ltithInter- ing an actual Commission meeting in Exhibition, See page 14. nationalElectronic & Nuclear Con- session. The USAEC's responsibility in gress, Rome, Italy; Industrial College all facets of atomic safety is covered as of the Armed Forces, National Secu the film snows the testing of a nuclear rity Seminars, 7 U. S. cities. power source for a space satellite and the designand testing of a power POWER ORDER ST FILM RUMMER AND TITLE reactor. The processing and storage of is discussed. REACTORS 0199 After reviewing some aspects of MAN AND RADIATION the peaceful uses of nuclear explosives, (1963).281/2 minutes, color. including Projects Sedan and Gnome, Suitable forUnderstanding Lev-the film next turns to a survey of 0022 els2 and -3. radioisotopes and their many applica- THE ATOM AND EVE (1966). 15 Produced for the USAEC by the tions in medicine, agriculture and food minutes, color. Army Pictorial Center. For sale by preservation. Suitable for Understanding Lev- NAC. els-2 and -3. Discusses many aspects of radiation 0120 ProducedfortheConnecticut and offers a survey of their widespread THE MIGHTY ATOM (1968).27 Yankee Atomic Power Company. beneficialapplicationsinmedicine, minutes, color. For sale by Bay State Film Produc- industry,agriculture, power, and re- Suitable for Understanding Lev- tions. search. A historicalsurvey of the els-2 and -3. How nuclear power has come of discovery of radiation is followed by Produced' by CBS-News for the ageand what 11 New England util- an animated explanation of different series, "The 21st Century." For ity companies are doing to use nuclear types of radiation,including alpha, sale by McGraw-Hill Films. NOT power effectively. We are shown how beta, and gamma. A brief explanation cleared for television. electric power is an integral part of our of radioisotopes and how they are Makes a summary examination of the life, and that electrical needs have produced is given, followed by scenes peaceful uses of atomic energy today grown (in New England alone) from depicting some of their uses, including and in the future, with Host-Na vriAr 1,200,000 kilowattsin1930 to 22 POWER REACTORS

6.200,000 KW in the 1960swith This abridgedversionof ATOMIC andfossil fuels such as oil, gas and this kilowattage to triple in the 1980s. POWER TODAY: SERVICE WITH coal, the film introduces atomic fuel as Faced withthis growing power SAFETY (described below) was made a vast new energy resource that helps need, 11 companies in New England especially formeetings, lectures and keep down the cost of electricity. The formedtheConnecticutYankee groups that require short films only. film shows atomic fuel being fabri- Atomic Power Company to construct The motion picture explains the cated and. through animation, how it theConnecticutYankeeAtomic growing need for electricity. contrasts is put to work in a nuclear reactor to Power Plant at Haddam Neck. Con- conventional and nuclear generating produce heat which will ultimately be necticut,togenerate ahall-million technology,shows howanuclear used to produce electricity. kilowatts for the use of homes and power plantisdesigned.built and Thesafetyaspectsof atomic industry in the six New England states. operated for dependable service: de- power. includingbothnatural and The company hopes to lower electrical scribes the many safeguards, and ex- engineered safeguards, as well as the costs to the consumer by the use of plainstheUSAEC regulatory and demand for dependability by the op- nuclear power. licensing procedures. erating utility and by the customer, In a light. pleasant and entertain- The motion picture tells the story are discussed. We see utility and USAEC ing manner, we are introduced to Eve of central station atomic power plants conferencesrelatingtoa proposed as a baby. then as a girl, and finally as and how they serve the country now atomic power plant and the care that a woman (who dances through the and in the future. Starting with how goes into design and planning. film) in paralleltothegrowing electricityisproducedfrom water Further safety considerations are needs of millions of Eves for more and power and fossil fuels, the film intro- explored. showing some of the rele- more electricity. The film shows the duces atomic fuel as a vast new energy vant equipment and systems. \ \'e learn great potential of economic nuclear resource. The film shows atomic fuel whyitisimpossible for a nuclear power-- and although Ncw England is being fabricated and put to work in a reactor to blow up like an atomic used as the example, the facts apply nuclear reactor to produce heat which bomb. The film also deals with the generally to the rest of the United will ultimately produce electricity. safe handling of wastes and controlled States. release of material to the environment ORDER IV FILM MAUER AND TITLE on a planned bask, according to Fed- 0050 eral safety regulations, THE BITTER AND THE ATOMIC POWER PRODUCTION When the plant finally goes "on SWEET (1964).14 minutes, color, the line.'' it joins other atomic power Suitable for Understanding Lev- See page 16. plantsacrossthe nationproviding dependable electricity for our many el-2. 0051 Produced, andforsalebythe needs. We see a sampling of these Ilandel Film Corporation. For tele- ATOMIC POWER TODAY: SERVICE plants and the communities they serve, vision clearance, write to Audio- WITH SAFETY (1966).28/, min- demonstrating that atomic power is Visual Section.OIS.USAEC, utes, color. here today, providing for our present Washington. D. C. 205.15. Suitable fur Understanding Lev- and future electrical power needs. Opening with an explanation of els-2 and -3. thegrowing demand forelectrical Produced for the Atomic Indus- HONORS: 10th CINE Golden Eagle power.producedtodayprimarily trial Forum. Inc., and the USAEC International Award,Washington, through hydro-electric means and the by Seneca Productions. Inc. For D. C.:One of the "Most Honored burning of fossil fuels (coal, gas. and sale by NAC. Pictures of the Year." 1967, Business oil), the filmtells of the need for Tellsthestoryof centralstation Screen. Chicago: th International Fes- harnessing nuclear energy. With anima- atomic power plants and how they tival of Scientific K Technical Films, tion, an explanation is given of how serve the country now and will con- Brussels, Belgium; 10th Gold Mercury the heat created by the controlled tinue to do so in the future. Starting Film Prize. Venice, Italy; 14th Inter- chainreaction of atomic fuelina with basic information on how elec- nationalNuclearCongress,Rome, reactor isconvertedtoelectrical tricity is produced from water power Italy; 8th International Industrial Film power. Several types of power reactors and their basicdifferences are dis- . .1. l" cussed: the , the ATOMIC POWER TODAY pressurized water reactor, one using a liquid sodium coolant, and one using 9 an organic coolant. The principle of the "breeder" reactor is explained and its importance stressed. The film also discusses the care and safety of design, construction. maintenance and opera- tion of atomic power plants.

0.110 ATOMIC POWER TODAY(Short Ver- sion, 1967).15 minutes, color. Suitable for Undendanding Lev- els-2 and -3. Produced by Seneca Productions, Inc.,forthe USAEC andthe 414.7;* )447,.6.5.6:ead.'''.:CO7 Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. For ;r sale by NAC. POWER REACTORS 23

Festival,Lisbon,Portugal;5th iashered in the Atomic Age behind a calityofthe ZPPR is achieved by ANZAAS International Exhibition of cloak of wartime security under the loading two separate "tables" with Science Films, Australia & New Zea- stands of Stagg Field, Chicago, Decem- plutoniumfuel and bringing them land; 19th International Electronics 14... ber 2, 1942. slowly together. The film shows the Communications Exhibit, Rome, Italy; By interview,historicalfootage, construction of the ZPPR by Argonne 1970ElectrotechnicalFilmExhibi- paintings, etc., the film takes us on a National Laboratory, its many safety tion, Budapest, Hungary, step-by-stepre-enactmentofthe features, plutonium handling and stor- famous eventbeginning with the ar- age, the instrumentation and computer rival of the first refugee scientists in to record and analyze data obtained ATOMIC VENTURE See page53. 1939, to the dramatic hours in late by the ZPPR, and the fuel loading and 1942 when control rods were pulled eventual attainment of the state of 0074 out of CP-1 an inch at a time, to criticality of the ZPPR to prepare it BASIC PRINCIPLES OF POWER RE- achieve the first sustained chain reac- for its important testing program. ACTORS (1962). 81/2minutes. color. tion. Suitable for Undentanding Lev - Interviewsareconductedwith HONORS: Gold Camera, 1970 U. S. els-2 and-3. some of the members of the team and Industrial Film Festival, Chicago, Illi- Produced by USAF Audio Visual people closely associated with them nois; 18th International NuclearCon- Center. For sale by NAC. JohnWheeler,Mrs. LauraFermi, gress, Rome, Italy. This is an excerpt from "The New Glenn Seaborg, Leslie Groves, Frank Powei," produced by the USAEC's Speddi ng,CrawfordGreenewalt, 0220 IdahoOperationsOffice. This ani- WalterZinn,HerbertAnderson, THE NEW POWER (1965). 15 min- mated film. produced to facilitate the Mrs. Leona utes, color. understanding of nuclear-power reac- Norman Ililberry and tors and how they produce steam for Libby. Suitable for Understanding Lev- the generation of electricity, briefly Against the background of a world els-2 and -3, describes fission, controlled chain reac- plunged into World War II, the Third Producedforthe USAEC by tion, and the function of basic reactor Reich hard on its way to developing an USAF Audio Visual Center. For components (e.g., core, reactor vessel, atomic bomb, uranium metal almost a sale by NAC. shielding,moderators, coolants. and laboratorycuriosity, and with seem- Tells how the National Reactor Test- control rods). The boiling-water and inglyunsurmountable problems to be ing Station in Idaho is furthering the pressurized-water reactor concepts are solved---the story of this brilliant sci- USAEC's quest for economic nuclear explained. Various types of fuel ele- entific tour-de-force brings into focus power. Most ofthemore than 40 the work such people as Dr. Fermi, experimentalnuclear reactorsbuilt. ments are described, such asrods. being built, or planned there are de- plates, and pellets. Leo Szilard, James Conant, Vannevar Bush, ArthurCompton,Ernest scribed eitherhistorically or currently, Lawrence and others. including the Navy's prototypes for ORDEN SY FILM. .NUMSI. 'AND:. TITLE the submarine Nautilusand aircraft DESALTING THE SEAS carrierEnterprise; the internationally See page 16. known testing reactor complex (M'I'R, ETR, ATM; the IdahoChemical Processing Plant, the Army's mobile tEl LEI WNW TITLE low power nuclear plant (ML-1); and the importance of breeding nuclear 0454 fuel as authorized by the two Experi- IN SEARCH OF A CRITICAL MO- mentalBreeder Reactor complexes, MENT (1970).28 minutes, color. EBR-I and EBR-II. Also discussed are Suitable for Understanding Lev- the USAEC's leading reactor safety els-2 and programs--SPERT and STEP (Special Produced by USAEC's Argonne Power ExcursionReactor Test and National Laboratory. For sale by Safety Test Engineering Program). The NAC. film also explains the basic principles This artistic film tells the story of the of power reactorconstruction and ZPPRthe ZeroPower Plutonium operationin an animated sequence Reactora special split-table test re- that is also available as a separate film actor that is designed to supply infor- titled, BASICPRINCIPLESOF ITHE DAY TOMORROW BEGAN mation essential to the development of POWER REACTORS described on this rf'INNINIPINDr / AM economic fast breeder central station page. nuclear power plants. Although most 0113 current reactors "burn" uranium, the NO GREATER CHALLENGE THE DAY TOMORROW BEGAN trend is toward fast breeder reactors See page 16. (1967).3014 minutes, color. that will produce or "breed" more Suitable for Understanding Lev- nuclearfuel (plutonium) than they els-2 and -3. consume, thus dramatically increasing NUCLEAR POWER AND Produced by USAEC's Argonne the world's supply of fissionable mate- THE ENVIRONMENT National Laboratory. For sale by rial. But to achieve these goals, experi- See page 7. NAC. mentation is necessaryresulting in This historical film tells the story of machines to study the core designs of thebuilding andtestingofCP-1 futurebreeder reactors. Animation 0280 (Chicago Pile-1),the first atomic pile, shows the ZPPR, in which the compo- PRINCIPLES OF THERMAL, FAST and the work of the brilliant scientific sition, configuration and performance AND BREEDER REACTORS team, led by Dr. Enrico Fermi, which of fast breeder cores are tested. Criti- (1963).9 minutes, color. 24 PRINCIPLES OF ATOMIC ENERGY

Suitable for Understanding Lev- terms of both their atoms and isotopes BASIC PRINCIPLES OF els-2 and -3. are discussed and illustrated. The film POWER REACTORS .See page 23. Produced by USAEC's Argonne introduces the concepts of stable and National Laboratory. For sale by radioactive elements. Also presented 0096 NAC. are the basic structure and principles CONTROLLING ATOMIC ENERGY This animated film offers an explana- of a nuclear reactor. The importance (1961).131/2 minutes. color. tion of , the chain reac- Suitable for Understanding Lev- tion, and the control of this reaction el-2. inthree basic types of reactors,It Produmd and for sale by Universal describes the principles of fast and Education and Visual Arts. NOT thermal reactors and introduces the cleared for television. concepts of the moderator and reflec- A basic teaching film (which uses the tor. The breeder principle is described, conversation of a young student and a and plutonium and cycles are scientist who is writing a book about indicated.(Use with BASIC PRIN- atomic energy) summarizing, briefly, CIPLES OF POWER REACTORS, see byliveactionand animation, the page 23.) following: what is an atom; radioactive atoms; measuring radioactivity; ura- 0372 nium; nuclear fission; the chain reac- TOMORROW'S POWER--TODAY A IS FOR ATOM tion; the controlled chain reaction in (1964).51/2 minutes, color. reactors; how reactors are used for Suitable for Understanding Lev- of reactors inthe formation of the production of electricityfor power el-2. first man-made elements is described. and propulsion; and the production of Produced for USAEC by Argonne The film proceeds to explain how a radioisotopes for applications in biol- National Laboratory. For sale by chain reactionis produced and con- ogy, medical diagnosis and therapy, NAC. trolled. Concluding the film is a de- agriculture, industry, and research. of Brieflyexplainstheprinciple scription of the many applications of HONORS: 11th CINE Golden Eagle atomic power production, states the atomic energy. Atomic energy is de- Washington, need forits continued development picted as a vast source of power for InternationalAward, while showing that it is already in use D. C.; Blue Ribbon, EFLA, New York the present and future. This summary City, N. Y.; 10th American Film Fes- in many locations across the country. reviews some of the many benefits of The film explains why the energy of tival, New York City, N. Y.; Columbus atomic radiation in industry, biology, Film Festival, Ohio; 21st Edinburgh the atom is needed to supplement that medicine, and agriculture. of conventional fossil fuels. Animation FilmFestival, Scotland; Trieste Fes- tival of Science Films, Italy; 3rd Inter- is used to explain how nuclear fission national Festival of Experimental & creates heat and how that heat is 00.16 converted to electrical power. A com- Documentary Films, Cordoba, Spain, ATOMIC PHYSICS (1948).90min- 21stInternationalFilm Festival, parisonis given between the energy utes (2 reels), black and white. released from the uranium atom and Salerno,Italy;Science, Fact and coal, gas, and oil. The film concludes Suitable for UnderstandingLev- Fantasy Film Event, Newcastlepon- with a brief survey of representative els-2 and -3. Tyne, United Kingdom; 13th Inter- atomic power plants in the United Produced by J. Arthur Rank Orga- nationalFestival ofScientific & nisation, Ltd. For sale by Universal EducationalFilms,Padua,Italy; States, noting location and kilowatts ANZAAS, Australia & New Zealand; of electrical power. Education and Visual Arts. NOT cleared for television, 6thInternationalExhibition of the Discusses the history and development Scientific Film, Buenos Aires, Argen- of atomic energy, stressing nuclear tina. physics. 's basic , PRINCIPLES Faraday's early experiments in elec- trolysis,Mendeleev's , 0180 and early concepts and size of atoms INTRODUCING ATOMS AND NU- OF ATOMIC and are discussed also. The CLEAR ENERGY (1963).11 min- film demonstrates how cathode rays utes, black and white or color. ENERGY were investigated and how the Suitable for Understanding Lev- was discovered; how the nature of el-2. positive rays was established; how X Produced by,and forsale by, 0001 rays were found and put to use. The Coronet Instructional Films. NOT A IS FOR ATOM (1964).15 minutes, filmalso presents researchtools of cleared for television. color. nuclearphysics.explainsWork of Althoughthisteachingfilm Suitable for Understanding Lev- JoliotCurie and Chadwickindis- explaining the general structure of the els-I and -2. covery of neutron, and splitting of atom and showing how changes in the Produced by, and for sale by, the lithiumatom byCockcroftand nucleus may produce energy used by General Electric Company. NOT Walton. Einstein tells how their work man--was prepared for intermediate cleared for television. illustrates his theory of equivalence of grades and junior high school use, it Begins by describing how the and energy. One sees and hears will also be useful for lay-level adult age was born. A nontechnical explana- suchfamousscientists asJ. J. audiences that wish a basic, concise tion and illustration of the basic struc- Thomson, ,J. D. primer on the subject. The film dis- ture of the atom, using an analogy to Cockcroft and 0. R. Frisch. Uranium cusses:the composition of atoms the solar system, is presented. Funda- fission is explained, as well as why it is and ; how the nu- mentaldifferencesof elementsin possible to make an atomic bomb. cleus releases the energy of the atom RESEARCH 25 by losing particles (decomposition); Stanford. Explanation is given of cir- light, and use them to bombard the nuclearfission,chainreaction and cular accelerators:the cyclotron in nuclei of various elements. From the nuclear reactors; in the which "atomic bullets"exposed to resulting collisions, new particles are sun; and, verybriefly, the uses of rapidly alternating electrical forces created which are directed into detec- nuclear energy. travelinever-widening circles, and tiondevicessuchasscintillation other accelerators in which the par- counters, Cherenkov counters, spark PROPERTIES OF ticles speed around, as on a racetrack, chambers and bubble chambers. Anal- RADIATION . . . . Seepage 36. until they almost reach 186,000 miles ysis of bubble chamber photographs a second. Views of circular accelera- shows how inferences are made regard. ORDER MI PUN NUMBER AND TITLE tors are shown: the Bevatron, the AGS ingthe natureof nuclear particle and the planned 200 Bev. interactions. As scientists study these interactions, and the new particles ATOMS IN AGRICULTURE availableforanalysis, they modify RESEARCH See page 1. their ideas asto what the atomic nucleus is like and thus learn more 0431 about the basic nature of matter itself. 0068 EXPLORING THE ATOMIC NU- 0161 ATOM SMASHERS(Revised CLEUS (1969).131/2 minutes, color. 1967).18 mi mites, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- THEHIGH ENERGY PEOPLE Suitable forUnderstanding Lev- els-2 and -3. (1963).514 minutes, color. el-2. Produced and for sale by Coronet Suitable for Understanding Lev- Produced andforsaleby the InstructionalFilms. NOT cleared els-2 and -3. Handel Film Corporation. For tele- for television. Produced by USAEC's Argonne vision clearance, write to Exhibits Describes particles acceleratorsthe National Laboratory. For sale by and Audio-Visual Section, OIS, basictools of high energy physics. NAC. USAEC, Washington, D. C. 20545. used to explore the atomic nucleus. Offers a brief description of the prob- An Introduction to the principles. The purpose of the filmis to show lems and tools of high energy physics, purposes andmethodsof particle some of the recent discoveries physi- illustrated by some of the Work being accelerators (atom smashers) which are cists have made concerning nuclear done with Zero Gradient Synchrotron. used by physicists to study the nature structure, the basic equipment used, Scientists and technicians who work of sub-atomic particles. The film ex- and how the resulting data are ana- with this giant atom smasher describe plains: the electron, , the neu- lyzed. The filmshows concepts of various phases of their work. Aside tron; studies of the sub-atomic par- atomic structure, how the atomic nu- from the Synchrotron itself, the Spark ticles that make up the nucleus; use of cleus is bombarded with other parti- Chamber is shown and explained, as the bubble chamber to photograph the cles, how particle interactions are de. are the automatic cameras which pho- "tracks" of sub-atomic particles. The tected, and the analysis via bubble tograph the tracks of sub-atomic parti- "projectiles" are particles electrons chamber photographs. cles. Examination and analysis of the and protons. The "powder charge" is The exploration of the atomic photographs are also described. elcK tromagnetic attraction and repul- nucleusIs one of the frontiers of sion. The "barrels" arecircular or physics. Using massive particle accel- 0202 linear vacuum tubes. Views are shown erators,physicists accelerate atomic THE MASS OF ATOMS (1966).47 of the two-mile long accelerator at particles to speeds approaching that of minutestotal(Part I-20min., Part II--27 min.), black & white. Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-2 and -3. Produced and for sale by Educa- tional Services Inc. for the College Physics Film Program under a grant from the National Science Fou ndation. The step-by-step operations in an ex- periment performed by two Mound Laboratory scientists to determine the massesofahelium atom anda polonium atom. Throughout the film, the various laboratory techniques and precautions necessary for these mea- surements are shown indetail.In addition, students will learn something of radio-chemical techniques. In Part I, a sample of radioactive polonium is weighed and sealed in an evacuated quartz tube, and then left to decay. The collection of alpha parti- cles from the decaying polonium pro-

.1.110111.. vides a sample of . In Part II, afters three-week , the mass of helium sample accumulated is deter- ATOM SMASHERS mined, and the rate of decay of the 26 RESEARCH

poloniumismeasured. From these synchrotron (AGS) at Brookhaven Na- data the atomic of helium and tional Laboratory, shows the various polonium are determined. major components of this 33 billion- electron-volt , and 0208 explains how the high energy protons METALS FRONTIER (1661).22 produced in the machine are used in minutes, color. physical research. An actual experi Suitable for Understanding Lev- ment is seen, in which the particle beam is guided into a bubble chamber el-3. Produced and for sale by Iowa and the resultant interactions with the State University Film Production target nuclei are photographed. The for the Iowa State Institute of methods adopted in scanning and ana- Atomic Research and the Ames lyzing the photographs are also shown. Laboratory of the USAEC. By means of a brief lecture, a Brook- A story of teamwork in research, is haven physicist explains thatsuch designedfor an audience with an gigantic and complex machines as the appreciable degree of scientific sophis- AGS are necessary in order to study tication, primarily seniors and gradu- thefundamental particles and the NUCLEAR FINGERPRINTING ate students in the physical sciences forces within the atomic nucleus that OF ANCIENT POTTERY and engineering.Highlightsinthe are the basic components of all exist- operations of the Ames Laboratory, a ing matter. major installation of the USAEC, are detectors, developed extensively at the shown by illustrating the steps in the laboratory, which separate the many development of the process for the complexradiationenergies emitted production of metal. The film 0453 fromirradiatedpottery.A docu- also gives insight into the facilities and NUCLEAR FINGERPRINTING OF mentary section of live sound and true the pioneering tradition of Ames Lab- ANCIENT POTTERY(1970).20 action gives the audience insight into oratory in the investigation of the rare minutes, color. how theresearchisactuallycon- earths. The film is panoramic in style, Suitable for Understanding Leu- ducted.The nucleartechnique of showing how basic research, develop- els-2 and -3. potteryidentificationgives archeol- ment, and production go along to- Produced by USAEC's Lawrence ogists ameans of knowing where gether. The following steps in metal Berkeley Laboratory. For sale by pottery came from, which isinde- processing are shown: separation of NAC. pendent of stylistic criteria and does yttrium from rare earths, conversion Thenuclear"fingerprint"ofan not depend upon inferencesas to to fluoride, reduction, and arc melting. ancient piece of potteryis an ex- where particular styles arose, The film Special emphasis is given to purity and tremely precise chemical analysis of illustrates some actual resultsfrom tothe need forcareful analytical the material in that item by nuclear which imported andlocallymade control. The film also shows how the techniques. The fingerprint is obtained potteries were distinguished when this graduate student fits into the labora- by first removing a small sample of the could not be done with confidence on tory's research program. potteryitem,thenirradiatingthe stylistic grounds alone. By retaining sample inside a nuclear reactor. The this data in the computer bank, the 0238 radioactiveisotopes producedemit beginningof afingerprintfile on OF MAN AND MATTER (1963).29 different amounts and intensities of ancient pottery is underway, minutes, color. radiation,which are analyzed by a HONORS:8th Show of Technical Suitable for Understanding Leu- germanium detector and other elec- Scientific and Educational Films in els-2 and -3. tronic equipment. The data are then Industry, Pardubice, Czechoslovakia; Produced by USAEC's Brookhaven converted into an extremely precise 1970 Industrial Photography Festival, Laboratory. For sale by NAC. chemical analysis. Animation is used New York City, N. Y.; 1970 Industrial Describes the design, development and to explain several techniques, one of Management Society, Chicago, Illinois; operation of the alternating gradient which is the operation of germanium Information FilmProducersof America, 1970 National Conference, Los Angeles, California; 1970 Chicago OF MAN AND MATTER InternationalFilmFestival,Illinois; 3rd International Scientific Film Festi- val, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 20th Inter- nationalFestival of Mountains and Exploration Films, Trento, Italy.

0427 PEOPLE AND PARTICLES (1968).27 minutes,black & white. Suitable for Understanding Leu- els-2 and -3. ProducedbyHarvardProject Physics. For sale by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. Shows the life, thinking and work of a team involved in a research project in a RESEARCH 27 modern high-energy physics labora- Many important areas of research and 0428 tory. You watch experimental physi- development involve the use of large SYNCHROTRON (1968).141/2 min- cist s,engineers,techniciansand electromagnets.These large magnets utes, color. graduate students while they prepare require correspondingly large amounts Suitable' forUnderstanding Lev- for and carry out an experiment using of power and cooling equipment. By els-2 and -3. the Cambridge ElectronAccelerator constructing these magnets with super- Produced by HarvardProject (funded by the USAEC) at Harvard conductingcable.itispossible to Physics. For sale by Holt, Rinehart University. produce coils which require no power and Winston Inc. The film follows the progress of to operate. This film is an introduction Discusses the components and opera- the team as it sets up and tests one of to the subject. tion ofthe CambridgeElectron the basictheoriesofmodern Superconductivity was firstdis- Accelerator (CEA), ahigh energy physicsquantum electrodynamics. covered in 1911 by the Dutch physi- physics research laboratory funded by We watch as wide-gap spark chambers cist,Kammerlingh Onnes, but com- theUSAEC, operated by MIT and are used for detecting and measuring mercial materials were not available Harvard University. aspects of electronositron pairs as until1961. Already several hundred Dr, William Shurcliff. a physicist they traverse on electromagnetic field. smallsuperconductingmagnets are and Senior Research Associate at the being operated in laboratories through- CEA explains the synchrotron, show- HONORS: First Colloquium of Re- out the world, and a number of large search & Educational Cinematography, ing key components by means of a magnets have been operated success- visit to the accelerator, animation and Brno,Czechoslovakia;6th Interna- fully. This rapid development has been tionalFestivalof Science Fiction made possibleby ingenious magnet cutaway models. Drawings show the Films. Trieste, Italy; 5th International and fabrication techniques. These de- injection of theelectrons (bullets), theirentrance intothe240-foot- Festival of ScientificTechnical Films, signsmakeitpossibleto produce Belgrade, Yugoslavia, completely stable magnets of very diameter accelerator ring, their acceler- large size. This film describes the basic ationto more than 99 percent the ROUNDUP . See page 3. design problems and includes pictures speedof light,and how they are ofArgonneNationalLaboratory's released fromthe synchrotronto 0406 67,000 gauss magnet during fabrica- strike the nuclei and particles in the SOLAR ECLIPSE EXPEDITION 1966 tion and testing. nuclei of atoms, thus permitting physi- (1967).32 minutes. color. cists to study the interaction between Suitable forUnderstanding Lev- HONORS: Gold Transistor Award, particles and the creationof new els-2 and -.3. 15th Internationa! Electronic, Nuclear, sub-atomic particles, Produced by the USAEC's Los Radio, and Motion Picture Congress, Inthelarge, complex Experi- Alamos Scientific Laboratory. For Rome, Italy;Chris Statuette, 15th mental Hall, we watch scientists and sale by NAC. Columbus Film Festival; International technicians in a variety of experiments Association of Machinists&Aerospace Inits constant investigation into the to test old and new theories of the sources and effects of nuclear energy. Workers 1969 Conference, San Jose, basic nature of matter, using bubble the USAEC's Los Alamos Scientific California;ScienceFilmTheater, chambers, scintillation counters and Laboratory has turned to sophisticated AmericanAssociationfortheAd- spark chambers. studies of the sun, the aurora. and the vancement of Science, Boston. events of near space. One of these "1.0f1DIEW Ififi**1111EIR AND investigations was the airborne Solar Eclipse Expedition of 1966. The semi 0484 0398 technicalfilmbeginswithabrief A SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET THE WORLDS WITHIN (1963).29 discussion of solar physics. and uses F O R FUSION RESEARCH minutes. color. animation to show what scientists look (1971).22 minutes, color. Suitable forUnderstanding Lev- for when they study the sun's corona Produced by the Lawrence Liver- els-2 and -3. during an eclipse. Next it describes the more Laboratory for the USAEC. Produced for USAEC by Stanford three major experiments designed and For sale by NAC. University. For sale by NAC. built at Los Alamos for the 1966 Solar In nuclear resee..ch intenF? magnetic Describes the design, construction and EclipseExpedition,Scientists with fields are generally agreed to be the use of SLAC, the new Stanford Linear telescopic, analyzing and photographic most promisingmeans of confining Accelerator. A comparison is made of equipment travelin NC-135 research plasmatoproduce con- the various methods man uses to "see" jet aircraft to Buenos Aires. Argentina. trolled fusion energy on earth. particles of smaller and smaller dimen- and then "chase" the moon's shadow At the Lawrence Livermore Labo- sionusing the magnifying glass. the over the South Atlantic Ocean during ratory of the University of California, microscope, the electron microscope, the actual eclipse. a 13 ton superconducting magnet has andthe electron linearaccelerator. HONORS: ScientificFilmFestival, been designed and fabricated for the Some historical background is given on Lyon, France; 12th International Fes- new Baseball II neutral beam injection the development of the linear accelera- tival of Scientific It.: Educational Fihns, experiment. This huge - tor.Scientists and engineers involved Padua. Italy. cooled magnet operates at cryogenic in the SLAC project discuss the theory temperatures and is capable of con- ofits operation and some of the 0358 taining dense gases whose temperature problems related to building-and oper- SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS reaches 300,000,000 degrees centi- ating this huge instrument to explore (1967). 121/2minutes. color. grade. the structure of the atom and discover Suitable for Understanding Lev- This filmdescribesthe general new particles. The fabrication of the els-2 and -3. conceptof the experiment,the 2-mile long copper tube, with a bore Produced by USAEC's Argonne winding and installations of the mag- of only one inch in diameter, through National Laboratory. For sale by net system, and initial testing of the which atomic particles will be fired, is NAC. new fusion research facility. shown and explained in some detail.

c,..16 28 SAFETY, WASTE, DISI'OSAL, AND RADIATION

7.4'T.SMIVT of the day, the audience sees in detail THE WORLDS WITHIN allthe procedures used in the safe handlingofradioisotopes.The myst:yy of the contamination is solved at the end of the film, The film shows the use of protective clothing, radia lion measuring devices such as film badges. dosimeters and counters, the handling of the radioisotopes in an experimentusing a fume hood, and cleanup procedures following an ex. periment.

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RADIATION PROTECTION IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE See page 46.

$1.1 0299 It 4111.1111116"..s. RADIATION SAFETY IN NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPLORATIONS (1962).24 minutes, color. Suitablefor Understanding Lr els-2 and -3. iIi. r.- 'Ix... Produced by the Communicable illt. 1. Disease Center for the Division of Radiological Health, U. S. Public IIP1.-v 4 ,-- I I eal th Service,incooperation withthe USAEC.For saleby Ellre,r.\. I . V 1' NAC. . 1 Describes radiationsalety activities of f 1 . . , the U. S. Public I I ealth Service . ... .ct- ...., ( USPI IS) Division Radiological Arir . .r of ,f Health inthe environmental surveil. --4,41,LJ....44. ... -,.. } lance of radiation and the protection . ....K ,,. . ...:.,:AillE of public health during certain USA EC nuelearcnergy experiments onthe peaceful uses of atomic energyI nu. clearexplosives(Operation PLOW. SI IA It El. aerospace program,and seismic researchin the detection of PERSIMMON: A Nuclear Physics THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE underground nuclear detonations I. A Experiment (1965) brief review of major accomplishments See page 34. See page 51, in medical, industrial power and pro p ulsion.andagriculturalresearch 0154 applications of nuclear energy is pre. TRIP STEEL . . . See page 43, settled, together with a summary of HANDLE WITH CARE: THE SAFE areas of further experimentation in the HANDLING. OF RADIOISOTOPES, peaceful applications of atomicen. (1963).211/2 minutes,black and ergy. These include experiments in the white, underground storage and recovery of SAFETY, WASTE SuitableTor Understanding Le heat. the economic feasibility of using els-2 and -3. nuclear explosives for excavation and ProducedfortheInternational earthmoving operations. the potential DISPOSAL, Atomic Energy Agency by. and for for producing isotopes underground, sale by Sterling Educational Films, and the developmentof a nuclear. AND RADIATION Inc. NOT cleared for television. powered rocket and ram jet engine. Covers some of the methods of safe The USPIIS radiological health-safety handling, of radioisotopes in a labora- program provides assurance that the tory and points outthe procedures health and safetyorthe public are ATOMS IN THE MARKET- followed by laboratory personnel to protected duringtheoperational PLACE See page 10. avoid contamination. While the film is phases of these nuclear-energy ex pk}ra- instructional, its contents is presented lions.Itincludes the collection and in the form of a story of an unlikely, ATOMS ON THE MOVE: laboratory analyses of air. water, milk. but possible, contamination incident, and food samples: ground and aerial Transportation of Radio- as a scientist goes about his work in an monitoring with Geiger counters and active Materials apparentlymethodicaland routine continuousrecorders:afilm-badge . See page 58, manner. As he recalls the happenings programtomeasureaccumulated

. c,.iI SPACE AND SNAP (SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR AUXILIARY POWER) 29 gamma exposure, if any; use of fallout electricity directly by means of ther- trays; liaison withstatehealth mocouples.Insimulated action on agencies; a public information pro- SPACE AND earth, we seeastronauts unloading gram. a veterinary program and animal ALSEP and inserting the nuclear fuel studies;epidemiological studiesto capsule. The film discusses the type of evaluate the dose-effect relations of SNAP (SYSTEMS lunar surface information the radioiso- radiation; and a medical liaison officer tope-powered ALSEP will send back network for consultation with local FOR NUCLEAR to earth, and the temperature stresses physicians and medical societies. and vibration tests to which SNAP-27 has been subjected: Technology de- AUXILIARY veloped for SNAP-27 also will be of RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY assistance to the aircraft and other See page 37. POWER) industries. HONORS:International Association RA-P: RADIOLOGICAL of Machinists & Aerospace Workers ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND n._ira 1969 Conference, San Jo, California. TEAMWORK IN EMERGENCIES See page 56. 0429 THE ATOM AND THE MAN ON THE ATOMICT)30MIC ENERGY FOR SPACE 0.158 MOON (1969).13 minutes. color. (1966). 17 minutes, color. SAFETY IN SALT: The Transporta- Suitable for Understanding Lev- Suitablefor Understanding bev- tion, Handling and Disposal of Radio- els-2 and-3. el-9. activeWaste(1971). 281/2minutes, Produced by the General Electric Produced and forsaleby the color. Co. for USAEC. For sale by NAC. Handel Film Corporation. For tele- Suitablefor Understanding Lev- Describes SNAP-27, its mission and its vision clearance, write to Audio- els-2 and -3. role inthe Apollo program. On an Visual Section,ON, USAEC, Produced forUSAEC bythe early Apollo flight, astronauts on the Washington, D. C. 205.15. Motion Picture Production Divi- moon willinstalla small scientific Nuclear energyfor spaceis being sion of USAEC's Sandia Labora- laboratory to conduct lunar surface developed through two basic applica- tories. For sale by NAC. experiments. After theydepart for tions:the nuclear rocket for space As the use of nuclear power grows, earth, the laboratoryknown as propulsion, and in isotopic or reactor ways are being found for the safe, ALSEP, Apollo Lunar Surface Pack- power plants which can produce the permanent storage of the radioactive ageswill remain, transmitting its re- electricity essential for spacecraft op- wastes.Based on thorough geologic search data to receiving stations on erations, studies, the National Academy of Sci- earthforseveralyears.ALSEPis Theefficiencyofnuclear and ences in the mid-1950's proposed salt powered by electricity from atomic chemical rockets is compared. and it is mines as potential permanent storage energya highlyreliable,radioiso- noted that there will be a great reduc- sites. tope-fueledthermoelectric generator tioninthe weight of the nuclear In June 1970, the AEC proposed calledSNAP27. The filmexplains propulsionsystem asopposed(o to establish the first Federal Radioac- how tiny grains of radioactive plu- chemicalrockets.The "fission" tive Waste Repository in an abandoned tonium238 ina sealed fuel capsule processto produce nuclear heatis salt mine in Lyons, Kansas. This film generate heat which, in turn, generates explained with animation, as well as outlines the research and the rationale toestablish such a repository and describes thevarious transportation aTHE ATOM AND THE MAN ON THE MOON systems being considered. A consider- able portion of the film was shot during a public hearingin Lyons, Kansas, conducted by representatives of the AECfor members of thegeneral public and the news media. Another part of the film describes tests which are done to determine that the approved packages will withstand severetransportation accidents with- outreleaseofradioactivity. Other sequences detailtransportation sys- tems now in usesafety techniques developed for packaging and shipping radioactive wastes. v,.

HONORS: 1971 International Associ- ationof MachinistsConference, Groton, Connecticut.

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See page 48. ,7'." ,Aporkg L.-.1#07- 76.16O. 30 SPACE AND SNAP (SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR AUXILIARY POWER) how this heat is used to produce thrust powered by a nuclear generator, ani Transit's four navigational radio trans- in the versatile nuclear engine. Illation is used to explain the use of its mitters, is designed to operate for five The film then turns to the SNAP isotopic generator to create power to years or more. Against a background devices--devices that supply electric- run electronic equipment, recording of the Transit Program, this semitech- ity,for allthe various housekeeping equipment, and transmit data back to nical film follows the development and and operational sub-systems of space- earth for analysis. The advantages of testing of the radioisotope fuel capsule craft and satellites (radio, TV, trans- nuclear energy are shown over the use and the thermoelectric generator that mitters, computers, etc.). There are of chemical energy and solar energy. make up this SNAP system. The film two types: isotopic generators (atomic The principles of power generation by shows the Thor-Able-Star gantryat batteries) and the nuclear power reac isotopic decay are explained, showing Cape Kennedy as the SNAP unitis tor. The film shows the first isotopic how thermocouples convert the decay. mounted on Transit, and, when the space generator which went into orbit ing isotopes' heat directly toelec. system is launched, the view is from in a satellite in 1961. Also explained tricity. A comparison of the isotopes the blockhouse and the launch pad. and illustratedis the nuclear reactor Plutonium.238 and -242. both for auxiliary power, with scenes of the used in SNAP isotope power systems, 0254 1965 launch of the first reactor into ismade. It discusses the design fea PAX ATOMIS: SNAP7 TERRES- orbit. This SNAP10A reactor pro. tures of the SNAP9A which are the TRIAL ISOTOPIC POWER SYSTEMS duced ahalf millionwatt -hours of result of 7 years of research. Safety (1965). 25 minutes, color. electricity during operation. tests of the isotope capsule, including Suitable for Understanding Lev- explosion tests, fire tests, impact tests, els2 and -3. 0135 and re-entry tests are shown. Produced for the USAEC by the FIRST REACTOR IN SPACE: SNAP- MartinCompany. For saleby 011101110 SY:EIM 1K1 11 ANO,:TITLt,a 10A (1966).141/2 minutes, color. Gerald Productions. Summarizes the parallel development Suitable for Understanding Lev- 0434 els-2 and -3. of a family of fully shielded thermo. NUCLEAR PROPULSION IN SPACE electric power converters and chemical ProducedfortheUSAEC by (1968).24 minutes, color. Atomics International, For sale by processing of the radioisotope Stron Suitable for Understanding Lev NAC. tium90 fuel. Laboratory procedures Development, launch and results of els2 and -3. are depicted for thermoelectric couple the world's first nuclear reactor power Produced by Graphic Films for assembly intoa compact operating NASA and USAEC. For sale by systemtooperatein space.The system capable of converting heat en- SNAP10A unit, consisting of a nu NAC. ergy into electrical current without the clear reactor and power conversion Compares theheavyconventional need for moving parts. unit, was thrust into a 700 nautical chemical rockets of today with the Fullyshielded Strontium-90 mile, nearlycircularorbitin April nuclearpowered rockets of tomorrow, fueled,thermoelectric generators, 1965 from Vandenberg AirForce which have less overall weight. Nuclear placed into operational service at re Base. Following remote startup, the rockets, with lightweight, highvelocity mote outposts fromnorth of the power plant was operated successfully exhaust (based on hydrogen) will use Arctic Circle to the South Pole, are for 43 days and produced more than propellant twice as efficiently as chem- now proving the feasibility of reliable. 500,000 watt-hours of electricity. ical rockets. Nuclear power will result unattendedelectricalpower produc- SNAP-10A, a compact reactor, is in a significant increase in the velocity tion from heat generated by decay of coupled to a thermoelectric converter of a given payload in space. radioisotopes. The film explains how a nuclear Installation of the SNAP-7 genera- radiatorunitwhichconverts heat rocket engine works,covering such torfamily---topower unattended from fissionin the reactor directly points as the fissioning of uranium-235 weather stations in Antarctica and the into electricity. The heat is transferred to the power conversion unit by a in the reactor core to produce heat, Gulf of Mexico, navigational aids to and the passage of the hydrogen pro. shipping in Chesapeake Bay and the liquidmetalcoolant,analloyof pellant through the engine to produce Gulf of Mexico, deepseaacoustic sodium and potassium. The SNAP-10A system generates approximately 500 thrust. Next, the film reviews a typical researchinthe Atlantic Oceanis depicted, electrical watts. NERVA reactor experiment in which The film concludes with a descrip- The motion picture also describes NRXA reactor systemis operated safety of the SNAP reactor during intermittently for an hour, including tion of current development work and fabrication, testing, transport, installa- 16 minutes atfull power. The film predictions relating to the next genera. tion, launch and use in space, as well ends with a look at how such a rocket Hon of Strontium90 thermoelectric as data obtained from the flight. De- may one day be used. power supplies for terrestrial uses. tailed sequences filmed at Atomics HONORS: Best inClass, Industrial International on fabrication and test. 0252 Film Awards Competititon, Industrial ;lig show the simplicity and compact- OUR NEAREST STAR (1961).12 Photography Magazine, N. Y. ness of the reactor. minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-2 and -3. 0226 Produced by the Nuclear Division 0271 NUCLEAR POWER FOR SPACE - of the Martin Company. For sale POWER FOR PROPULSION SNAP-9A (1963). 12 minutes, color. by NAC. (1965).15 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- A SNAP isotopic power system has Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-2 and -3. beenplacedinorbitaboardthe els-2 and -3. Produced by the Martin Company. Transit4A navigational satellite. This Produced by the AerojetGeneral For sale by NAC. simple, powerful device is thefirst Corporation. Queries on sale of After showing the launching of a new application of nuclear power in space. prints should be directed to Aero- satellite,which is being wholly The system, which powers two of jet.General Corporation. SPACE AND SNAP (SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR AUXILIARY POWER) 31

Traces the history of power sources turbo-generator system to convert heat demonstrate the utility of nuclear re- for propulsion from Watt's tea kettle from a nuclear reactor intouseful actor power systems for application in to atomic rocket engines. The major electricity. America'sspaceprograms.Orbital steps are covered:Goddard's 1926 startup and operation in space of the rocket engine, the German V-2's, U. S. HONORS: 4th International Festival reactor and the thermoelectric power Aerobees and Vikings, the Soviet 1957 ofScientific & TechnicalFilms, converter are explained by animation. Sputnik followed by the firstastro- Brussels, Belgium; 5th International Highlighted in this film is the extensive nauts and then reactor power for FestivalofScience Films,Lyon, developmentandtestingprogram ships.Theimportance ofRobert France. which has resulted in the flight-ready Goddard's liquid rocket and Enrico SNAP10A power system. A series of Fermi's atomic pileis stressed, with 0347 qualification system tests. including a particular emphasis upon the inevita- SNAPSHOT(1965).29 minutes, full-scale nuclear system ground test in ble fusion of these two great power color. a simulated space environment. is re- sources into one massive propulsion Suitable forUnderstandingLev- viewed and summarized. This series of system. Animation sequences are used els-2 and -3. tests duplicated the environments the toillustrateprinciples of rocketry, Produced fortheUSAEC by flight system will endure through fac- Newton's Law of Motion and opera- Atomics International. For sale by tory assembly, shipping. launch, and tion of nuclear rocket engines. Actual NAC. orbit operation. The film explains the development of NERVA, Nuclear En- This film describes the (light test in need for SNAP reactor power systems gine for Rocket Vehicle-Application. is space of the 500-watt (SNAP-10A nu- in current. and future space projects. shown, including its first test firing at clear space power system. SNAP-10A the AEC-NASA Nuclear Rocket Devel- will be mated to the forward end of an HONORS: 12th International Nuclear opmentStationinJackassFlats, A t las- Agenaboostersystem and Congress, Rome, Italy; 3rd Interna Nevada.Finally, U. S. developments launched from Vandenberg Air Force Ilona! Festival of Films on Science for deep space pay-load missions to Base, California. Primary objective of Toronto, Canada. the moon, a fly-by of Jlercury, then the SNAPSHOT flight. a cooperative Venus, Mars andbeyond for new effort of the U. S.Atomic Energy 0430 insights into the . Commission and the U. S. Air Force is THE WEATHER EYE (1969).13 to obtain technical information and minutes, color. 0346 SNAP8: SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR AUXILIARY POWER(1966).10 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-2 and -3. Produced by the Aerojet-General Corporation. Queries on sale of prints should be directed to Aero- jet General Corporation. Shows the principal components and, S. in animation, illustrates and explains the operation of the system. Actual 4 fabrication of components and subsys- , r tems is also shown, as wellas the 0' extensive testing programs currently e underway.Thus. SNAP8 isnot a drawing ona drafting table,but a technologicalreality.Animation sequences are used to depict potential missions of the SNAP-8 system, in- ti cluding power for; TV satellites to ) broadcast all over the earth, orbiting a space stations to support earth obser vation andspaceresearch, mainte- nance of permanent lunar bases. and manned explorationsbeyondthe n - moon. In order to travel in space. man must take his own environment with him. This requires power to supply 14, oxygen. drinking water, air condition- ing, lighting and to operate communi- cation systems: inshort: power to maintain equipment and sustain life .o. itself. This is possible because nuclear energy provides a source of continu- o us,uninterrupted power. 0 , Space voyagers too, need this same kind of -"wan power, andthisiswhere SNAP-8 Nithiedir sN.APsHo.rugg comes inusing a mercury-vapor It!!! fronearm 32 URANIUM PROSPECTING, MINING, AND PRODUCTION

Suitable for Understanding Lev- processes are emphasized. The gaseous els-2 and -3. diffusion process is touched on briefly. Produced by the Office of Infor- HONORS:1970 International Festival mation Services, USAEC. For sale ofScientificFilms,Universityof by NAC. Brussels, Belgium. The story of the design, development and fabrication of SNAP-19, a small, 0147 long-lived, radioisotope-fueled nuclear GASEOUS DIFFUSION (1958).3 generator whose mission is to be the minutes, black and white. auxiliarypower supply to produce Suitable for Understanding Lev- electrical Nimbus power aboard a els-2 and -3. weather satellite 600 nautical miles Produced by USAF Audio Visual above the earth. As the orbiting Nim- Center. For sale by NAC. bus monitors changing weather pat- This nontechnical animation-film illus- terns inthe atmosphere, SNAP-19 trates the gaseous diffusion principle supplements the work of solar cells in and method for separating Uranium- poweringthe data-gatheringinstru- 235 from Uranium-238, as accom- ments and transmitters that supply plished at U. S. Atomic Energy Com- information continuously to meteorol- *, mission gaseous diffusion plants at ogists on earth. Nimbus 1 and 2 Portsmouth, Ohio; Oak Ridge, Ten- weather satellites used only solar cells. nessee; and Paducah, Kentucky. Now, SNAP-19, which can operate continuously in sunlight or darkness, THE FIFTH FUEL gives NASA and USAEC the opportu- 0256 nity to study onboard nuclear energy as THE PETRIFIED RIVER (1956).28 an electrical power source for instru- A fifth fueluraniumhas become a minutes, color. mentation. The film describes the de- useful source of energy: taking its Suitable for Understanding Lev- sign, testing and fabrication of the place alongside of wood, coal, natural els-2 and -3. generators, in which the heat from the gas and oil, to provide power for our Produced by the Union Carbide radioisotope plutonium-238iscon- civilization and growth. This film Pr. Corporation and the U. S. Bureau verted directly to electrical power by plains the steps involved in preparing of Mines under the technical direc means of thermocouples. To assure enriched uranium (U-235)--from the tion of USAEC. SNAP19's safety and integrity, vibra- mining operation, through the exact- Describes how uranium was deposited tion and acceleration tests are con- ing chemical and metallurgical pro- duringprehistoric, geologicages; ducted. Seals and materials are tested cesses (as exemplified by the work at showsearlyprospectingonthe under many conditions, including the USAEC's Feed Materials Production Colorado Plateau; mining and milling simulatedcoldandvacuumof Center at Fernald, Ohio, performed to of uranium ores; and the use of the spacenot only for the important obtain a pure material), to the extru- atom's energy for power and to pro- weather satellite mission, but also to sion of precisely structured fuel ele- duce radioisotopes for medical diag- gather data for the day when power ments at Ashtabula, Ohio. The film nosis andtherapy.agriculture,in- from radioisotopes will help men ex- explains how such fuel cores are used dustry and research. plore distant worlds. to transmute Uranium-238 into plu- tonium atproduction reactor sites. HONORS: 70th InternationalCon- Safety features throughout the various ORDER BY FILM NUMBEA AND TITLE ventioninElectronics Engineering, New York City, N. Y. -,:..'".".-:7,1",..-'1%--4-1012111041*-Aranr""ow Ift, ,"" re:"P - -' JITLEc. -f . , C. URANIUM '415".1".. %W. PROSPECTING, 41 MINING,AND ' PRODUCTION +4111.

1 0409 Arti"."1 THE FIFTH FUEL (1967).22 min- utes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-2 and -3. Produced by Oak Ridge Opera- tions for the USAEC. For sale by THE PETRIFIED RIVER NAC. CHALLENGE SERIES 33

greater speed and ease in the field of particles and the damage they cause is chromatography. The basic principles the topic of this film. and various methods of modern chro- matography are explained and demon- 0089 strated. Actual separation of a chemi- A CHEMICAL SOMERSAULT cal compound is shown. (1965). A commonly accepted scientific CHALLENGE Series.Each film 29 0040 maxim. that theinert gases will not minutes, black and white. ATOMIC FURNACES (1962). form chemical compounds, is shown SuitableforUnderstanding Lev- The operation, principles, and sci- to be false in this film depicting some els-2and,-3. entific applications of nuclear reactors. of the research of the Argonne fluo- The series provides an in-depth used as research tools in various proj- rine chemistry group. The making of description of basic research in ects, are briefly described. Types of xenon-fluorine compoundsisillus- thenuclear sciences atthe research that reactors and associated trated with laboratory equipment. Re- USA EC ArgonneNational equipment make possible are shown at search into structures of molecules of Laboratory. The films visit var- length. The Spectrome- these compounds is shown and ex- ious facilities in presenting ex- ter. the Neutron Chopper, and a new plained. planations,demonstrations, reactor designed specifically for high- anddiscussionsofnuclear- anda low-radiationexperimentsin 0105 scienceprinciples,research biology are also described. DOWN ON THE FARM (1965). tools and methods, and the Algae are grown in heavy water in projects to which they apply. 0081 a unique "farm" at Argonne to obtain Leading scientists provide nar- A BREEDER INTHE DESERT organiccompoundsinwhichthe ration.ProducedbyRoss- (1965). atoms of ordinary hydrogen are re- McElroy Productions for the Argonne's ExperimentalBreeder placed by atoms of . Scien- NationalEducationalTele Reactor IIattheNationalReactor tists show how these deuterated com vision and Radio Center, under Testing Station in Idaho is shown in pounds are employed in studies of a grant from USAEC's Argonne detail. and many of the features and photosynthesis and other metabolic National Laboratory. The films operatingcharacteristicsofalarge- processes. The presence of deuterium are for sale by NET Film Ser- scalefastbreederreactorarede- in place of ordinary hydrogen is shown vice. scribed. The E1311-11 Fuel Cycle Facil- to have aslowing-down effect on ity.firstnuclearfuelreprocessing many life processes. 0182 plantcompletelyintegratedwith a INVISIBLE BULLETS (1962). reactor, is shown in operation. 0137 Introduces theseries and estab- FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE lishes the basic knowledge about radia 008.1 (1962). lion necessary for an understanding of BUILDINGBLOCKS OF LIFE Problems that are still to be solved theotherfilmsinthe series. The (1962), by nuclear scientists are discussed in meaningofradiation,its natural Uniquefragments of molecules this film. Areas of particular interest sources, the various forms it takes, and caused by radiation in living systems, to the scientist in his work now and in how itisused inresearchare ex- which are knownas freeradicals, the future are identified as being the plained. The difference between alpha either kill or seriously damage living and beta particles and between gamma cells. The how and why of both the ;..011DEIVIIIN, FILM NUMIDERAND TITLE rays and-rays is described.

0011 THE ALCHEMISTS'S DREAM (1965). Transmutation of metals. the dream of the alchemists in the Middle Ages. is shown and explained initsnuclear science context by members of the Argonne Chemistry Division. A minute quantity of berkelium is produced by bombarding curiumwith deuterons 4. from a cyclotron. The berkelium is separatedand purified behind the thick walls of a newly constructed hot laboratory for research with man-made elements. 0019 THE ART OF SEPARATION (1962). Deals with the separation of chem- ical compounds into basic substances inthe purest form possible by the process known as chromatography and with the importance of that process in chemistry work. Using radiation, the 4 A CHEMICAL SOMERSAULT chemistisable to work with much 34 CHALLENGE SERIES effects of radiation, the peaceful uses 0192 0292 of radiation, and the dangers of radia- THE LIVING SOLID (1962). RADIATION AND THE POPULA- tion. Shows that bone is not a fairly TION (1962), stable substance but is active, living Because genetic damage is one of 01.11 matter, constantly remodeling and re- the most serious effects of radiation, THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE forming itself. The importance of bone the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission (1965). to the entire body as a supplier of genetics program is designed to learn Special precautions and techniques calciumis emphasized, and the sys- how radiation damages cells and what employed in working with plutonium tems by which this calcium gets from the long term effects of such damage are shown inaunique engineering bonetoblood and viceversa are might be. The film explains how radia- laboratory. the Argonne Fuel Fabrica- illustrated.Effects of radiation are tion causes mutations and how these tion Facility, where work is performed illustratedinphotographsof bone mutations are passed on to succeeding within sealed glove boxes under an crosssections. generations, Mutation research is illus- inert atmosphere, The immufacture of trated with results of experimentation experimental reactor fuel pins contain- 0197 on generations of mice and includes ing plutoniumisillustrated stepby- MACHINES THAT THINK (1965). discussion of work with fruit flies and Falloutand its step, ResearchatArgonneinto the inducedmutations. implications are also discussed. futurescientificuses ofelectroniv 0155 computers is shown in this presenta- RAINBOW HARNESSING THE tionwhichstressesnonnumerical 033(3 (1965). manipulations of symbols. Computers SEARCHING FOR THE ULTIMATE Uses of in a nuclear are taught to make qualitative judg- (1962). laboratory are illustrated with instru- ments, to interpret the significance of Atomic structure, one of the most ments ranging in complexity from a patterns such as spark chamber photo- basic forms of nuclear research, per- simple to one of the world's graphs, and to control laboratory ex- mits the scientist to discover the na- largest and most complex light spec- perimental apparatus. ture of the universe through the use of trographs. Argonne scientists describe atom smashers or particle accelerators. the identification of line spectra as a 0210 The machines produce intense beams means of studying atomic structure. of radiation which enable study of the MICROSCOPE FOR THE UNKNOWN structure of the atom, the nucleus, and 0172 (1965). the basic components of the nucleus. THE IMMUNE RESPONSE (1962). TheZeroGradient Proton This film explains how accelerators Is concerned with the mechanism Synchrotron at Argonne National Lab- operate and shows one of the world's by which the body builds antibodies oratory is the scene of this presenta- largest particle accelerators being con- against disease and other foreign sub- tion depicting types of experimental structed. Suluclear particles and the stances and with the effects of radia- apparatus used in high energy physics research. Principles of "track detec- concept of matter and anti-matter are tion on this immunizing response. In a also explained, demonstration the experimental pro- tors" such as the bubble chamber and the spark chamber are described. and cedures of the irradiation of rabbits 0360 with X-rays is shown and conclusions theinterpretationof trackphoto- are discussed, graphsisexplained. A large spark TESTING FOR TOMORROW (1965). chamber facilityfor detecting neu- Aspects or nondestructive testing trinos and the 30-inch NIUR A bubble as employed in a nuclear laboratory. ORDER SY FILM NUMBER AND TITLE chamber are illustrated in detail. are depicted. Among the techniques.

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0013 ALPHA, BETA, AND GAMMA (1962).-14 minutes. Gives some insight into the origin and nature of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. After a short discussion of ti the methods of describing atoms and the introduction of the energylevel concept, the lecturer introduces the potential-energywellmodelof the nucleus. This. together with the harrier 'model. is used as the frame of refer ence for a variety of other nuclear conceptsTheenergeticsinalpha emissionand the Gamow tunneling effect are used to describe alpha ray emission and the energy levels in the nucleus. The lecturer discusses neutron absorption leading to the formation of nuclei having neutron proton ratios differing from stable or naturally oc- UNDERSTANDING THE ATOM SERIES curring nuclei. The transformation of excessneutrons intonegative beta radiation and the return to stability many of them newly developed, are energy,including use of radioactive are considered in some detail. neutronradiography,eddycurrent tracers in blood and cancer research. testing, ultrasonic detection of voids. ONDIR Sr. FILM NUMBER ANO.TITLE and ultrasonic television scanning. 0396 0059 WORKING . WITH RADIATION 0370 (1962). THE ATOM IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE (1964).26 minutes. TIME THE SUREST POISON When properly handled in the lab- oratory, radioactivematerials consti- This is a lecture by Dr. Glenn T. (1962). Seahorg, discoverer of plutonium, who Explores the natural process of tute littledanger.This film shows aging and the methods used inits precautions used in working with radi- outlines briefly the types of experi- study. Aging might be considered one ation as well as research effort being ments which were used in the produc- of the deleterious side effects of radia- made to gain more knowledge about tion of transuranium elements These have been discovered using exceedingly tion since radiationinjuryresembles handling radiation. "11ot caves" (radix- natural aging in so many ways. Results lion chambers) using remote-control ingenious approaches involving quit( of study of the aging process involving mechanical manipulators, caves using complex electronics and highly refiner' the use of radiation are presented. The electronictypemanipulators.and chemical techniques. conduct of research on animals using giant caves using heavy-duty manipula- The film discusses applications to low-level gamma irradiationisillus. torsillustratethesafetymethods other chemical problems such as the trated. mentioned. Methods used to dispose mechanism of photosynthesis and the of radioactive waste materials are also use of special techniques such as iso- 0374 shown. tope dilution analysis. Of considerable TRACING AIRBORNE RADIO- interest also is the description of Car- ACTIVITY (1962). bon-14 dating. The principle of air being able to The lecturer closes with a strong cleanse itself of poisonous substances, UNDERSTANDING statement regarding the need for sci- including those which are radioactive, entists and the importance of good is covered inthis film. Atmospheric scientific training in schools. fallout and methods now being used to THE ATOM SERIES determine and study such fallout are 0227 examined.Falloutstudiesaredis- Thisseriesoflecture films, NUCLEAR REACTIONS cussed which relate man and his en- designedforahigh school (1963).291/2 minutes. vironment. senior -level chemistry or This segment of the series contin- physics course, or as an intro- ues the discussion of the film "Alpha, 0375 ductoryunitinnuclearsci- Beta, and Gamma," and involves some TRACING LIVING CELLS (1962). ence at the college level,is of the basic concepts of nuclear reac- Radioactivity isoften mankind's presented byDr. RalphT. tions. prwesses are servant.In recent years. the use of Overman,formerChairman, describedwith the gamma emission radioactive isotopesin the study of USAEC's Oak Ridge Institute and particle ejection reactions being cell division and in medical therapy of Nuclear Studies. Produced studied.Nuclear fissionisalso dis- has helped man overcome disease. This by the Educational Broadcast. cussed. As an example of the calcula- film demonstrates some of the many ing Corporation, the films are tions involved in nuclear reactions, the helpful and healthful uses of atomic for sale by NAC. film describes the activation of a gold

14I 36 UNDERSTANDING THE ATOM SERIES sample in a nuclear reactor. Emphasis relation to the pulse height as a func- Traces the development of the use isplaced on the minute quantities tion of voltage curves. Brief descrip- of radioisotopes and radiation in the which can be detected with the sub- tions of ionization chambers. propor- field of medicine from the early work sequent applications to the technique tional counters, and Geiger counters by IIevesy to the present. The program of activation analysis. It is shown that are included, and examples of instru- is presented by Dr. John Cooper of hundredths of a part per billion of ments operating in these regions are NorthwesternUniversity, whose dis- certain materials can be detected by shown. Special consideration k given cussion includes the area of medical nuclear techniques. toGeigercounters.includingthe research, diagnosis and therapy. The mechanism of gas quenching and the source of cholesterolin the human 0288 determinationofa counting.rat e body and the applications of this basic PROPERTIES OF RADIATION plateau. Theresolvingtimeofa informationtoclinicalstudiesof (1962).30 minutes. counter is discussed, as well as various atherosclerosis is described. Similarly, Discusses the general problems of components of a practical instrument. studieswithcobalt-labeledvitamin radiation decay, such as the laws of including amplifiers and scalers. 11.12. used to study pernicious anemia, , including the con- are also discussed. Most of the infor- cept of half life. Statistical considera- 029.1 mation now known about thyroid tions are introduced, and the basic RADIATION DETECTION BY physiology and pathology has been notion of the standard deviation in SCINTILLATION (1962).30min- determinedwith the aid of various counts expectedinvarious experi- i' Les. iodineradioisotopes,and standard ments is described. The energy spec- A short review of gamma interac diagnostic measurements and scanning trum from alpha and beta emitters is Lions with matter is shown. with par- are described in the film. Brain tumor considered, and the use of absorption ticular reference to useful scintillation localizationisalso covered. A very curves to study the energy distribution crystals. The scintillation process is de- important area of radioisotope use is of beta radiationisintroduced. The scribed, andtheefficiency of the the determination of a variety of body thickness expressed in milli- conversion of gamma radiation to visi- fluidvolumessuchasblood and grams per square centimeter is intro- ble light in the is discussed. plasma. Red cell volume and lifetime duced as a useful term. Solid and liquid are shown canalso be measured using labeled along with special detection devices cells. The film explains how radioiso- 0291 using this principle. A description of topes are used for the treatment of RADIATION AND MATTER theoperation of a photomultiplier various diseases. including hyperthy- (1962).44 minutes, tube is given, and the concept of pulse roidism and cancer. The film, which considers the inter- height is developed. The principle of action of radiation with matter, de- operation of a pulseheight analyzer is velops the various processes by which shown, and the spectrum obtainedI r alpha, beta, and gamma radiation give with such an instrument is shown and 0306 up energy to their surroundings. The discussed. Brief mention is made of RADIOISOTOPES IN BIOLOGY similarities and differences of alpha solid-state radiation detectors. AND AGRICULTURE (1964). and beta particles are considered, with 26 minutes. emphasis on the methods by which 0301 ionization occurs.Itis pointed out This film is a lecture by Dr. I Ioward RADIOISOTOPE APPLICATIONS IN Curtis of I3rookhaven National Labora- that. since the interaction of radiations INDUSTRY (1964).261/2 minutes. in the absorption process takes place tory who touches on some of the Discusses some of the practical, si m- upto-date applications of atomic en- essentially only with orbital electrons ple. and easily understood methods of on the atoms. the density of electrons ergy to biology and agriculture. Refer putting radioisotopes to work in indus- ence is made tothe importance of inmatter is the determining factor. try. The program features Dr. Paul C. The relationbetweenenergy of a radioisotopic tracers in the determina- Aebersold, former Director, Division tionof thestructure and role of particle and the number of ion pairs ofIsotopeDevelopment,USAEC. formed is also explained. The lecturer nucleic and other cellular com- Usingactualradioisotopesources, ponents. This work is done either with follows with a discussion of gamma. or Dr. Aebersold gives various demonstra- electromagnetic radiation, which is de- various types of counters or autora- tions of the degree of their penetrating diography. For example, the position scribed as a nonionizing event in terms radiations, the extent to which several oftheinitialinteractionbetween of DNA in the cell has been deter- types of materials can reduce them mined quite specifically. This informa- and atoms. Four possibilities and the sensitive methods of detecting of gamma-ray absorption (excitation, tion has been exceedingly important in them. He explains how the principles the breaking of the genetic code by photoelectric effect. Compton effect, involvedinthe demonstrations are and pair production) determining the area of the sub units are discussed. applied to practical uses in industry. on the backbone of the genetically The viewer, however, is alerted to the Narrating thefilm, hetells of the importantmolecules.Similarly, the fact that there is only a certain proba- actual use of radioisotope gauges in bility that one particular process may structure proteins has been deter- tire plants and steel mills. of radioiso- mined usingradioactivetracers. In takeplace rather than another, de- tope tracers used in the petroleum and pending uponthe energy addition to tracer applications, a great of the chemicalindustries, of radioisotope deal of information has been gained by gamma ray.Thisprobability,ex- density gauges used in food plank and pressed as absorption coefficient, studying radiation effects. This has is of other uses of radioisotopes in indus- been important both from the stand- thenrelatedtoeachof the four try which improve the efficiency of absorption processes. pointoffundamental knowledge production and the quality of the about growth and also the practical 0293 product. applications of economically impor- RADIATION DETECTION BY ION- tant mutations. Interesting examples IZATION (1962).30 minutes. 0302 of plant breeding projects are shown. The basic principles of ionization RADIOISOTOPE APPLICATIONS IN ,.In the animal sciences. important in- detectors are described, particularly in MEDICINE (1964).26 minutes. 110formation on the study of aging has UNDERSTANDING THE ATOM SERIES 37 come out of the use of radiation as a tial biological radiation damage. It first Hon. Consideration is also given to the stress. Various theories of aging have considers background radiation and maximum permissibleconcentration been tested, and it appears that aging the nature of the difference in this of radioisotopes in water or air, and is primaril:: associated with the dam- radiation. Larger doses of radiation the problems invoked in the localiza- age to chromosomes. If the DNA is can beapotentialcause of both tion of radioactive materials in the damaged, animals grow older because somatic (direct bodily) damage and body. Various factors that must be of basicinstability of DNA. Other genetic (hereditary) damage. and con- controlled in reducing the radiation examples of the importance of radia- siderationisgiven to the maximum hazard include the quantity of radioac- tion to molecular biology are shown. permissible limits or radiation guide tive material, the distance, the time of levels which have been established by exposure, and shielding. Internal ex- various radiologicalprotection com- posure must be minimized by the use mittees andtheFederalRadiation of speciallaboratoryfacilitiesand 0310 Council. Various units are described, techniques which are required to mini- RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY with these including the roentgen, the mize the admission of radioactive iso- (1963),30 minutes. rad, and the rem. The latter unit is a topes into the body. The importance Examines the field of radiological measure of the biological dose equiva- of having calibrated instruments avail- safety or . and tries to lent and considers the relative biologi able is stressed in any program involv- give a basis for a perspective on poten- oal effectiveness (RI3E) of the radia ing the use of radiation sources. 411111nar.

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0455 THE FEAST(1910).29 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- els-2 and -3. Approval for television use must be obtained from the Audio-Visual Section,OfficeofInformation Services,U. S.AtomicEnergy Commission,Washington,D. C. 4 20545. Produced by the Center for Docu mentary Anthropology of Brandeis University and the Department of Human Genetics of the University of Michigan, with USAEC support. For sale by NAC. This anthropologicalfilm, made by enthnographic film-makerTimothy Asch ofBrandeisUniversity and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon of the University of Michigan, shows the first stages of alliance formation be- Ili tween two of many mutually hostile Yanomamo Indian villages in Southern Venezuelaand NorthernBrazil. Through feasting, trading, dancing and chanting, the hosts and their guests, wearing onlydecorative paint and feathers,hopetorenewanold alliance,butboth--though sur- rounded by hostileenemiesand desperately needing allies-- are fearful THE FEAST also YANOMAMA becausesuch a feast can endin violence through treachery or flaring HONORS: 1970 Golden Eagle, CINE Produced by the Center for Docu- of tempers. The story of this im- (Councilon NontheatricalEvents), mentary Anthropology of Brandeis pressive documentaryistoldina Washington, D. C.; 8th New York Film University and the Department of unique fashion: first a brief summary Festival, New York; 19th International Human Genetics of the University of the events with explanatory narra- Festival of Scientific and Educational of Michigan, For sale by NAC. tion and still pictures; then a motion Films, Padua, Italy;Grand Prize Approval for television use must picture without narration, recounting Trophy, 20thInternationalTourist be obtained from the AudioVisual in detail the preparation for and hold- andFolkloreFilm Week, Brussels, Section,OfficeofInformation ing of the feast, using only the sights Belgium, Services, U. S.AtomicEnergy and sounds of the event and occasional Commission,Washington,D. C. su perimposed translationsof the 20545. authentic recorded dialogue. This film ORDER BY FILM NUMBER AND TITLE is one aspect of comprehensive studies Although this unusual film was pro- of the population genetics of primitive duced primarily for college and uni- peoples under the overall direction of 0460 versityclassesin anthropology and Prof. James V. Neel, Chairman of the YANOMAMA: A MULTIDISCIPLIN- genetics, itwill be of interest to all Department of Human Genetics of the ARY STUDY (1971). 43 minutes, educational levels and general public University of Michigan, and under the color. audiences. Produced by ethnographic financialsponsorshipoftheU. S. Suitable for Understanding Lev- film-maker Timothy Asch of Brandeis Atomic Energy Commission. els-2 and -3. University,anthropologist Napoleon 'L3 39 40 BIOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE DATA PROCESSING

Chagnon and geneticist James V. Neel led technology to the development of of the University of Michigan, the film more sophisVoated research tools such a a illustrates the field techniques used by as electron microscopy, autoradiog- I ateamof specialistsfromsuch raphy, ultra-centrifugation, chromato- disciplines as human genetics, anthro- graphic methods, and liquid scintilla- III pology,epidemiology,dentistry, tion counting. linguistics and medicinein one of a A new refined combustion tech- series ofbiological-anthropological nique in liquid scintillation counting 0422 studies of the Yanomama Indians in hasbeendevelopedatUSAEC's ACCEL REVISITED: Automated Cir- the dense jungles of Venezuela and Argonne National Laboratory, which cuit Card Etching Layout(Revised Brazil sponsored by the U. S. Atomic combines the simplicity of dry cata- 1968). 20 minutes, color. Energy Commission, the National Sci- lytic combustion with the increased Suitable for Understanding Lev- ence Foundation and the National efficiencyof standard vacuum line el-3. Institute of Mental Health. One of the techniques. The new technique enables ProducedfortheUSAEC By aims of the project was to discover the biologist to prepare and measure Sandia Corporation. For sale by how physical and cultural factors in- very low beta in large num- NAC. fluence a primitive and isolated popu. bers of biological samples. ACCEL is a computer program which I ation'sgeneticanddemographic HONORS: 1969 CINE Golden Eagle designs printed circuit boards and pro- characteristicsdata basic to under- duces the drawings for their construc- standing man's genetic legacy. InternationalAward,Washington, D. C.; Lyon Scientific Film Festival, tion with the input encoded from an The film describes the scientific engineer's schematicdiagram by a objectives, the nature of the problems France; Trieste Science Fiction Film Festival, Italy; 14th International Ex- clerkwithoutknowledgeofelec- the team was attempting to study, the tronics. The outputs of the program kind of data required to discuss these hibition of Scientific and Educational Films,Padua,Italy;Gold Camera area schematic, partslist,printed problems, and the significance of tribal circuit negative, assembly drawing, and populations in the studies of human Winner, 1970 Industrial Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois. a hole drilling list. ACCEL is written in biology. A thumbnail sketch of the Fortran II for the IBM 7090 computer Yanomama culture follows, touching and the drawings are produced on the on economy, ritual, daily activities, THE FEAST See page 39. Stromberg Carlson 4020 cathode ray manufactures,fightingandother tube plotter. The film describes the selected features of the society. The 0260 operational aspects of the system, as main body of the film deals with a well as the unusual algorithms used to closer view of each investigator's role PLANT GROWTH INCOMPEN SATED FIELDS (1967).7 minutes, accomplish the design feat. Two items in the study and how he goes about of major significance are (1) the "force collecting datasuch as dental casts, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- placement" algorithm for determining bloodsamples,salivaspecimens, els-2 and -3. component location; and (2) a routing language materials, genealogiesand method utilizing Lee's algorithm and a the often warm interpersonal relation- Produced by USAEC's Argonne National Laboratory. For sale by newtechniquecalledtopographic ships between the researchers and the simulation. Yanomama. NAC. Plant growth is controlled by an ex- HONORS: British Computer Society's HONORS: 4th International Congress tremely sensitive mechanism. Even a 1969 Data Fair; 1971 Spring Joint of Human Genetics,Paris,France; brief and minute stimulation by grav- Computer Conference, Atlantic City, 1971 Golden Eagle, CINE (Council for ity, water, etc., will cause the growing New Jersey;Placque,International NontheatricalEvents),Washington, portions of the plant to turn toward or Federation of Information Processing D. C. away from the stimulus. Since the Congress 1971, Ljubljana, Yugoslovia. gravitational force must operate for a NOIR ev...0.4.1***0:,Ting:, "minimum presentation time," itis possible to neutralize the gravitational 0436 field. A mechanical servo-system has COMPUTER FLUIDDYNAMICS been developed by Argonne National (1969).24 minutes, color. BIOLOGY AND Laboratory to neutralize effectively Suitable for Understanding Lev- the gravitational effects in all direc- els-2 and -3. tions. The servo-motors are controlled Produced by USAEC's Los Alamos AGRICULTURE by a computer program which pro- Scientific Laboratory. For sale by videsuniform angulardistribution, NAC. velocity and acceleration. Demonstrates the power of today's 0433 giant electronic computers for solving COMBUSTION TECHNIQUESIN HONORS: ScientificFilmFestival, Lyon, France. problems that previously were imprac- LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNT- tical to undertake. The examples cover ING(1969). 25 minutes, color. a wide range of fluid flow problems; Suitable for Understanding Lev - RADIOISOTOPES IN BIOL- for example, the water wave produced el-.3. when a sluice gate is opened. First, it Produced by USAEC's Argonne OGY AND AGRICULTURE See page 36. presents the actual laboratory experi- National Laboratory. For Sale by ment in slow motion; then, for com- NAC. parison, it shows the unretouched out- The scientific discipline of molecular put of an electronic computer study of biology has emerged to dominate the RETURN TO BIKINI See page 2. the same process, so that the viewer lifesciences and open up the new can see for himself how accurately the frontiers of biophysics and biochemi- motion has been calculated. calresearchatthemolecular and submolecular levels. YANOMAMA: A HONORS:ScienceFilmTheater, The belief that structure and func- MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY AmericanAssociationforthe Ad- tion of the cell can be integrated had . See page 39. vancement of Science, Boston. ENGINEERING 41

0416 ated avant-garde music.Dr. Arthur degrees of damping affect motion of FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT, PART Roberts, high-energyphysicistat the spring-mass system during shock II:COMPUTER INSTALLATIONS Argonne, combines histalent as a response. With animated drawings, the (1968).20 minutes, black and white. composer with a CDC-3600 computer film illustrates how the amplitude and Suitable for Understanding Lev- to generate a number of intriguing el-3. sounds which simulate the instruments Produced by USAEC. For sale by in an orchestra. The result is an inter- NAC. esting studyin computer-performed DonaldJ.Keigher and Francis L. music which accurately matches the Brannigan, USAEC FireProtection mood of the computer-high energy Engineers, discuss the problems of fire physicsworkpictured. protection of automatic data process- ing installations. Computers represent HONORS: 15th Columbus Film Fes- extraordinarily high values in relatively tival,Ohio; Scientific Film Festival, small spaces. In addition, the informa- Lyon, France. tion contained on tapes and discs may be literally priceless. Specific fire pro- MACHINES THAT tectionmeasuresand management THINK See page 34. control of the fire-loss problem are discussed, in turn, for the building in SANDIA SPINOFF which the computer is housed, the See page 12. computer room, the computer itself. The effects of actual fires in computer ONDEN SY PIMA NUMBER AND TITLE installations are shown, and attention is drawn to the appropriate recognized codes and standards. ENGINEERING 0481 INTRODUCTION TO ANALOG COM- CLEAN AIR IS A PUTERS (1963).2 hours, color. BREEZE See page 10. Suitable for Understanding Lev- 0-' el-3. 0143 Produced by USAEC's Argonne FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANI- - National Laboratory. For sale by CAL VIBRATION (1964).29 min- r NAC. utes, color. ki This three-part technical lecture-film .,TT1R12ADYNAMICS Suitable for Understanding Lev- fA,;;:..Vnt:41X14 * I (approximately 40 minutes per part) el-3. by Dr. L. C. Just of Argonne's Applied Produced by the Sandia Corpora- Mathematic.,Divisionincludes:(1) tion for the USAEC. For sale by TretRADYNAMICS--) components of electronic analog com- NAC. puters, (2) familiarization with a typi- Discussesthesimplesystemsof cal analog computer, (3) programming mechanical vibration, including spring for analog computers, and (4) solution mass,viscouscoulomb, andsolid of typical problems. damped systems. The various types of 0482 damping are illustrated by live demon- strations and animation. In addition, LINK (1967).8 minutes, color. animated mathematical examples by Suitable for Understanding Lev- Fourier are used to illustrate irregular el-3. forcing functions and their effects on Produced by USAEC's Argonne engineering structures. The mathemati- National Laboratory. For sale by cal approach to solving composite dis- NAC. placement vibration problems is also Explains that current experiments in discussed. (See also, RESPONSE TO high energy physics involve the analy- MECHANICAL SHOCK.) sis of immense quantities of data. A typical experiment using a spark cham- 0425 ber can require the examination of a RESPONSE TO MECHANICAL half million photographs. For analysis SHOCK (1968).18 minutes, color. each track must be reconstructed from Suitable for Understanding Lev- the photographs and located in space el-3. so that the particles can be identified Produced by USAEC's Sandia Lab- and their moments calculated. An ex- oratory. For sale by NAC. perimentalcomputerapproachat Illustrates several types of mechanical Argonne National Laboratory centers shock and shows the shock signature L.1111,- about aseriesof programs which (acceleration as a function of time) match points in the photographs and generated by each shock. Through draw a curve bit by bit. LINK, the animation, the parameters used to *,'".;':.,?::-4.""%er program which draws the curve, uti- define mechanical shock are shown: lizesanunusualtrial-and-error acceleration,velocity, and displace- ap; approach which is illustrated by the ment, and the relationship and inter- photographs of an oscilloscope read- dependence of these three functions out as curves are developed. are explained. The film illustrates the A particularly interesting facet of concept of a single-degree-of-freedom the LINK film is its computer- gener- model, and shows three different 42 FUELS PROCESSING AND METALLURGY duration of a shock affect the response cant phases of the fabrication pro- pidity, simplicity, and flexibility. De- of a single-degreeoffreedom system; cesses are detailed in live and animated contamination of loaded fuel rods and how shock response spectra for simple sequences:(1)ultrasonictesting of weldingof thefinal end caps are and complex shocks are derived; how cladding tubes; (2) swaging to increase followed by several unconventional shock response spectra may be used. the bulk density of contained UO2 testing techniques before assembly' of (See also, FUNDAMENTALS OF ME- powder; (3) magnetic-force resistance the rods into the nineteen-rod nuclear CHANICAL VIBRATION, page 41.) butt welding of fuel-rod end caps; and fuel element cluster. (4) final inspection steps, including the 0109 HONORS: 14th International Exhibi measurementoffueldensityby tionofScientific andEducational gamma-rayattenuation.Vibrational EBR-II FUEL FACILITY (1964). 13 Films, Padua, Italy. compaction is shown to be particularly minutes, color. adapted toloading fuelinto large Suitable for Understanding Lev- el-3. 0421 fuelelement components and into pre- assembled multicomponent fuel ele- Produced by USAEC's Argonne TERRADYNAMICS (1968).21 min- ments.Hotswagingofinduction National Laboratory. For sale by utes, color. heated rods containing powdered UO2 NAC. Suitable for Understanding Lev- is also illustrated. Shows how, in this facility, coupled to els-2 and -3. the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II, Produced by USAEC's Sandia Lab- 0100 highly radioactive fuel from the reac- oratories. For sale by NAC. CURRENT METHODS IN PLUTO- tor is disassembled, reprocessed, and Documents the earth penetration pro- NIUM FUEL FABRICATION fabricated,without priortime-con- gram at Sandia Laboratoriesa pro- (1965).30 minutes. color. suming radioactive coolingperiods. gram concerned with determining the Suitable for Understanding Lev- How allfacetsof the system are nature and composition of sub-surface el3. designed for remote operation, repair soilusing earth-penetrating, ballistic Produced by the General Electric and modification of equipment is also vehicles.With emphasis on current Company for the USAEC. For sale shown. technology, the film shows early ex- by NAC. HONORS: 4th International Festival perimentation, the evolution of the Depicts the steps in the fabrication of on Science Films, Lyon, France. program, the delivery techniques and plutoniumuranium ceramic fuel ele- design of several penetration vehicles, ments for the PRTR and EBWR at 0408 plus a typical recovery operation and Hanford's Plutonium Fabrication Pilot INSIDE THE YANKEE CORE post-recovery analysis. It also discusses Plant. Presented are the various types (1967).32 minutes, color. the unique soil-motion studies con- Suitable for Understanding Lev- ducted in a laboratory environment, el-3. substituting a cohesionless material for Produced by Westinghouse Electric soil, which make it possible to photo- Corporation for the USAEC. For graph the displacement of individual sale by Mode-Art Pictures, Inc. particles during the penetration pro- Describes in detail the most extensive cess; animation explains basic engi- and complete post-irradiation program neering concepts. The film ends with a ever performed on an expended com- brief discussion of the future applica- mercialpower-reactorcorein a tions of penetration technology. sense, a detailed autopsy on the heart of an atomic power plant. It shows the actual work that was done and ex- t)FUELS, plains why and how the first core of the Yankee Atomic Plant reactor was destructively analyzed. The film ex- PROCESSING plains the procedure used to select fuel assemblies and individual fuel rods so AND that, with inherent core symmetries CURRENT METHODS IN PLUTO- taken into account, a three dimen- NIUM FUEL FABRICATION sional map of measured burnup and METALLURGY isotopic content could be constructed and compared against predictions. of elements fabricated, the methods Fuel scheduled for examination is 0087 for the routine handling of plutonium followedfromthe Yankee site at and plutonium compounds, the prepa- CERAMIC FUEL FABRICATION Rowe, Mass.,tothe Westinghouse ration of plutonium dioxide from the Post-Irradiation Facility at Waltz Mill, DEVELOPMENT FOR PRTR metal, and its mixture with uranium Pa., where intact assemblies are in- (1962).2614 minutes, color. dioxide. The necessity for densifying spected visually, measured, and gamma Suitable for Understanding Lev- the powdered fuel is explained, and scanned. Selected fuel rods are shown el-3. the steps involved in achieving high being removed from the assemblies Produced by the General Electric density particles by pneumatic impac and transferred to the hot cells for Company for the USAEC. For sale tion are illustrated in detail. Processes destructive examination. by NAC. shown include pressing of the dense Gives a detailed technical explanation fuel from the impaction container, METALS FRONTIER of three processes developed by Han- pulverizing, sieving into different size See page 26. ford laboratories for the fabrication of fractions, and blending into appropri- 0209 UO2 fuel elements used in the Pluto- ate proportions for fuel rod fabrica- MICRODEFORMATION OFURA- nium Recycle Test Reactor (PRTR). A tion either by vibrational compaction NIUM (1958).17 minutes, color. brief summary of the purpose and or swaging. A newer process, vibra- Suitable for Understanding Lev- history of the PRTR introduces stud- tional compaction, accomplishes simi- el-3. ies of cold swaging, hot swaging, and lar results. The process is depicted in a Produced by the General Electric vibrational compaction. Four signifi- live sequence which illustrates its ra- Company, for the USAEC at the FUELS PROCESSING AND METALLURGY 43

Hanford Works, Richland, Wash- Produced for the USAEC by the oxide ceramics at about ington. For sale by NAC. Nuclear Division of Union Carbide 1700°Cinvacuum. Movement of Pictures the changes in the microstruc- Corp. (Y-12 Plant). For sale by poresandgrainboundaries,grain ture of uranium as a consequence of NAC. growth, and surface evaporation ef- tensileloading andthermaltreat- Filmed primarily at the USAEC's Y-12 fects were seen. The film describes the ments studiesaccomplishedby Plant in Oak Ridge, the motion picture physical basis for some of the observa- means ofhot stagemetallography. introduces new employees in nuclear tions, and the determination of quanti- Formation of twin and kink bands, production plants to the concept of tative grain-growth kinetics from the distortion at grain boundaries, fractur- nucle,arfission and criticality, and ex- photographic records. ing, recrystallization, deformation due plains thereasonsfor safetypro- HONORS: 5th International Festival to thermal gradients, as well as micro- ceduresthatareobservedinthe of Science Films, Lyon, France. structuralchangesassociatedwith handling of enriched uranium and thermal cycling through the alpha-to- 0365 other fissionable materials. The film TERNARY PHASE DIAGRAM beta and beta-to-gamma transforma- will be understood by persons with or tions, are disclosed. The commentary without a technical background. Its (1965).7 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- discusses the microstructural changes contentsinclude:an animatedse- as seen in the microscope. quence which explains the difference el-3. between U-238 and U-235, and the Produced by USAEC's Lawrence 0262 concepts of nuclear fission and critical. Berkeley Laboratory. For sale by PLUTONIUM FUEL FABRICATION, ity; a brief summary of the uses of NAC. EBR-I, MARK IV (1961).10 min- enriched uranium; animated sequences Depicts the development of a new and utes, color. explaining how criticality may be pre- rapidtechniquefor preparationof Suitable for Understanding Lev- vented by proper handling procedures; ternary phase diagrams required in the el3. scenes of persons working with U-235 search for useful alloys. Since there are Produced by USAEC's Argonne in various forms (gas, powder, metal, morethan4,000 combinationsof National Laboratory. For sale by liquid) in several work areas; emer- three-elementalloyswhich can be NAC. gency procedures; and a few scenes of made from common metals alone, a Fabrication of plutonium fuel and test U-233 and plutonium work areas. comprehensive collection of such dia- pieces is complicated by consideration grams is needed. The technique shown of criticality, pyrophoricity, and radio- 0339 for determining ternary phase alloy active toxicity. This film describes the SHEAR-LEACH PROCESS FOR diagrams makes it possible to circum- techniques and precautions observed SPENT NUCLEAR FUELS vent a previously tedious, time con- in manufacturing fuel for the Experi- (1966).11 minutes, color. suming, and costly research procedure. mental Breeder ReactorI(EBR-I), Suitable for Understanding Lev- HONORS: 4th International Festival el-3. Mark IV. Throughout the production ofScientific & TechnicalFilms, line, plutonium is exposed only in the Produced by USAEC's Oak Ridge Brussels, Belgium. National Laboratory. For sale by filtered,recirculatinghelium atmo- 0368 sphere under a slightly negative pres- NAC. sure. Standard criticality features are Illustratesthe development at Oak THORIUMU-233 UTILIZATION observed. Entrance or exit from the Ridge National Laboratory ofthe (1964).13 minutes, color. line is accomplished through multiple ShearLeach Process,a mechanical Suitable for Understanding Lev- air locks and sealed bags. Although the method for reprocessing spent stainless el-3. EBR-I Mark-IV fuel is experimental in steel or Zircaloy-2 clad power reactor Produced by USAEC's Argonne nature, the handling techniques and fuels. The various parts of the equip- National Laboratory. For sale by precautions are generally applicable to ment are portrayed, as well as the NAC. plutonium fabrication. operation of the ShearLeach with Discusses thorium-232 as fertile mate- unirradiated fuel. The film also sum- rial, currently in use in three commer- 0265 marizes data obtained from various cial power reactors, and the commer- cialfabrication PLUTONIUM RECYCLE (1964).17 shearing and leaching tests conducted of ceramic urania- minutes, color. at ORNL. thoria. Also shown are other fuel and Suitable for Understanding Lev- 0357 reactor concepts being developed, such as the molten salt experiment, and the el-3. A STUDY OF GRAIN GROWTH IN Produced by USAEC's Argonne preparation of the first uranium-233 Be0 USING A NEW TRANSMITTED enriched thorium fuel by the Sol-Gel National Laboratory. For sale by LIGHT HOT STAGE (1965).16% NAC. minutes, color. process. Explains that the nuclear-economic ad- Suitable for Understanding Lev- 0423 vantages of plutonium depend upon el-3. TRIP STEEL (1968).11minutes, the performance of multiple recycle. ProducedfortheUSAEC by color. Various aspects of the development Atomics International. For sale by Suitable for Understanding Lev- for both thermal and fast reactors are NAC. el-3. presented, with particular emphasis on Film report (based on ceramics tech- Produced by the USAEC's Law- the fuel element technology, reactor nology research conducted for the rence Berkeley Laboratory. For use, and chemical reprocessing associ- Fuels and Technology Branch, Divi- sale by NAC. ated with mixed oxides of plutonium sionof Reactor Development and TRIP( transformation-induced-plas- and uranium in thermal reactors. Technology, USAEC) depicts the de- ticity)is a new series of thermome- sign and operation of a new hot stage chanicallytreated,highlyalloyed 0443 used with a polarizing microscope and steels combining high ductility and THE SAFE HANDLING OF EN- transmittedlight.Time-lapsecolor high strength. Tensile ductilitiesof RICHED URANIUM(In a U.S. cinematography makes possiblethe 25% to 50% at strength levels above Atomic EnergyCommission Pro- observation of time-dependent reac- 200,000 psi are obtainable. The steels duction Plant) (1969).22 minutes, tions and structural changes in trans- can be produced having wide ranges of color. parent crystalline materials at tempera- composition and properties. Through Suitable for Understanding Lev- tures as high as 2000°C. Sequences are closeup photography, the film shows el-3. shown of studies of thin sections of thetransformationthatoccursin Oits 44 GENEVA-1971 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS AND SPINOFF

TRIP steel as load is applied to both NUCLEAR INNOVATIONS Suitable for Understanding Lev- notched and tensile specimens. When IN PROCESS CONTROL 44 els-2 and -3. specimens are pulled intension,a NUCLEAR POWER IN THE Produced for the USAEC by the surface upheaval is clearly evident by UNITED STATES 53 U. S. Army Pictorial Center. For the appearance of horizontallines. sale by NAC. This upheaval or surface tilting is a RADIATION PROCESSING: A New Industry 45 Surveys the early widespread uses of consequence of the change in crystal radioisotopes throughout American in structure of the steel occurring during THE RADIOISOTOPE POWERED CARDIAC dustry. Three major areas of use are straining. During this phase, the sam- described: nuclear gauging (thickness, ple elongates to a surprising degree. PACEMAKER 47 density, and level), radiography, and During a later stage oblique lines, again SHORT-LIVED RADIO- tracingwithvariousexamples of representative of the transformation, ISOTOPES IN NUCLEAR each filmed at 26 sites nationwide, travel up and down as the stress level Is MEDICINE 47 including the rubber industry, thin increased. This transformation redis- SPACE AND THE strip metal production, plastics, paper tributes the stress on the sample to ATOM 58 mills, nylons, food canning, cement, temporarily prevent necking down and TO DEVELOP PEACEFUL submarine construction, oil industry, a break. APPLICATIONS FOR automobiles, etc. Covered briefly are luminescence, static elimination, iso- ORDER IV. FILM NUMMIR AND TITLE NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES 49 TO IMITATE THE topic power, and uses of high-intensity radiation.Basicprinciplesare ex SUN 51 plained by animation, followed by ZONAL ULTRA- examples of inplant uses. Benefits to GENEVA-1971 CENTRIFUGE 48 the consumer and manufacturer are highlighted. The excellent safety rec- FILM TITLES ord is noted. The film, although of interest to a wide audience, is designed INDUSTRIAL toacquaintindustrialmanagement These 12 films were produced espe. with the versatility, economy, and ease cially for professional audience show- APPLICATIONS with which radioisotope techniques ingsattheFourthInternational can be adapted to plant requirements. Conference on The Peaceful Uses of AtomicEnergy,heldinGeneva, AND SPINOFF Switzerland, 1971. List of titles and NO GREATER CHALLENGE pages: ATOMS IN THE See page 16. MARKET PLACE THE BITTER AND See page 10. THE SWEET 16 THE NUCLEAR WITNESS: DOORWAY TO 0173 ACTIVATION ANALYSIS IN DIAGNOSIS 45 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF CRIME INVESTIGATION ISOTOPES IN ENVIRON- RADIOISOTOPES (1961).57 min- See page 11. MENTAL CONTROL . . .7 utes, color. 0467 INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF RADIOISOTOPES NUCLEAR INNOVATIONS IN PRO- CESS CONTROL (1971).17minutes.

1. Suitable for Understanding Lev- el.3. Produced for the USAEC by Bat- telle Memorial Institute. For sale by NAC. Depicts the great versatility and so- phistication of nuclear methods that now areavailablefor control of indus- trial processes and for nondestructive testing. The rapid response time of these techniques makes it possible to incorporatenuclear instrumentation -..11/ into a loop that provides automatic control of paper production and into many steps of the processing of iron ore. The techniques are used in deter- mining moisture content and in detect- ing impurities in a variety of materials, in determining alloy composition, in determining high roadbed density, in Vtjj....11102: detecting defects inturbine blades, and in determining the basic crystal structure of a metal.

04 83 PARACHUTE DEVELOPMENT AT SANDIA (1967).11 minutes, color. 53 -MEDICINE 45

Suitable for Understanding Lev- TRIP STEEL research and diagnosis. This film shows el-3. See page 43. the Donner Laboratory Whole Body Produced by the Sandia Corpora- Counter, and outlines its program of tion for the USAEC. For sale by use, with special reference to studies NAC. concerned with the iron metabolism of Shows innovationsdevelopedat MEDICINE red blood cells and with calcium turn- Sandia Laboratory to solve problems over in various diseases. which arise when parachutes are used 0004 0104 to recover rockets and other test vehi- DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY WITH clestravelingatsupersonicspeeds. ACROMEGALY: DIAGNOSIS, ETI- Both live action and animation are OLOGY, THERAPY (1965). 23 min- RADIATION (1964).32minutes, color. used to show parachute parts, mate- utes, color. rials developed to improve these parts, Suitable for Understanding Lev- Suitable for Understanding Lev- an invention to aid high-speed para- el3. el-3. chute deployment, and innovations in Produced by Donner Laboratory Producedby USAEC's Argonne parachute design and packing. Rare and the USAEC's Lawrence Berke- National Laboratory. For sale by test footage taken by on-board rocket ley Laboratory. For sale by NAC. NAC. cameras is included. NOT cleared for television. Describes radiation techniques of diag- nosis and therapy which have become 0.169 Describes the successful application of heavy particleradiation,obtained standard medical tools in the United RADIATION PROCESSING: A New from high energy cyclotrons for treat- States. The use of radioactive iodine Industry (1971). 14 minutes. color. ment of the comparatively rare dis- for thyroidstudiesisroutine, and Suitable forUnderstanding Lev- ease,acromegaly. Work at Donner many other metabolic measurements el-3. Laboratory in Berkeley with the 184 - are common. Development of tech- Produced for the USAEC by Bat- inch synchrocyclotron for treatment niques to study kidney function and telle Memorial Institute. For sale of acromegalic patients is described, blood diseases have been particularly by NAC. Detailed procedures for preparing the effective. Someclinicsare now Provides several examples of how the patient and irradiating the pituitary equipped to prepare and measure la- uses of radiation for industrial process- gland are shown. Symptoms, diagnosis, beled gases and extremely short-lived ing in the United States have increased etiology,and medical historyand isotopes.Diagnostic radiation levels rapidly during recent years. This in- medical treatments also are discussed. have been reduced to the same order crease of magnitudeas X-ray studied. By isdue tothree factors: the HONORS: 3rd International Festival development of new applications, the using appropriately labeled materials it on Medicine & Public Health, Bologna, ispossible to visualize many organs dissemination of knowledge about ra Italy. diation processing, and the availability which are difficult or impossible to of convenient, high-level sources of CLEAN AIR IS A BREEZE examine with X-rays. This film de- electrons and gamma rays. Examples See page 10. scribes current techniques of radiation of radiation sterilization and chemical therapy through doses of radioactive processing are shown. Electron beam 0098 chemicals, implanting techniques, and treatment of durable-press fabrics is COUNTING WHOLE BODY RADIO- the use of external beams. depicted publicly for the first time. ACTIVITY (A Geneva-1 964 HONORS: 2nd International Festival film).11 minutes, color. of Red Cross & Health Films, Varna, Suitable for Understanding Lev- Bulgaria; 4th ANZAAS International RADIOISOTOPE Exhibition of Science Films, Australia APPLICATIONS IN Produced by Donner Laboratory & New Zealand; 3rd International Fes- INDUSTRY and the USAEC's Lawrence Berke- tival on Medicine & Public Health, See page35. ley Laboratory at the University of Bologna, Italy; International Exhibi- 0307 California. For sale by NAC. tion of the ScientificDidactic Film, As sensitive instruments have been Padua, Italy. RADIOISOTOPES: SAFE SER- developed to measure lower and lower VANTS OF INDUSTRY (1963). 28 levels of radioactivity within the hu- 0465 minutes, color. man body,these DIAGNOSIS Suitable for Understanding Lev- instruments have DOORWAY TO assumedagreaterrolein medical (1971). 24Z minutes, color. els-2 and -3. Produced by Molesworth Associ- ates and Orleans Film Productions for the USAEC. For sale by NAC. With emphasis on safety,this film surveys the widespread uses of radio- isotopes in industry. Animated expla- nations of the principles involved in radioisotope gauging instruments, trac- ing and radiography are given. Applica- tions of these principles are shown in various processes in the food industry, automotive research, roadconstruc- tion, heavy industry, oil refining and shipping, and system troubleshooting.

SANDIA SPINOFF See page 12.,

TERRADYNAMICS DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY WITH RADIATION See page 42., ~411P 46 MEDICINE

Produced by Donner Laboratory and the USAEC's Lawrence Berke. ley Laboratory. For sale by NAC. Gives a brief historical development of the medical uses of cyclotrons and shows the unique properties of acceler- ator-produced heavy particles both in investigative studies and in . Experience at the Donner Laboratory shows that this new tool I of nuclearmedicine when usedin pituitaryirradiationprovides credit- able results in the treatment of acro. megaly, Cushing's disease, and the retardationof diabeticretinitis.In addition, the Bragg effect of radiation is of increasing im- portance in direct treatment of tumors of the brain and soft tissue.

0214 MODIFICATION OF RADIATION INJURY IN MICE (1958).10 min- utes, color. DOORWAY TO DIAGNOSIS Suitablefor Understanding Lev- e13. Produced by the Jam Handy Or. Suitable for Understanding Leu- The technique developed at Brook- ganization,Detroit,forthe el-3. haven National Laboratory, known as USAEC. For sale by NAC. Produced by USAEC's Argonne extracorporeal irradiation, is still ex- Shows the effects on mice of chemical National Laboratory. For sale by perimental.It may prove to be of protection by mercaptoethylguanidine NAC. some therapeuticvalue topatients (MEG) before irradiation and bone One of the eternal challenges in the with leukemia and severe kidney dis- marrow transplant after exposure to field of biological instrumentation has ease. lethal doses of 900 r, as well as possi. been the ability to detect and accu- Surgeons working in the operating ble implications regarding treatment of rately measure radiation which occurs room section of the experimental ani- some human diseases. The irradiation when nuclei undergo transitions. Re- mal are shown fitting a calf with that kills 50 per cent of mice in 30 cently some revolutionary improve- an external loop of teflon linking the days can be doubled with MEG protec- ments in such energy resolution have carotidartery toavein. The loop tion and nearly doubled with bone. been made through the development may be enlarged to include a cobalt -60 marrow treatment. With chemical pro- of semiconductor detectors, image in- or a cesium-137 irradiation source. tectionfollowedbybone-marrow tensifiers, new rare earth A similar method for irradiation of treatment, the dose of irradiation that and refined scanning devices. lymph fluid outside the body employs it takes to kill 50 per cent of mice in All of these clinical advances have an external plastic loop from thoracic 30 days can nearly be tripled. MEG in part been financed by the United lymphaticorganstoavein.The reduced the effect of a lethal dose of StatesAtomic Energy Commission, lymphocytesan integral part of the 900r X irradiation on the bone mar- and their improved capability arms the foreign tissue rejection mechanism row, spleen, thymus, and body weight physician with a much more sophisti- may be depleted by extracorporeal by about a factor of 2. MEG is not cated ability to detect and accurately irradiation, thus interfering with the effective when given after irradiation. measure the various manifestations of normal body reaction of rejection of Bonemarrow injection was primarily disease. transfused blood, skin grafts, or organ responsible for replacing the destroyed transplants, etc, The final scenes show bone marrow. It is not effective when HONORS: 16th International Festival a human patient with chronic myelo given before irradiation. In combined of Scientific and Educational Films, cytic leukemia receiving treatment. treatment,the animal receivedthe University of Padua, Italy. advantages of both types of therapy and survived much greater exposure. 0119 HONORS: 5th ANZAAS International EXTRACORPOREAL IRRADIA- Scientific Film Exhibition, Australia 8: 0298 New Zealand; 4th International Festi. RADIATION PROTECTION IN NU- TION OF BLOOD AND LYMPH val of Scientific & Technical Films, (1966).71/2 minutes, color. CLEAR MEDICINE (1962).45 min Brussels,Belgium; 2nd International Suitable for Understanding Leu- utes, color. Festivalof Red Cross and Health for Understanding Lev- el-3. Films, Varna, Bulgaria. Suitable Produced by USAEC's Brookhaven el.3 National Laboratory. For sale by Produced by Fordel Films, for the NAC. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of Shows how blood and/or lymph may the U. S. Navy. For sale by NAC. be irradiated in a well-shielded gamma Demonstrates the procedures devised raysourceoutsideofthe body for naval hospita.3 to protect against through a closed circuit of teflon tubes 0159 the gamma radiation emitted from from artery to vein. The basic prin- HEAVY PARTICLE BEAMS IN materials used in radiation therapy. ciple concerns the relative radiation MEDICINE(1964).11 minutes, However, its principles are applicable resistance of erythrocytes (red blood color. in all hospitals. The practices demon. cells) and the radiation sensitivity of : Suitable for Understanding Lev- strated are based on three principles the normal white cells (lymphocytes). establishedat the outset. The film MEDICINE 47

Produced by USAEC's Argonne RADIATION PROTECTION IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE National Laboratory. For sale by NAC. 4. NOT cleared for television. One of the relatively common diseases that disrupt a normal heart is "heart- block." This occurs when the natural pacemaker of the heart no longer I generates the required electrical im- pulsestoc ntracttheventricles. There are presently more than 40,000 persons in the United States who have been greatly assisted by the use of battery-powered artificial heart pacers

f and each year an additional 5,000 patients receive such devices. In three years the United States Atomic Energy Commission in collab- oration with the National Institutes of Health has successfully developed an isotope powered pacemaker. The nu- clear pacer promises a lifetime of ten years or more and removes the risk and expense of frequent surgical re- placementnowexperiencedwith battery powered pacers. This film de- explains the nature of gamma radia- In aseries of simulated action picts the entire fabrication and life- tion relative to how time, distance, episodes depicting accidents, the film time testing of the nuclear powered and shielding areused toprovide shows the techniques for proper han- pacer and witnesses one of the com- protection from its harmful effects. dling of radiation accident patients; plete implantations of the device in a Time is considered in two ways: (1) how to use simple detection instru dogattheNationalInstitutesof the half life of the radioactive mate- ments; radiation injury aspects of first Health. rials used; and, (2) the speed in han- aid. Based on the credo, "Never let fear compromise good medicine," the HONORS: Chris Certificate in Medi- dling them. The film shows the contin- cine,19th Columbus Film Festival, uous application of these principles film points out that the unfounded Ohio. from the moment radioactive materials fears of some medical and paramedical are received atahospital, through personnel of radiation and possible their storage, their preparation for use, contamination must not be allowed to 0335 their therapeutic administration, the close the door on assistance to radia- THE SCINTILLATION CAMERA nursing care of radioactive patients, tion patients. The film helps audiences (1964).10 minutes, color. and the disposal of radioactive human understand that radiation cases have Suitable for Understanding Lev- waste. The filmdetails thespecial parallels in routine rescue squad and el-3. techniques and equipment used in the hospital experiences. Produced by Donner Laboratory handlingof radium and radioactive and the USAEC's Lawrence Berke- gold, iodine, and iridium as represent- HONORS: 27th National Committee ley Laboratory. For sale by NAC. ing the variety of such materials that on Safety, Chicago, Illinois. In order to visualize the location of hospital personnel encounter and the gamma-emitting isotopes within the consequentvariationsintime,dis- RADIOISOTOPE APPLICATIONS human body for medical diagnostic tance, and shielding employed as pro- IN MEDICINE . . .See page 36. purposes, the scintillation camera was tection against them. developed at the Donner Laboratory. 0470 Using animation, this technical film , ORDER BY FILM. NUMBER AND TITLE THE RADIOISOTOPE POWERED describes this equipment and explains theapplication of the method for 0442 CARDIAC PACEMAKER (1971).211/2 minutes, color. studying thyroid and kidney function RADIATION ACCIDENT PATIENTS disorders. It also describes a modified (1969).17 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- apparatusforusewithpositron- Suitable for Understanding Lev- el-3. emitting isotopes which has been de- els-2 and -3. veloped and finds a particular advan- Produced for the USAEC and for tage in diagnosis of brain tumors. sale by the Motion Picture Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 0471 NOT cleared for television. SHORT-LIVED RADIOISOTOPES IN The film is designed for the training of NUCLEAR MEDICINE (1971).27 rescue workers, nurses, therapists, hos- minutes, color. pital administrators, physicians, police Suitable for Understanding Lev- and firemen. It emphasizes that, de- el-3. spite the outstanding safety record of Produced by USAEC's Argonne the nuclear energy industry, the antici- National Laboratory. For sale by pated rapid growth of atomic workers NAC. in the next decade could result in an The recent surge in the use of radioiso- increase of incidents involving possible topes in nuclear medicine owes much radioactive contamination, which can of its impetus to the development of beeffectively andsafetyhandled THE RADIOISOTOPE 'jbk, new improved scanning instrumenta- within existing met!' i4 facilities. .POWERED CARDIAC PACEMAKER, tion. 48 NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING PEACEFUL NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES

Projects Agency of the Depart- ment of Defense and the USAEC. For sale by NAC. NOT cleared for television. Explains the nature of the atmosphere s surrounding our planet and the prob- lemsinvolvedin analyzing nuclear explosions beyond the earth's atmo- sphere. Describing the basic circuits and problems involved in developing a series of satellites for detecting nuclear -04 radiation,itfurther illustratesthe manufacturing and testing of the de- tection system and summarizes the future of the satellite detection pro- gram. Lv

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PROJECT GASBUGGY THE ZONAL ULTRACENTRIFUGE See page 19.

The film deScribes the develop. This film depicts the loading, separa 0283 ment of a -99m generator Lion and unloading operation of the PROJECT GNOME TECHNICAL RE- at Brookhaven and its medical applica- new centrifuge and touches upon their PORT (1964).19 minutes, color. tion at the Argonne Cancer Research role in the purification of viruses using Suitable for Understanding Lev- Hospital.Italso touches upon the improved operation capabilities. el-3. more recent methods of producing new experimental short-lived isotopes Produced by the USAEC's Law- in High Flux Reactors and medical renceBerkeley Laboratory. For cyclotrons. The refinement of radio sale by NAC. Presents the technical aspects of Proj- isotope scanning techniquesisalso ect Gnome, the first experiment of the discussed, andcapsulereportsare U. S.AtomicEnergy Commission's made on the Mark III brain scanner, a the 16-inch Anger camera, and the Plowshare Program to study peaceful depth perception ability of the multi applicationsofnuclearexplosives. plane tomographic scanner. All these Methods of implementation of the basic goals are illustrated by anima- refinementsofferthephysician a better diagnostic picture faster and tion.Various measurements with the lowest radiation burden to including those of the phenomenology the patient. of a nuclear explosion in a dry salt ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING medium, power and isotope produc- tion studies, and neutron physics ex- AT SANDIA . . See page 17. perimentsare discussed.Re-entry 0475 into the cavity created by the explo- PERSIMMON: A NUCLEAR sion isshown. Significance of the THE ZONAL ULTRACENTRIFUGE PHYSICS EXPERIMENT (1971).6 minutes, color. seismic signals produced, isotope stud- See page 51. Suitable for Understanding Lev- ies, and neutron physics experiments is 21.3. PROJECT SHOAL covered. Produced by USAEC's Argonne . See page 17. National Laboratory. For sale by 0331 NAC. RETURN TO BIKINI In man's continual attack on human See page 2. SAFETY IN THE PLOWSHARE PRO- GRAM (1966).22 minutes, color. diseases molecular biologists have 0389 begun to employ new zonal ultracen- Suitable for Understanding Lev- trifuges which are capable of the rapid VELA PROGRAM: SATELLITE DE- els-2 and -3. fractionization of large volumes of cell TECTION SYSTEM (1964).17Ih Produced by USAEC. For sale by constituents. These centrifuges were minutes, color. NAC. developedoutof theMolecular Suitablefor Understanding Lev- Documents the means taken to ensure Anatomy on Man Program at the Oak el-3. public safetyduring experiments to Ridge National Laboratory under the Produced by the Sandia Corpora- develop peaceful uses of nuclear explo- direction of Dr. Norman G. Anderson. tion for the Advanced Research sives. PHYSICS, FUSION AND CHEMISTRY 49

Nuclear explosives, precisely con- Produced by the USAEC's Law- the main ideas and techniques used in trolled,are powerful, compact and renceBerkeleyLaboratory. For thecalculationofthe relatively inexpensive sources of en- sale by NAC. nucleonscattering matrix fromits ergy which may help produce oil and This filmed lecture by Dr. H. Pierre analyticproperties and unitarity,is gas, mine minerals, dig harbors, canals, Noyes is intended primarily for gradu- suitable for use at the graduate stu- and mountain passes, and provide im- ate courses in nuclear physics. It gives dent-staff level. It presupposes some portant scientific knowledge. Each of an overall picture of the route fol- familiarity with scattering solutions of these applications uses one or more of lowed in passing from single-, double-, the nonrelativistic Schroedinger equa- the effects of nuclear explosions: heat, and triple-scattering experiments to a tion and Cauchy's theorem and an explosive force and radiation. These unique description of the scattering acquaintance with Feynman diagrams. effects, their safety implications, and matrix in terms of phase shifts. Topics Topics discussed: (1) Solution of the the precautions taken l'gr public safety mentioned: relation between scatter- S-wave Schroedinger equation for a are demonstrated. ing cross section and scattering ampli- superpositionofexponential or The film explains that technical tude; expression of conservation of Yukawa potentials by conversion to a advances in the design of Plowshare angular momentum and of number of Volterra equation, using the method explosives make it possible to reduce particlesby writingthescattering of Andre Martin. (2) Solution of the to a very small amount the radioactiv- amplitudein terms of phase shifts; same equation by partial-wave-disper- ityproduced byanexplosion. In relation between range of the force sion relations using the NOD method; cratering explosions, methods of em- and the number of angular-momentum construction of the potential from the placingtheexplosiveunderground states present; relation between quan- discontinuityinthepartial-wave result in the release to the atmosphere tum mass and range of force; inclusion amplitude. (3) The Mandelstam repre- of only a small part of the radioactiv- of one- exchange effects in the sentation for potential scattering and ity produced. Contamination of under- phase-shift analysis; the number of constructionof thedouble-spectral ground water supplies does not appear independentscatteringexperiments function.(4) Relation between the to be a major problem. using two spin-% particles, illustrated fieldtheoreticamplitudeandthe Other effectsof nuclear explo- by three-dimensional models for the nonrelativisticscatteringamplitude, sionsground shock, air blast, and experiments P, D, R, A, Cm, and Ckp; (5) Relation of nucleonnucleon scat- dustcloudsrequire safetyproce- and problems encountered in trying to teringtothe nucleonantinucleon dures similar to those taken in many determine the best phase-shift solution amplitude,pionnucleon scattering, large-scale conventional construction in terms of least squares. (See also pionpionscattering,andnucleon projects.Site choice, weather selec- DISPERSION THEORY APPROACH electromagnetic structure. (Seealso tion, and, in certain cases, temporary TO NUCLEONNUCLEONANALYSIS OF NUCLEON relocation of inhabitants are precau- SCATTERING on this page.) NUCLEON SCATTERING EXPERI- tions taken to ensure the public safety. MENTS on this page.) THE ATOM IN PHYSICAL 047 3 SCIENCE See page 35. TO DEVELOP PEACEFUL APPLICA- way ;.1111.141: AND ,TITLIF TIONS FOR NUCLEAREXPLO- ATOMIC PHYSICS SIVES (1971).143/4 minutes, color. See page 24. Suitable forUnderstanding Lev- 0478 els-2 and 0103 Produced for the USAEC by Jack DEVELOPMENT AND FABRICA- FABRICATION OF THE ACCEL- Williamson, Newport Beach, Cali- TION OF HFIR TARGET ELE- ERATOR STRUCTURE (1965).40 fornia. For safe by NAC. MENTS (1967).14% minutes, color. minutes, color. The film emphasizes the complex lab- Suitable for Understanding Lea- Suitable for Understanding Ley- oratory and field research procedures el-3. el-3. which support (and the stringent re- Produced by USAEC's Oak Ridge Produced by the USAEC's Stan- quirements which govern) all nuclear National Laboratory. For sale by fordLinear Accelerator Center. explosive engineering experiments in NAC. For sale by NAC. the U. S. program called "Plowshare." Depicts the design and development of Describesthe methods used in the Voices of several experts in the High Flux Isotope Reactor target ele- fabrication of the accelerating struc- U. S. peaceful nuclear energy program mentsand the development of suit- ture and associated components for describe objectives in their respective able manufacturing processesfor the the USAEC's two-mile linear electron areas of responsibility, with reference nation's transuranium program. The accelerator at Stanford University. The to two recent experiments, Gasbuggy picture shows the remote manufacture accelerator pipe, or disk-loaded wave- and Rulison, in the nuclear stimulation of target elements at Oak Ridge Na- guide, through whichtheelectron of natural gas fields. tional Laboratory's Transuranium Pro- beam travels,is manufactured from cessingPlant. These elements, after oxygen-free, high-conductivity copper irradiation in HFIR, are returned to cylinders and disks. The film shows in TRU and chemically processed for detail the steps followed in brazing PHYSICS, FUSION separation of the desired transuranium together of 84 cylinders and 85 disks isotopes. to form a basic 10-foot section of the accelerating structure. Significant steps AND CHEMISTRY 0477 shown and described include: machin- DISPERSION THEORY APPROACH ing of cylinders and disks; annealing of ALPHA, BETA, AND TO NUCLEONNUCLEON SCAT- parts; fabrication of input and output TERING (1961). GAMMA . See page 35. 45 minutes, color. coupler sub-assemblies; brazing of a Suitable for Understanding Ley- 10-footsectionin aunique, 0476 el-3. hydrogenoxygen,split-ringburner ANALYSIS OF NUCLEON Produced by the USAEC's Law- flame furnace; of tuning and high NUCLEON SCATTERING EXPERI- renceBerkeleyLaboratory. For power of testing of a section using the MENTS (1961).50 minutes, color. sale by NAC. full power of a klystron tube; and, the Suitable forUnderstanding Lea- This filmed technical lecture by Dr. H. mounting of four 10-foot sections and el-3. Pierre Nio.ves. which outlines some of associated components. 50 PHYSICS, FUSION AND CHEMISTRY

HONORS: 9th ANZAAS International cal & Scientific Films, Belgrade, Yugo- Produced by USAEC's Argonne Scientific Film Exhibition, Australia & slavia; International Exhibition of the National Laboratory. For sale by New Zealand; International Exhibition ScientificDidactic Film, Padua, Italy. NAC. ScientificDidacticFilm, ofthe 0162 Largely by interview,this filmis a Padua, Italy. chronicle of the men and events that HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS RE- 0426 led to the discovery, separation and SEARCH (1964).23 minutes, color. largescaleproductionofpluto- FIRST CHEMICAL SEPARATION Suitable forUnderstanding Lev- niumthe most important new ele- OF LAWRENCIUM (1968).17 min- el-3. utes, color. mentdiscoveredinthelasthalf Produced by USAEC's Argonne century. Through the personal remi- Suitable for Understanding Ley- National Laboratory, For Sale by niscencesofDr. Glenn T. Seaborg, el-3. NAC. Produced by USAEC's Lawrence Dr. Emilio Segre, Burris Cunningham Many very high energy accelerators, and others, the personal story of the Berkeley Laboratory. For sale by scattered throughout the world, are NAC. men who discovered plutonium, puri- Shows fourimportant factors that being used to probe the characteristics fied and weighedit,and eventually made the chemical separation of law- of subatomic particles. The new parti- produced it on a large industrial scale rencium possible:1) preparation of a clesandtheirinteractions have for the wartime Manhattan Project is target to make 25° Lw; (2) production brought about reconsideration and re- told. Only four years elapsed between of 2 56 Lw with a half life of thirty visionof some of the fundamental the discovery of the new transuranium seconds; (3) the unique transfer equip- laws of physics. This technical film elementanditsfirstisolationin ment; and (4) the chemical separation indicates our current understanding of quantitytrulyanunprecedented performed in about forty-five seconds. subnuclear particles, nuclearforces, chapter in the basic history of chem- The scenes of the actual prepara- and surveys the status of high energy istry. Since the end of World War tionof thetarget inaglove box physics research in the United States. plutoniumhas alsoplayeda very include the final separation chemis- Thisincludes the general types of active role in the peaceful uses of try, the plating of 249Cf on a beryl- accelerators and the devices used for atomic energy--as the nuclear fuel in lium foil and inspection of the target. particledetection and analysis, the a fast breeder reactor, as the power Next, the Heavy Ion Linear Accelera- effortsto organize the data into a sourcefor small,compact isotopic tor and the target area are shown and unified general theory, the difficulty generators in space, and as the po- explained, as well as the special equip- of this problem, and the many remain- tential power source for heart pacers ment to transfer the atom of 256Lw ing questions. and artificial hearts. from the target area to the chemistry HONORS: 9th InternationalFestival 0216 bench. onScienceFilms,Lyon,France; NEUTRON ACTIVATION (1964).8 The film shows the preparation for Poznan Pullen Fair, Poland. minutes, color. the chemical separation and the rapid Suitable for Understanding Lev- 0181 performance of the chemical separa- el-3. tion before the radioactive lawrencium INTRODUCTION TO HIGH VAC- Produced by USAEC's Argonne transmutatesinto another element. UUM (1961).18 minutes, color. National Laboratory. For sale by Finally, a detailed description of the Suitable forUnderstanding Lev- NAC. separation chemistry, as well as an els-2 and -3. When a substanceis irradiated with explanation of the overall experiment Produced by Brookhaven National neutrons, minute quantities of radio- and its significance, is given by the Laboratory and Audio Productions active elements are produced. By mea- research chemist. for the USAEC and the American suring the quantity and energy spec- Vacuum Society.Forsale by trum of the radiation produced, we 0195 Audio Productions. FUSION RESEARCH can obtain an extremely sensitive and (1964).22 Defines high vacuum and shows how it precise measurement of the elements minutes, color. is produced and measured. Informa- present. This technical film describes Suitable for Understanding Lev- tionis given on the contributions of the general techniques, applications, el-3. Torricelli and Von Guericke to vac- and sensitivities of this powerful ana- Produced by USAEC's Argonne uum physics; how vacuum is expressed lytical tool. National Laboratory. For sale by (millimeters of mercury, Torr, parti- NAC. cles per cubic centimeter); flow char- 0217 Describes the nature of thermonuclear acteristics (viscous and molecular) of NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALY- research as illustrated by many of the gases under vacuum and their Influ- SIS (1964).90 minutes, color. current investigations of plasma pro- ences on vacuum techniques; mechani- Suitable for Understanding Lev- duction and confinement. The major cal and nonmechanical vacuum pumps el-3. obstacles to success are plasma oscilla- and their principles of operation (oil- Produced for the USAEC by the tions and instabilities which result in seal rotary, dry-seal roots, diffusion, General Atomic Division, General plasma loss from the magnetic contain- and getter-ion types); mechanical and Dynamics. For sale by McNamara ers. The filmgives a qualitative de- nonmechanicalvacuum gauges and Productions. scription of some of the instabilities, their principles of operation (McLeod Deals with the nature, potentialities, ofenergylossthroughcharge ex- mercury, thermocouple, and ioniza- and applications of neutron activation change and radiation due to contami- tion); and typical examples of applica- analy sisa highlysensitiveand nants; and also describes plasma mea- tions of high-vacuum techniques in powerful analytical technique that has surements,whicharenowvery product manufacture and in scientific grown out of the study of peaceful sophisticated. Several research devices research (freeze-drying process, thin- uses of nuclear energy. It is a method in the United States on which progress film-evaporation process, and thermo- of analyzing samples for various ele- has been encouraging are described in nuclear experiments). ments by bombarding them with neu- the film. trons to make some of the elements 0496 radioactive, and then identifying and HONORS: "Best Film inScientific A JOURNAL OF PLUTONIUM measuring the induced radioactivities Research," 2nd International Festival (1969).97 minutes, color. to complete the quantitative analysis. of Technical and Industrial Films, Bel- Suitable forUnderstanding Ley- The film shows the kinds of neutron gium; International Festival of Techni- el-3. z sources used (isotopic, accelerator, and PHYSICS, FUSION AND CHEMISTRY 51

'irr .14. 0411 PERSIMMON: A NUCLEAR PHYS- 11 : 4' ICS EXPERIMENT (1967).16 min- utes, color. w. Suitable for Understanding Ley- el-3. Produced by USAEC's Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, For sale by NAC. 4 For severalyears, the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory has been using the intense burst of neutrons produced by the underground detonation of a nuclear explosive to perform a variety of nuclear physics experiments. The basic argument in favor of such experi- ments is that a relatively small nuclear detonationwillproducethe same quantity of neutrons, in a fraction of a second, that would take a laboratory accelerator hundreds of years to pro- 0411' duce. Thus, experiments requiring a very high , or a hopelessly long-running time on an accelerator, become feasible with a nuclear explo- NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS sion as the neutron source. The mo- INIIIMINOMEM04. tion picture presents and discusses the nuclear reactor), the latest counting by other methods. They are particu- various experiments that comprised techniques employed (especially those larly useful for determining the posi- the Persimmon event and climaxes withthe actual detonation of the of multichannel gamma-ray spectrome- tions of light atoms in the crystal nuclear explosive and the consequen- try and spectrum stripping). structure and provide a unique tech- ofthe Both activations with thermal neu- nique for the study of magnetic orien tialcollapseand cratering ground above it. trons andwithfastneutronsare tation. This technical film describes shown. The purely instrumental, non. the principles of neutron diffraction PROPERTIES OF RADIATION destructive form of the method and and indicates new fields of investiga- (Understanding the also the form involving radiochemical tion which previously were considered Atom Series) . . . .See page 36. separationswithcarriersareillus- not feasible. trated.Themicrogram-to-milligram RADIATION AND MATTER sensitivitiesattainablewith low-cost 0219 See page 36. accelerator neutron sources and the NEUTRON IMAGE DETECTOR sub-nanogram to microgram sensitivi- (1965).5Y2 minutes, color. OPIDEPI BY FILM NUMBER AND TITLE ties achieved with a modern pool-type Suitable for Understanding Ley- research reactor are reviewed. The high 0295 speed of the instrumental method is Producedby the USAEC's Ar- RADIATION EFFECTS IN CHEM- stressed, and the possibilities of auto- gonne National Laboratory. For ISTRY (1964).13 minutes, color. mation and computer calculation are sale by NAC. presented.Interestingexamplesof In a number of areas of nuclear re- Suitable for Understanding Ley- recent applications of the method in searchitisnecessary to detect and el-3. the fields of scientific crime detection, visualize the distribution of neutrons. Produced by USAEC's Argonne geology and , agriculture, Like X rays, the penetrating character- National Laboratory. For sale by medicine, the petroleum and chemical istics of neutrons can be used for NAC. industries,andthesemiconductor radiography. However, the absorption Explains that radiation initiates a wide industry are shown. characteristics of neutrons and X rays variety of chemical reactions. But the are quite different andthis makes fundamental mechanisms which pro- HONORS: ANZAAS 3rd International neutron radiography a very valuable duce these effects are still under inves- Scientific Film Festival, Australia technique. The film describes a new tigation. Within a few nanoseconds New Zealand. vacuum tube developed by the Ar- after irradiation, a variety of chemical gonne National Laboratory Metallurgy substances are produced which are 0218 Division and the Rauland Corporation, then available to participate in subse- NEUTRON DIFFRACTION a subsidiary of Zenith Radio Corpora- quentreactions.The experimental (1964).9 minutes. color. tion. The tube contains a neutron studyofthisprocessrequires ex- Suitable for Understanding Ley- sensitive screen one foot in diameter. tremely sensitive and high-speed tech- el3. It produces a brilliant image which niquesspectrometry, electron spin Produced by USAEC Argonne Na- may be viewed with a closed circuit techniques, etc. tionalLaboratory.For sale by television camera. Applications of the 0474 NAC. tube to neutron radiography and neu- The wavelengths of thermal neutrons tron motion pictures are illustrated. TO IMITATE THE SUN (1971).33 are comparable to X rays used in the minutes, color. study of crystal structures and pro- NUCLEAR FINGERPRINTING OF Suitable for Understanding Ley- duce similar diffraction effects. Since ANCIENT POTTERYSee page 26. el3. the scattering processes are different, Produced by USAEC's Argonne neutrondiffractionstudiesprovide NUCLEAR REACTIONS National Laboratory. For sale by information which cannot be obtained 6(1 See page 35. NAC. 52 PHYSICS, FUSION AND CHEMISTRY

Describes three basic transcurium re- search experiments at the USAEC's Lawrence RadiationLaboratory by UniversityofCaliforniascientists. Transcurium element research is part of a continuing program at the labora- tory designed to further the knowl- edge of the chemical nature and nu- clearstructureoftherecently discovered heavy elements, berkelium, californium, einsteinium and fermium. The specialized separation work in research was performed at the labora- tory after the elements were synthe- sized in the Materials Testing Reactor at the USAEC's National Reactor Test- ing Station in Idaho. The film shows the capsule containing a one-gram mix- tureof plutonium-242, americium- 243, and curium-244 being released from the reactor after four years of irradiation in the highest neutron flux region of the core. The process of transmuting one element to the next heavier by neutron capture isillus- trated in the film. Thechemicalseparationtech- niques and equipment are explained during operational tests. Photography throughtheobservationwindow depicts some of the significant steps in the chemical separation. A dramatic part of the separation occurs when the curium can be seen separating from other elements by its luminescence or light generated by radioactivity. The first research experiment illus- trates the discovery of a new isotope TO IMITATE THE SUN of fermium of mass 257. The next experiment shows the measurement of the neutron induced fission of ein- steinium-253. The final experiment explains how 70 percent of the One of the rarest basic research pro. ORDER IT FILM NUMBER AND TITLE world's supply of purified berkelium grams now grippingthe minds of was formed into a crystal to concen- nuclear physicists the world over is trate its self-luminescent light. controlled thermonuclear fusion. After 0378 more than a quarter century of re- TRANSCURIUM ELEMENTS: HONORS: First Prize,3rd Intern. search and experiment, scientists be- SYNTHESIS, SEPARATION ANO tional Film Festival of Industrial & lieve they are close to demonstrating RESEARCH(1965).31 minutes, Commercial Films, Brussels, Belgium; the scientific feasibility of the fusion color. 5th International Festival of Science concept. Suitable for Understanding Lev- Films, Lyon, France; 12th Interna- This film depicts the theoretical el-3. tional Nuclear CongrP-.s, Rome, Italy; challengeof suchcontrolled fusion Produced by the USAEC's Law- 3rd International Festival of Films on and describes many of the research Science,Toronto, Canada; Interna- machines that are being used to inves- renceBerkeleyLaboratory. For sale by NAC. tional Exhibition of the Scientific tigateplasmasofthermonuclear Didactic Film, Padua, Italy; American regimes. It also touches upon what Film Festival, New York City, N. Y.; environmental and economic advan- Chris Award, Columbus Film Festival, tages may accrue from future fusion Ohio; Meritorious Participation, San power reactors. The film also includes Francisco Film Festival, California. descriptions of the four major Ameri- canfusiondevices,Two.X-Two, , Scyllac and ORMAK, as well 0419 asdiscussions on the modeling of THE TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS plasmas by such internal ring machines (1968).Part I: 58 minutes; Part II: asthe D.C.Octupoleandthe 701/2 minutes; black and white. Spherator. Suitable for Understanding Lev- el-3. HONORS: 1971 Chicago International Produced by the USAEC, based on Film Festival, Illinois; 16th Interna- videotape made at the University tional Festival of Scientific and Educa- THE TRANSCURIUM ELEMENTS of Sydney, Australia. For sale by tional Film, University of Padua, Italy, 61 NAC. POWER REACTORS 53

development, including clearance of the site 47 miles southwest of Chicago; ground-breaking; construction of foun- dations, sphere, and other buildings; manufacture of the containment vessel 'Ilet"----- and fuel; shipment and arrival of major 0,14 components; installation of the reactor core,reactorvessel,andturbine- .3 Al ---'iSil' I Illi' lb 10, "----:!,.___: P generator; testing of completed instal- T: . Gi G, lations; and the station's "going criti- iRd , An od , also includes scenes 3 '----':--.:.',1___11 stS'I \b iii cal." The film .i---.4' '4E Cd n IA s .----t---," x relating to development work for Dres- I '...s ir --l---- " si ..n Sb .. It1 17------j--- _...., Au den carried out at GE's Vallecitos 4i 11 pb -.''1it Atomic Laboratory near Pleasanton, 'T:il t1:7*;ilr, .. '''. I. !: 8' P; At 1IN Calif. tti°1 1111) 02.).itI31.' fi 'II ." In THE TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS )`'lMS) (m) (14); EBR-2 FUEL FACILITY See page 42. 0417 Li It, MOLTEN SALT REACTOR EXPERI- .1 MENT (1968).20 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding L el-3. 1: 4- ;!. : is int NI NI lr Produced by the USAEC's Oak . 10 AL tq Ridge National Laboratory. For sale by NAC. Describes the design, construction and This two-part professional level lecture chemical bonding. The film shows the operation of the Molten Salt Reactor by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Nobel Laure- preparation of the compound in the Experiment (MSRE), which is a fluid ateandformer Chairman ofthe laboratory under special conditions of fuel,rather than solid fuelreactor. U. S.AtomicEnergyCommission, temperature and pressure. The ingredi- Extensive animation is used to illus- wasproducedfrom a TVtape ents are sealed in a glass vacuum tube trate what takes place in the reactor recordedattheTenthAnni- andfirst heated to 400°C for one systemduringoperation.Develop- versarySummerScienceSchool hour, then cooled rapidly to room mental work prior to fabricating many at the University of Sydney, Australia, temperature. Crystals of xenon tetra- of thereactor's major components, in January 1967. Dr. Seaborg describes fluoridethe new compoundgrow such as the reactor vessel and salt-to- the work leading to the discovery of before your eyes. Tests to substantiate air radiator, also is presented. A por- alltheknown transuraniumele- the exact nature of the compound are tionof thefilmis devoted to a mentsfrom element 93 through ele- illustrated, and future experiments on discussion of the composition and ment 104. The lectures are illustrated forming compounds with rare gases are circulation path of the molten salt fuel with slides explaining the production diScussed. as wellas the reactor cooling and of these new, man-made elements. HONORS: ANZAAS 3rd International control systems. It is pointed out that, Some practical applications of trans- Scientific Film Festival,Australia & based upon the successful operation of uranium elements and the possibility New Zealand. the MSRE, thermal breeder reactors of making even newer, very heavy could have many practical construc- elements are also discussed. This film ORDER BYPILM NUMBER AND TITLE tion and operating advantages, and provides the opportunity of seeing and that molten-salt reactors appear to be hearing a famous scientist personally very attractive thermal breeders. describe some important nuclear age discoveries in which he played a major 0468 role. POWER NUCLEAR POWER IN THE UNITED STATES (1971).28 minutes, color. HONORS: ANZAAS 4th International REACTORS Suitable for Understanding Lev- Scientific Film Exhibition, Australia & els-2 and -3. New Zealand. Produced by USAEC's Argonne 0054 National Laboratory. For sale by 0402 NAC. ATOMIC VENTURE (1961). 23/2 By the year 2000, it is estimated that XENON TETRAFLUORIDE minutes, color. more than half of all the electrical (1962).51 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- power needs of the United States will Suitable for Understanding Lev- el-3. comefromnuclear energypower el-3. Produced by, and for sale by, the plants. To meet these projected de- Produced by USAEC's Argonne General Electric Company. mands for yet more power, the United National Laboratory. For sale by Covers the design and development of States Atomic Energy Commission has NAC. a large dual-cycle boiling-water reac- spent more than two decades in the Shows how chemists at Argonne Na- torthe 180,000-kw Dresden Nuclear development of thermal reactors as tional Laboratory have succeeded in Power Stationbuilt by General Elec- well as performing research on various making xenon combine chemically tric Company (GE) for the Common- advanced reactor concepts. with fluorinethe first combination wealth Edison Company, Chicago, and This film depicts the energy philos- of xenon and one other element, a the Nuclear Power Group, Inc., and ophy of the Commission and describes chemical reaction previously thought the history of the project from its theimplementationofplutonium- to be impossiblewhich has opened beginning in 1955 to its completion in recycle programs and the thrust of the up a new area forthe study of 1959. The film shows major stages of liquid metal fast breeder. The entire 54 RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS spectrum of the nuclear power in- Suitable for Understanding Lev- Thisfilm uses animation to show dustryistoucheduponincluding el-3. precisely how the USAEC's 250 Mw(t) SEFOR, LMEC, FFTF, EBR-II and ProducedbyAtomicsInterna- Advanced Test Reactor design utilizes the work being performed at Enrico tionalfor USAEC. For sale by multiple flux traps to achieve excep- Fermi, Dresden, Hanford and Ship- Color Reproduction Co. tionally high neutron density in nine pingport. The film not only discusses This technical film shows the imple- independenttest loop positions.It the liquid metal fast breeder, but tells mentation of the AEC plan for decom- describes the clover leaf, enriched fuel of the work being done on other missioningthe254 Mwt sodium annulus that circumscribes the nine advanced reactor concepts such as the cooledgraphite-moderatednuclear flux trap test positions, and the mov- high temperature gas cooled reactor, power reactor locatedat Nebraska ing control components which vary the molten salt breeder and the low Public Power District's Sheldon Sta- flux and power in each test position. gain thermal breeder. tion. The accomplishment of the re- ATR was designed by Ebasco Services, tirement left the remaining structures Inc., as prime contractor, with Bab- 0267 non-hazardous and completely con- cock & Wilcox Co. as nuclear sub- PM-3A NUCLEAR POWER tainedwithnorequirementsfor contractors.Phillips Petroleum Co. PLANTANTARCTICA (1963).20 licensing or maintenance. Stressing the prepared the conceptual design, and minutes, color. safety procedures necessary for the will operate the reactor. Suitable for Understanding Lev- handling of sodium and radioactive el-3. materials, the film shows: disposal of Produced by the Martin Company irradiated fuel, disposal of bulk so- 0015 for the USAEC. For sale by N.A.C. dium, reactionof residual primary ARGONNE FAST SOURCE REAC- The film-story of the 1500-kilowatt sodium, disposition of contaminated TOR (1960).9 minutes, color. nuclear power stationbuilt, under material, removal of reusable equip- ment, demolition of the reactor build- Suitable for Understanding Lev- contract to USAEC, for operation by el-3. the Navy at McMurdo Station, Antarc- ing, and sealing of reactor and remain- tic headquarters for the joint Navy ing structures. Produced by USAEC's Argonne National Science Foundation Antarc- National Laboratory. For sale by tic Research Project. PM-3A, the first THORIUMU2 33 UTILIZATION NAC. atomic power stationinthe bleak See page 43. The Fast Source Reactor is a labora Antarctic, supplies electric power and tory source of neutronsnot an ex- space heating for the isolated station. perimental reactorwithapower Use of nuclear power reduces the level of 1000 watts. The film describes massive amounts of fuel oil for gener- RESEA,RCH AND the reactor assembly and its usefulness ating electricity that must be brought as a readily available source of neu- 11,000 miles by American tankers. TEST REACTORS trons in a wide range of flux levels and PM-3A was designed, fabricated, and flux spectra. The reactor was designed tested in 14 months. Details are given and built by ANL's Idaho Division at on the plant's pressure vessel, coolant, 0005 the USAEC's National Reactor Testing nuclear fuel, control rods, switchgear, ADVANCED TEST REACTOR Station, Idaho. By animation and live heat-transfer equipment, turbogenera- (1964).9 minutes, color. action, information is given on the tor, and many other major compo- Suitable for Understanding Lev- core and its positioning, two methods nents. We see shots of the erection and el-3. of changingreactivity,the cooling testing of the reactor in the States, site Produced by Ebasco Services, Inc., system, the thermal column, and the preparation by Seabees in the Antarc- Babcock & Wilcox Co., and Phil- various access-beam holes.Its uses tic, erection and testing of the reactor lips Petroleum Co. For sale by include the following: beams to test atMcMurdo,safetyaspects,and MAC. neutron spectrometers and checking achievement of criticality. 0314 REACTOR SAFETY RESEARCH (1964).15 minutes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- el-3. Produced by USAEC's Argonne .t. National Laboratory. For sale by NAC. Shows that conservative design is char acteristic of nuclear power reactors, with elaborate safeguards to prevent 1' the improbable accident. It points out that through reactor safety research the mechanisms of abnormal behavior, fission product release, chemical reac- tions, containment, and vapor cleanup systems are better defined, providing a basis for improvement in design fea- tures and reduction of costs. 0456 RETIREMENT OF THE HALLAM NUCLEAR POWER FACILITY (1970).35minutes,color.NOT cleared for television. ADVANCED TEST REACTOR 63 SAFETY, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND MONITORING 55 complex instrumentation prior to use current research and development in HONORS: ANZAAS International Sci- in operating reactors. the area of high efficiency mechanical entific Film Exhibition, Australia & air cleaning. The R&D activity, filmed New Zealand; 14th International Elec- 0236 atHarvard Air Cleaning Laboratory, tronic & Nuclear Congress, Rome, OAK RIDGE RESEARCH REACTOR Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Italy;19th International Electronics (1958).20 minutes, color. Edgewood Arsenal, covers iodine col- and Communications Exhibit, Rome, Suitable for UnderstandingLev- lection systems; fine aerosol reaction Italy. el-3. on filters; in-pile and out-of-pile fuel Produced by USAEC's Oak Ridge 0117 meltdown studies; the production and EXPERIMENTS IN CONTROLLING National Laboratory. For sale by dispersion of solid aerosols in an ex- NAC. ploding wire aerosol generator; foam BRUSH FIRES WITH DETERGENT Summarizes the components, facilities, tests to encapsulate radkoactive mate- FOAM (1965).61/2 minutes, color. uses, and operation of the Oak Ridge rials; rare gas absorption studies; ex- Suitable for Understanding Lev- Research Reactor, a tank type, heter- periments with diffusion boards as a els-2 and -3. ogeneous reactor, immersed in a pool, gas and particulate removal surface; Produced by USAEC's Argonne designed to operate at 20 to 30 Mw. cleaning of stainless steel wool filters National Laboratory. For sale by NAC. 0353 with shock waves; and the dispersal of radioactive wastes by incineration. Grass, brush, and forest fires cause an SPERT DESTRUCTIVE TEST, PART annual loss in the United States close I,On Aluminum, Highly Enriched 0076 to a quarter billion dollars. This film Plate Type Core (1965).15 minutes, BETA RAY SPECTROMETER describes a series of tests by Argonne color. (1063). 7minutes, color. National Laboratory to explore the Suitable for Understanding Lev Suitable for Understanding Lev- use of detergent foam as a fire break. el3. Experiments were conducted with the Produced by Phillips Petroleum el-3. Producedby the USAEC's Ar- Fire Protection Department's forestry Company for USAEC. For sale by jeep,which has a 265-gallon water NAC. NOT cleared for television. gonne National Laboratory. For sale by NAC. tank and rotary gear pump. A deter- Documents the destructive test pro- gent and water solution is sprayed on a gram of a highly enriched, aluminum By animation and live action, this film explains the principles and working of nylon mesh while air is forced through plate-type core in the SPERT reactor the openings in the mesh by a large at the National Reactor Testing Sta the Coincidence Beta Ray Spectrome. ter, a device which is used to measure fan. This produces a detergent foam tioninIdaho. Beginning withthe whichhas been expanded approxi- initial phases of the program, the film the intensity and direction of electron emissions known asbeta particles. mately 1000 times. The foam is de- portrays special facility modifications livered through a canvas tube at the required and the design and testing of Components of the device are shown rate of 5000 cubic feet of foam per instrumentation, Transient testing into and assembled. A source is introduced. Masking for beam direction and size is minute. In three tests detergent foam the region of limited core damage is appeared to be effective. described, including views of the resul- demonstrated.Detectorsare shown tant rippled, bowed, and melted fuel and explained. plates. Slow motion studies, in both 0132 FIRE FIGHTING IN THE NUCLEAR color and black and white, show the 0097 effects of the final core destruction AGE (1960).14 minutes, color. CONTROLLING RECORDS FIRES Suitable for Understanding Lev- test on November 5, 1962. The post - WITH HIGH EXPANSION FOAM destructivecoredisassemblyand el-3. examination is shown in detail, and (1966). 13 minutes,color. ProducedfortheUSAEC by the film concludes with a summary of Suitable for Understanding Lev- Calvin Productions. For sale by the reactor power, fuel temperature, els-2 and -3. NAC. transient pressure, and energy release. Produced by USAEC's Idaho Oper- Pointsoutthatradiationisjust ations Office, For sale by NAC. another hazard in fire fighting which Simplified description of high-expan- can be handled with proper training. sion foam and its characteristics as a The film uses the USAEC Fire Depart- fire-fightingagent, particularly with ment at the National Reactor Testing respect to fires involving paper and Station in Idaho as the example, show- I photographic records in typical open ing its training. Techniques and pro- file storage. cedures are illustrated in the fighting The film summarizes the result of of a mock fire created for this film: A high-expansion foam tests conducted constantairmonitor automatically at the National Reactor Testing Sta- rings the alarm when the fire reaches tion in August 1965. The tests dis- stored radioactive materials and radia- 0010 closed that high-expansion foam pro- tion is released; the fire headquarters AIR AND GAS CLEANING FOR NU- vides fast, effective, and possibly least check the building inspection report to CLEAR ENERGY (1964).30 min damaging means of extinguishing fires find out where radioactive materials utes, color. involving various kindsof records, are stored in the burning building; fire Suitable for Understanding Lev including x-ray films, motion picture trucks approach the building upwind el -3. films and photographic prints. to avoid possible airborne radiation; Produced by Oak Ridge National Special problems encounteredin firemen don special protective clothing Laboratory. For sale by NAC. using the foam are dealt with in the in addition to standard protective gear; Portrays the need for, and develop- film, together with various means of the entrance-way to the burning build- ment of, high efficiency filters for the coping with such fires. ing is monitored before firemen enter, nuclear energy industry; the manufac- The film concludes with the test andfrequentradiationchecks are ture of such filters; their inspection at findings that certain types of records made during the fire-fighting period; USAEC Quality Assurance Stations containers, labeling methods and stor- firemenobservetime-distance- before installation at nuclear sites; the agearrangementsaresuperiorto shielding plan to protect themselves in-place testing of filters as an effective others inminimizing damage from (remain in radiation area shortest pos- contamination control program; and both fires and extinguishing agents. sibletime, stay as far away from C 4 56 SAFETY, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND MONITORING burning radioactive materials as possi- ated with the undertaking. Although traces the hunt for a radioactive source ble, place available shielding material the primary objective was to demon- lost from a small industrial plant. The between themselves and the fire); each strate the equipment and operations trait, via helicopter and police cars, fireman is checked with a monitor as requiredfor safe and economic dis- takes the R-A-P team to a municipal he leaves the fire; all protective cloth- posal of high-level, solid wastes in salt dump. The second case is the problem ing is removed and stacked for moni- mines, it also resulted in the collection of leaking radioactive vapor from a toring and decontamination; each man of data needed for the design of an sealed system in a researei laboratory. checks his film dosimeter to see if he actual disposal facility. The third is the story of a fire in a was exposed to radiation; fire-fighting uranium products plant that gives a equipment is checked for contamina- RADIATION ACCIDENT R-AP team the additional public in- tion; personnel are rechecked for radi- PATIENTS formation job of coping with a com- ation after removal of protective gear; ...... See page 97. munity which mistakenly assumes it is film badges are checked; and all per- threatened with a disaster. sonnel scrub down. RADIATION DETECTION BY Since, despiteevery safeguard, IONIZATION . .. See page 36. accidents do happendetailed reen- FIRE LOSS MANAGEMENT, actments in this film of the steps and RADIATION DETECTION deal with these PART II, COMPUTER BY SCINTILLATION measures taken to emergencies showthe See page 36. radiological INSTALLATIONS operations of R-A-P teams as they put See page 91. RADIATION PROTECTION IN to work their specialized professional 0193 NUCLEAR MEDICINE skills and equipment. LIVING WITH A GLOVED BOX See page 46. HONORS: Safety on the Screen, N. Y (1964).15 minutes, color. Safety Council. Suitable for Understanding Lev- OMEN MY FILM NUMNEN AND TITLE els-2 and -3. REACTOR SAFETY Produced by the USAEC's Law- rence Berkeley Laboratory. For 0312 RESEARCH sale by NAC. R-A-P: RADIOLOGICAL ASSIS- See page 54. Explains the principles and techniques TANCE PROGRAM (1965). 261/2 of working with a gloved boxan minutes, color. RETIREMENT OF THE enclosure designed for handling vadio- Suitable forUnderstandingLev- HALLAM NUCLEAR POWER active materials of low activity which els-2 and -3. FACILITY primarilythrough present a hazard Produced for the USAEC by J. L, . . See page 54. inhalation andingestion.The film Feierbacher. For sale by NAC. opens with an explanation of how air Shows the readiness and proficiency of RFD-2 See page 58. currents and turbulences carry various radiological assistance teams in various substances, some of which may be re-enacted instances of emergencies for hazardous. It shows why highly toxic audiences concerned with problems in 0343 materials like plutonium can best be dealing with radioactive materials. THE SL-1ACCIDENT, PHASES 1 handled in a gloved box. The princi- The R-A-P team's effectiveness is AND 2 (1962). 90 minutes, color. ples of the gloved box are then ex- shown to be dependent on the cooper. Suitablefor Understanding Lev- plained ;n detail. Such items are cov- ation of other groups and individuals el-3. ered as: the airflow and pressures at different levels of government and Produced for the USAEC by John within the box; the "bagging in" and business. To illustrate this, there are Feierbacher. For sale (with prior "bagging out" of materials; the proce- three main stories in the film: The first authorization from the Audio-Vi- dures for changing gloves on the-box; thechanging ofthefilter,and a method for handling a fire within the box.

0432 PROJECT SALT VAULT (1969). 11 minutes, color. Suitable forUnderstanding Lev- els-2 and -3. Produced by USAEC's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. For sale by NAC. By the end of this century, half of all the electricity in the United States will be supplied by nuclear plantsplants that will produce radioactive wastes which must be disposed of. Project Salt Vault deals with a two-year study carriedout by Oak Ridge National Laboratory on the feasibility of per- manent disposalof thesehigh-level wastes in vacated salt mines, and the key steps of such disposal at an aban- doned salt mine in Kansas. Included are scenes of radioactive material being lowered into the 1,000-foot-deep mine forburial, as well as showing the PROJECT SALT VAULT myriad of necessary operations associ- 65 SNAP AND SPACE PROGRAMS 57

sual Section, Office of Information core for remote-control examination; 0393 Services, USAEC) by NAC. NOT demolition of thereactor building; THE WOODEN OVERCOAT cleared for television, except with decontamination of the SL-1 site and (1965).14 minutes, color. theexpresspermissionofthe restorationto habitable status; and Suitable for Understanding Lev- USAEC. presentation of an accident analysis el-3. This semitechnical film on the SL-1 report to the USAEC. Produced for the USAEC by the accident at the National Reactor Test- Sandia Corporation. For sale by ing Station, Idaho, was produced pri- SNAPTRAN-2/10A WATER NAC. marily for studying and Improving the IMMERSION TEST Because radioactive materials are being methods and techniques of handling See page 58. shipped throughout the world in in- nuclear emergencies. A combination of creasing quantities, research programs actual and reenacted scenes, the film 0354 are being conducted to develop ship- presents a concise resume of what SRE CORE RECOVERY FOLLOW- ping containers for radioactive mate- happened and how the USAEC and its ING FUEL - ELEMENT DAMAGE rials which are virtually accident-safe. operating contractors reacted to the (1962).291/2 minutes, color. In supportof theseprograms,the situation, i.e., the activities associated Suitable (or Understanding Lev- United States Atomic Energy Commis- sion has asked its contractors to sub- with Phases 1 and 2 of the postacci- el-3. dent operations. Phase 1 involved the ProducedbyAtomicsInterna- mitdesignsfor containers.Sandia location, rescue, and recovery of the tional for the USAEC. For sale by Corporationof Albuquerque, New three personnel and the determination NAC. Mexico, has designed and testeda of how much contamination had been Describes (1) design features of the wooden outer shell for existing metal released to the environment. Phase 2 SodiumReactor Experiment (SRE) containerswhichwillwithstanda involved determining whether the reac- near Santa Susana,California(de- 30-foot drop, a one-hour petroleum tor was nuclearly safe. Results of the signed, constructed, and operated for fire,and24-hour water immersion instigation of the accident indicate a the USAEC by Atomics International); without the seal of the inner metal need for readily available high-range (2) important operations attainments; container of radioactive material being surveyinstruments,carefuluse of (3) circumstances in 1959 which re- broken. Thistechnicalfilmreport health physicists, preplanning, etc.; in sulted in severe damage to the reactor shows the development and testing of addition,important information on core andreleaseof about 10,000 the wooden containers as well as the reactor technology and the administra- curies of fission-product activity; (4) buildup of the containers from rings of tive procedures governing reactor de- equipment, methods, and procedures plywood. Photography of actual drop velopment has resulted. Brief informa- employed to contain gaseous atmo- tests andfiretestsisincluded to tion is given on the start of Phase 3 spheres, to remove radioactive debris demonstrate the resistance of the con- work, involving the decontamination (including pieces of fuel elements from tainer to both impact shock and fire and disassemblyof the reactor to the reactor system), and to replace exposure. Results of tests show that a determine what destroyed it.This is affected core-moderator cans; and (5) container having six-inch thick shells detailedin THE SL-1 ACCIDENT, modifications made to prevent similar of fir plywood will adequately protect PHASE 3 described below. future difficulties. Included are actual the inner metal container of radio- motion-picture scenes of the highly active material. radioactive reactor core and animation of fuel-element damage and breakage. 0344 A relatively small number of men THE SL-1 ACCIDENT, PHASE 3 performed the recovery-work opera- SNAP AND (1962).57 minutes, color. tions; none of the men received more Suitable for Understanding Lev- than the standard permissible amount SPACE PROGRAMS el-3. of radiation exposure, and there were ProducedbytheUSAEC by no physical injuries. Demonstrated was John L.Feierbacher,consultant. the fact that extensive maintenance 0124 For sale (with prior authorization work can be conducted on the entire FABRICATION OF SNAP-7D FUEL SOURCES (1964).12 minutes, color. Audio-VisualSection, plant complex of a sodium-cooled fromthe nuclear-power reactor with a reason- for Understanding Lev- Office of InformationServices, Suitable USAEC) by NAC. NOT cleared for able degree of effort. el-3. television, except with the express Produced by USAEC's Oak Ridge permission of the USAEC. 0391 National Laboratory. For sale by This is a sequel to "The SL-1 Acci- WASTE DISPOSAL BY HYDRAULIC NAC. dent, Phases 1 and 2." It is a factual FRACTURING (1966).11 minutes, Semitechnical film which describes the color, fabrication of strontium-90 fuel cap- and historic documentary report on sulesforthe SNAP-7D generator what was done with the SL-1 reactor Suitable for Understanding Lev- which powers an unmanned Navy and building commencing about four el-3. Produced by USAEC's Oak Ridge Weather Station in the Gulf of Mexico. months following the accidental nu- Purified strontium-90 carbonate was clear excursionthat occurred Janu- National Laboratory. For sale by NAC. processed at ORNL's Fission Products ary 3, 1961. It features a step-by-step Development tostron- Depictsthe development,atOak Laboratory reenactment of the accident, anima- tium-90 titanate, pressed into pellets tion of the events believed to have Ridge National Laboratory, of a pro- cess for the disposal of intermediate- and then encapsulated. Most of the taken place during and immediately film is devoted to the pelletizing and following the excursion, and a postula- levelradioactivewastesinunder- ground bedded shale formations. The encapsulating operations within the tion of the cause. The film documents hot cells of the FPDL. substantially the recovery operations film shows an actual injection of mate- rial into the formation, supplemented marf specified under contract with General 40.-104 Emma.= Electric Company, which was charged by animation which portrays the man- re.% ..17, with: gathering evidence pertaining to ner in which the grout is forced down the accident; preparing the facility for into the well and then into the frac- FIRST REACTOR IN SPACE: core removal; recovery of the reactor ture for permanent disposal. SNAP 10-A . . . .See page 30. 58 TRANSPORTATION

NUCLEAR POWER FOR the efforts being made to minimize the the reactor's neutronic behavior when SPACE: SNAP-9-A hazard of using reactors and isotopic immersed in water. The testing site See page 30. generators in space applications. and supporting facilities are described. Stepby.stepcoverageincludespre- 0230 0345 paring the reactor for testing, reactor NUCLEAR REACTOR SPACE SNAP-3 OPERATIONAL TESTS operation, and preparations forthe POWER SYSTEMS (1964).8min- (1960).18 minutes, color. destructivetest, including the func- utes, color. Suitable for Understanding Lev- tions of various supporting groups. Suitable for Understanding Lev- el-3. The destructive testitselfis sh own el-3. Produced for the USAEC by the from six vantage points, including a Martin Company, NuclearDivi- ProducedbyAtomicsInterna- variety of slow motion sequences, and tional. For sale by NAC. sion. For sale by NAC. ultra-highspeed silhouette photog- Describes operational tests (vibration, raphy of the reactor vessel expansion Summarizes the program to develop shock,acceleration,fire,explosion, during disassembly. nuclear reactorpower supplies for land and sea impact, effects of salt Animation and live scenes explain large space vehicles. Fabrication and water, aerodynamic heating, etc.) on reactor behavior during the test and testing of a 500-watt thermoelectric the 4-lb SNAP3 isotope-power unit, thesubsequent radiologicalresults. system,a3,000-wattturboelectric which uses 2 I0 P0to generate more The information gained and how this system, and a reactor I'm a 35,000 - than 3 watts as a source of auxiliary information can be applied to assess watt turboelectric system arehigh. power for space vehicles. Conclusion: nuclear accidents is discussed. lighted.Alsofeatured isa SNAP-3 will operate effectively on 300-1,000-kwe turboelectric system. launch and in orbit. 0472 The reliability, high power levels, long SPACE AND THE ATOM unattended operating life, and safety SNAP-8: SYSTEM FOR (1971).271/2 minutes, color. characteristics of space nuclear power NUCLEAR AUXILIARY systems are reviewed. These units are POWER See page 31. Suitable for Understanding Lev- being developed for the USAEC by el-3. Atomics International and Pratt & 0348 Produced by USAEC's Argonne Whitney. SNAPTRAN-2/10A WATER IMMER- National Laboratory. For sale by SION TEST (1965).20minutes, NAC. OUR NEAREST STAR color. Success in the coming decades of space See page 30. Suitable for Understanding Lev- exploration will in large measure be el-3. predicated upon an increasing use of PAX ATOM IS: SNAP-7 Produced byPhillips Petroleum nuclear energy. As payloads become TERRESTRIAL ISOTOPIC Company as contractor for the larger and mission lifetimes become POWER SYSTEMS .See page 30. USAEC at the National Reactor longer, the use of nuclear energy repre 0323 Testing Station, Idaho. For sale by sents the only alternative to mission RFD -2 (1965).14 minutes, color. NAC. NOT cleared for television. successespecially for on-board elec- Suitable for Understanding Lev- Portrays a test which investigated the tricalpowerandhigher powered el-3. effects of water immersion on a SNAP. propulsion systems. This film reports Produced for the USAEC by the 10A reactor, a system designed to on many of thepast successesof Sandia Corporation. For sale by provide 500 watts of electric energy nuclear energy in space, such as the NAC. NOT cleared for television. for powering equipment in a space various SNAP generatorsused on Outlinesthe design and test work satellite. Such an accident conceivably SNAP3A, 9A and 10A. It also dis performed by Sandia Corporation in could occur if a SNAP-10A reactor cusses the success of these radioiso- assessing the nuclear safety aspects of mission aborted on launch and the topic generators on the recent Apollo a SNAP-19 type isotopic generator reactor fell into water. lunar missions and Nimbus weather designed to supply electrical power in Describes the basic components of satellites. It also delineates the twelve certain communications satellites. The the SNAP-10A reactor, its method of year joint efforts of the United States film describes the flight of an inert control, non-nuclear tests which estab Atomic Energy Commission and the reactor aboard a Scout rocket to inves- lished the reactor's physical state after National Aeronautics and Space Ad. tigate the bumup and disassembly of terminal velocity entry into water, and ministrationto developanuclear the dummy reactor upon re-entry. rocket engine. Shown are the instrumentation sys- tems developed by Sandia to transmit ORDEN SY FILM NUPADEN AND TITLE toground-basedreceivingstations information on the burnup of the reactor and its fuel rods. The pre-flighttest program con- ducted at Sandia, and shown in the TRANSPORTATION film, included ejection tests of fuel rod experiments, tests on theflotation system designed to recover the test vehicle from the ocean, radiant heat ATOMIC POWER TODAY: testing of the protective shell of the SERVICE WITH SAFETY vehicle, and acoustic noise tests to See page 22. simulate rocket motor noise and vibra- tion. Some scenes at the tracking and 0070 data-recordingstation on Bermuda ATOMS ON THE MOVE: Transporta- precede the film report of the launch tionofRadioactiveMaterials and re-entry of the dummy reactor. A (1966).24 minutes, color. brief analysis is made of data gained SNAPTRAN.2/10A WATER IMMER Suitable for Understanding Lev- from the test program to summarize SION TEST els-2 and -3. 4.; e TRANSPORTATION 59

Produced by Bennie Korzen Pro- radioactivity, one may determine how 0380 ductions for the USAEC. For sale the materials are properly packaged TRANSPORTATION OF RADIO- by NAC. for shipment. Most radioactive mate- ACTIVE MATERIALS, PARTII, rials are safely shipped by common ACCIDENTS (1965).341/2 minutes, carrier. The film shows typical ship- black and white. ments enroute: atoms on the move Suitable for Understanding Lev- everyday, everywhere by train, truck, el-3. aircraft andship.Varied items are Produced by U. S. Naval Photo- dealt with: ores; atomic fuel for reac- graphic Center forthe USAEC. tors; spentfuel being returned for For sale by NAC. processing; atomic weapons; radioiso- In a lecture, Commission Safety Engi- topes for medicine, research and indus- neer Francis L. Brannigan discusses the try; and atomic wastes being shipped control of transportation accidents in- for disposal. The film discusses respon- volving radioactive materials. Liberal Pt sibilities of agencies such as the AEC, use is made of charts, pictures, actual the ICC, Bureau of Explosives, Federal packages, and off-screen film footage Aviation Agency, Coast Guard and to show that only a small proportion state and local offices. Also shown are of shipments of radioactive materials some aspects of safety research and can present any real danger in the developmentdesignedtolimitthe event of accident. ICC shipping labels consequences of an accident involving are shown and explained andthe these materials. An accident situation regulations relating to individual pack- and cleanup are shown. We learn that ages briefly discussed. A typical pack- radioactivematerialsare invaluable age is opened stepby-step from the tools and products in today's industry outer container down to thefinal and in our daily lives, and how modern inner container, holding a radioiso- transportation moves these materials tope. Included is a simulated accident ATOMS ON THE MOVE quickly, quietly, and safely. with a leaking container which causes unnecessary alarm. A simulated acci- dent which might cause serious conse- Surveys the various means of trans- R-AP: RADIOLOGICAL quences isshown, The question of porting radioactive materials and the ASSISTANCE PROGRAM radioactive material becoming airborne safety aspects underlying their pack- See page 56. in an accident, the degree of hazard, aging and handling. Using animation and precautions to be taken are then and live action photography, the film discussed. Radioactive contamination, shipping of fissile materials, nuclear illustrates that by their very nature, SAFETY IN SALT: The radioactive materials are varied and so weapons accidents, and the availability are the potential hazards associated Transportation, Handling of radiological assistance are discussed with shipping and using them. By and Disposal of in turn, evaluating the form of the material Radioactive Waste WOODEN OVERCOAT and the kind and the quantity of See page 29. See page 57, ADVICE TO BORROWERS

ADVICE TO NEW BORROWERS for several months, borrowers should attempt to specify at least two other acceptable titles and one other acceptable As part of its information and education program, the U. S. alternate showing date. In making requests, always include Atomic Energy Commission maintains one consolidated both the film number and the full film title and use the motionpicture library in Oak Ridge, separate libraries in request forms provided with this catalog. Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, and special sublibraries which serve regional needs from which qualified borrowers throughout the United States may obtain 16-mm sound CIVIL RIGHTS filmsthat explain various aspects of atomic energy. This twopart catalog deals with INFORMATIONEDUCA- The loan of films directly or indirectly from a USAEC TION and TECHNICALPROFESSIONAL films. motion picture library constitutes Federal financial assis- All these films are loaned free, and only for educa- tance and is subject to the provisions of Title VI of the Civil tional, nonprofit, and noncommercial screenings. Rights Act of 1964 and implememing regulations. No The film titles, film descriptions and cross references person shall, on the ground of race, color, or national are listed alphabetically in Part One and Part Two within origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the each category. benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any Additional copies of this catalog may be obtained from program or activity in which such films are used. the Audioisual Section, Office of Information Services, U. S. AtomicEnergyCommission, Washington, D. C. LOAN REQUIREMENTS 20545; or the Technical Information Center, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830. The following requirements applyto allfilms and all Catalog inserts and supplements are issued periodically. borrowers, regardless of which USAEC Motion Picture Library provides the service:

ADVICE TO TEACHERS 1. Projection must be on good motion picture sound equipment, and by a trained operator. A special catalog CLASSROOM SCIENCE FILMS lists 2. No borrower under any Circumstances may re- selected AEC motion pictures under broad teaching classi- moveeven temporarilyany footage from USAEC li- fications, suchas "Social Studies," "General Science," brary films on loan to him, either to delete damaged "Biology,"'"Chemistry," "Physics," etc., and describes the sprocket holes or to edit or digest selected scenes. films for their current classroom and instructional value. 3. Filmsdo break,andoccasionallywillrequire This catalog is available from the addresses listed above. splicing by the borrower. However, we prefer that damaged films be returned to the libraries for the professional repairs WHO MAY BORROW available there. Do not use "scotch" tape for emergency splices. Unrepaired damage should be noted on the com- Bona fide representatives of educational, civic, industrial, puter statistical card sothat the film may be repaired professional, youth activity, and government organizations before it is shipped to the next borrower. are invited to borrow films. Because of wear and tear that 4. Borrowers planning to show a number of films on a result from repeated projection, films are loaned for group protracted schedule should request delivery of specific films showings, and not for screening before individuals or in on a staggered schedule to facilitate maximum use by other homes. Because custody of the films involves both legal and borrowers. No borrower may hold a film past scheduled financial responsibility, films cannot be loaned to minors. return date without express prior permission of the issuing USA EC library. 5. No borrower may release a USAEC film from his HOW TD ORDER personal possession for reloan to another individual or agency without express prior permission of the issuing The USAEC consolidated Motion Picture Library enjoys USAEC library.Except where heavy demand requires heavy patronage throughout the year, so itis important tighter scheduling, borrowers are normally allowed to retain that borrowers needing particular titles should make their films for two or three days. requests as far in advance of their scheduled showing date 6. Borrowers are obligated to complete the computer as possible. Since some titles are booked solidly in advance statistical card form enclosed with each film. ADVICE TO BORROWERS 61

7. Films are shipped from the libraries at government that organizations which have continuing requirements for expense, but return shipment charges are borne by the repeated screening of the same film may find it more borrower. satisfactory, and perhaps more economical, to own a print 8. Films are normally shipptil by 4th class Book Rate, than to borrow it. but itis the borrower's responsibility to use any available In each film description, the supplier from whom prints meansincluding air express, air mail, or personal de- may be purchasedisindicated.Prospective purchasers liverN to assure that films being returned will reach the should obtain up-to-date quotations before ordering, by libraries on or before the due date. writing to the proper supplier: 9. Rewind films for return. AEROJET-GENERAL CORPORATION Optimum service to the thousandsof borowcrsutilizing Electronics Division USAEC Motion Picture Libraries is possible only when each Von Kaman Center individual borrower complies fully with these requirements. Azusa, California 91703 Failure of a borrower to fol; 1 the instructions of the library that has serviced his request may result in suspen- AUDIO PRODUCTIONS sion of the service to the borrower and his organization. 630 9th Avenue New York, New York 10036 BAY STATE FILM PRODUCTIONS, INC. TELEVISION USE Post Office Box 129 Springfield, Massachusetts 01101 Televitlicin t:lations may order films for unsponsored public service sustaining telecasts, except those titles described COLOR REPRODUCTION CO. as "NOT Clearedfor Television."Films selectedfor 7936 Santa Monica Boulevard television use must be telecast in their entirety. Hollywood, California 90016 CORONET INSTRUCTIONAL FILMS CANADIAN BORROWERS 65 East South Water Street Chicago, Illinois 60601 Residents of Canada may obtain many of the films in this catalog from theNational Science Film Library,Canadian EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT Film Institute, 1762 Carling St., Ottawa 13, Canada, with a CENTER service charge for handling. Modern Learning Aids Post Office Box 302 Rochester, New York 1.1603 ADVICE TO FOREIGN BORROWERS GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY Because most of the titles stocked by the USAEC motion G. E. Educational Films picturefilmlibrariesareinheavy demand by U. S. 60 Washington Avenue borrowers and because shipments abroad would involve Schenectady, New York 12305 lengthy, nonproductive periods in transit, it is not consid- ered practical to extend this film library service to other GERALD PRODUCTIONS, INC. tha:i U. S. borrowers. 421 West 54th Street However, a number of titles listed in this catalog have New York, New York 10019 been acquired by the U. S. Information Agency for use in HANDEL FILM CORPORATION various U. S. Information Service film libraries throughout 8730 Sunset Boulevard the world. Residents of each nation should seek assistance West Hollywood, California 90069 directly from the nearest U. S. Information Service at the American Embassy in the capital city of their country. HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON, In addition, prints owned by the USAEC are available INC. for loan to the U. S. Information Agency in Washington, 383 Madison Avenue which will arrange to provide prints on a brief loan basis to New York, New York 10017 the U. S. Information Service posts overseas. Also, the USAEC stocks three film libraries overseas, at IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY the American embassies in Tokyo, Brussels, and Buenos Film Production Unit Aires. The films are maintained in behalf of the Com- Alice Norton House mission by the U. S. Information Service posts at those Ames, Iowa 50010 embassies. Please direct your inquiry to the USAEC office McGRAW-HILL FILMS at the American Embassy. 330 West 2nd Street In addition, many of the filmsinthis catalog are available from the film library of the International Atomic New York, New York 10036 Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria; the National Science Film McNAMARA PRODUCTIONS Library, Ottawa, Canada; the American Film Library, The 170 South Beverly Road Hague, Holland; and in the Film Section of the Personnel Beverly Hills, California 90212 Administration Council, Stockholm, Sweden. MODE ART PICTURES, INC. 1022 Forbes Avenue WHERE TO PURCHASE PRINTS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 Most films listed in this catalog may be purchased from NAC NAC (NationalAudiovisualCenter)or fromprivate National Audio-Visual Center (GSA) commercial suppliersNOT the USAEC. Itis suggeste4 Washington, D. C, 20409 62 ADVICE TO BORROWERS

N.E.T. TELEVISION, INC. STOCK FOOTAGE 2715 Packard Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 To encourage education and information in the field of OWEN MURPHY PRODUCTION, atomic energy, the USAEC has made available for motion INC. picture and television producers color stock film footage 274 Madison Avenue covering nearly all aspects of this broad program. New York, New York 10016 Color stock footage in 16mm is available from the completed motion pictures made by the USAEC and its U. S. DEPARTMENT OF national laboratories and contractors. Producers are invited AGRICULTURE to make footage counts on films borrowed from the film Motion Picture Service libraries and then to contact the AudioVisual Section, as Room 1081, South Building noted below, for information on how to obtain duplicating Washington, D. C. 20250 material, Producers are not permitted to clipfilms bor- UNIVERSAL EDUCATION AND rowed from the film libraries. VISUAL ARTS Requests to search and draw from the color motion 221 Park Avenue South pictures and historic blackandwhite stock footage, and New York, New York 10003 any other inquiries, should be addressed to the Audio- VisualSection,Officeof InformationServices, U. S. WRS MOTION PICTURE Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545, or LABORATORY tothe CentralAlotionPicture Stock Footage Library 210 Semple Street (NACT), 1411 SouthFern Street,Arlington, Virginia Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 22202. TI-234 REQUEST FOR AEC FILMS (2-71 Instructions: F ill in the form below and send a copy to USAEC Film Library, Technical Information Center, P. 0. Box 62, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830. Read reverse side of this form. Ignore numbers in parentheses.Please Print or Type Please write appropriate 01 College, Jr. College, University 06 Professional or Technical Society numbers in 02 Elementary or High School 07 Civic or Service Club boxes 03 Federal Agency 08 TV Station 04 State or other Municipal Organization 09 Commercial Organization 0(8-9) 05 AEC Contractor 10 Other

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You will receive film which has been cleaned and inspected by our Film Lib:cary and is in serviceable condition. Projection must be on good 16-mm motion picture sound equipment and by a trained operator. Film should be rewound after the last showing and be returned to the Technical Information Center on or before the due date. You will be required to provide information on the size of the audience and other miscellaneous data, as well as observe the following: 1. Use any available meansincluding air express, air mail, or personal deliveryto assure that film being returned will reach the USAEC Film Library on or before the due date. Return shipment charges are borne by the borrower. 2. No borrower under any circumstances may removeeven temporarilyany footage from USAEC Library film on loan to him, either to delete damaged sprocket holes or to edit or digest selected scenes. 3. No borrower may hold a film past scheduled return date without express prior permission of the USAEC Film Library. 4. No borrower may release a USAEC film from his personal possession for reloan to another individual or agency without express prior permission of the USAEC Film Library. 5. Borrowers are obligated to complete and return to the USAEC Film Library a form concerning audience size and other miscellaneous data. Optimum service to the thousands of borrowers utilizing the Film Library is possible only when each individual borrower complies fully with the above instructions.

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