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PRONOUNCEMENT ON ATOMIC WARFARE
The official story about Atomic Warfare is out - in a pamphlet issued by the Home Office. As you skim over its pictures, the grim possibilities of atomic attack fall into perspective. And the whole sense of the Home Office pamphlet is...
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US WAR PLANT UNDER WAY - Atomic Shelter
A sign of the times at Forth Worth, Texas: B36 bombers now being produced in large numbers. Believed to be the world's largest military aircraft, the B36 will have an important role to play - should war come. Meanwhile, in Vancouver...
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A sign reads Welcome to the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Shippingport, Pennsylvania.
A sign reads Welcome to the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Shippingport, Pennsylvania.
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Two guards close the gates to an atomic plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Two guards close the gates to an atomic plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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LBJ Visits McConnell Air Base in Kansas
Military and families crowd together under sign reading: 'WELCOME MR PRESIDENT' at McConnell Air Force Base / President Lyndon B Johnson shakes hand with happy crowd / press and Secret Service follow / Johnson sits down for ceremony /...
Bridgeman Arts
1950s: Illustrated hydrogen atom
1950s: Illustrated hydrogen atom. Sign appears below hydrogen atom. Uranium rod with sign. Illustrated uranium atom. Sign appears below uranium atom. Hands unroll copper wire. Copper wire.
Bridgeman Arts
United States, 1952: The US Department of Defense releases videos of atomic bomb tests in Frenchman Flat in Nevada
United States, 1952: The US Department of Defense releases videos of atomic bomb tests in Frenchman Flat in Nevada.
Bridgeman Arts
United States, 1952: Military personnel watch as the cloud from an atomic bomb testing rises in the air
United States, 1952: Military personnel watch as the cloud from an atomic bomb testing rises in the air.
Bridgeman Arts
United States, 1952: US Army soldiers watch as an atomic bomb is detonated
United States, 1952: US Army soldiers watch as an atomic bomb is detonated.
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PACIFIC ATOLL FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH
Also in Chicago the fifth atomic birthday is marked, for it was here on an underground squash court that scientists performed the key atomic experiment. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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ATOM EXERCISE
For Britain's first big post-war civil defence exercise, a large number of troops moved into Bristol to aid Civil Defence workers. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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NUCLEAR BREAKTHROUGH WILL CUT COSTS
A new reactor has been devised which will help cut the cost of electricity. It's known as AGR - Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor. Which means the final elements will be cooled by gas. This gas which absorbs the heat from the nuclear fuel,...
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AMERICA'S MYSTERY CITY
A complete city of it's own where atomic research is in progress is opened to the public for the first time. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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AMERICA PRACTISES CIVIL DEFENCE
Radar gives the warning, and air raid precautions, now being extensively practised in America, go into action. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of...
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ATOMIC POWER FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES
A recent visit to the National Laboratory at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, underlined the constructive application of atomic energy and radio-activity. Investigation into peaceful uses of the new power is continuous. Disclaimer: British...
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Aerial: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
prior to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011 Aerial: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on July 01, 2009 in Japan (Footage by Getty Images)
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Military men put on goggles to observe the testing of an atomic weapon.
Military men put on goggles to observe the testing of an atomic weapon.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Experts to thrash out workings of Iran nuc
CLEAN : Experts to thrash out workings of Iran nuc
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CLEAN : Nuclear watchdog IAEA meets in Vienna
CLEAN : Nuclear watchdog IAEA meets in Vienna
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CLEAN: Greenpeace activists protest against Angra 3
CLEAN: Greenpeace activists protest against Angra 3
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CLEAN : N.Korea's Kim stages giant show of military strength
North Korea's weapons of war roll through Pyongyang streets and it promises nuclear justice in response to any atomic attack as leader Kim Jong-Un mounts a spectacular show of strength
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President Eisenhower signs the world's first international atoms for peace treaty with Turkey in Washington, DC
President Eisenhower signs the world's first international atoms for peace treaty with Turkey in Washington, DC
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Orange, red and yellow glowing lights twist and turn to form an atom symbol on a black background.
Orange, red and yellow glowing lights twist and turn to form an atom symbol on a black background.