https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/ebf3bb4d-3285-474c-bdd9-16f8d35ea5a9 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm "March of Time Forum Edition" shows the rise of atomic industry in "Report on the Atom". This 1952 film shows nuclear testing and features historic footage of the University of Chicago and Dr. Enrico Fermi as well as reenactment footage of the construction of the first nuclear reactor. History of atomic energy begins in 1942 with the Manhattan Project. It tours various sites including the Oak Ridge Tennessee Plant; though much of the footage is reenactment footage. Following the close of WW2; in 1946, the Federal Atomic Energy Commission; the AEC, set to manage the development, use and control of atomic energy for civilian and military purpose. Time Life Fortune edited (:12). Argonne is fed into a nuclear reactor in reenactment footage (:57). Technicians power up the reactor (1:12). In 1946, Truman signed the McMahon Atomic Energy Act into power thus transferring control of the Atomic Energy Program from military to civilian hands. About 3 billion civilian dollars were invested thus far (2:05). The Department of Energy Headquarters (2:10) appears in Washington. The first chairmen David Lilienthal (2:15) stands with manager Harold Wilson. Ten major plants and laboratories are highlighted across the continent (2:30) connected through 60 colleges and universities (2:34). The city of Hanford (2:44) in Washington is a major producer of plutonium; a necessary ingredient to the atomic bomb. Other sites include Los Alamos; the AEC's Bomb and Weapons Center (2:50). The Oakridge Tennessee Plant (3:06) follows. Uranium 235 is separated from natural uranium in the diffusion plant (3:15). A miner heads to dig for ore (3:33) within the Colorado plateau. Miners hack at stone (3:55) and cart ore out on wheel barrows (4:05). AEC's raw materials office (4:11) follows in Grand Junction Colorado. Samples are analyzed in the raw materials office (4:18). Milling processes are featured; machinery removes uranium from the ore (4:45). Technicians work with donated samples in the operations office in New York (4:55). Parcels are unwrapped (5:08). Machinery checks the quantity of uranium (5:24). Peacetime uses for atomic energy are explored (5:42). A nuclear reactor and its safety precautions are demonstrated (5:49). Danger signs warn of exposure to gamma rays (6:49). A Geiger counter (6:51) checks radioactivity. Materials are set into a graphite holder to be irradiated (7:04). An isotope is packaged up (7:21) for shipment out of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Automobile piston rings (7:35) are irradiated. The California Research Corporation Laboratory receives them (7:41) to be put to use in automobile fuels and lubricants. Rings are installed on the pistons (7:59) on standard automobile engines. Oil is removed and tested (8:08). Photosynthesis is studied at the University of California (8:28). Plant growth is cultivated in flasks (8:32). Agricultural studies are conducted (8:49) using fertilizers and radio phosphorus (9:03). The tested fertilizer compound is applied (9:29). Animations explain radioisotopes assimilated by the plants (9:37). Researchers gauge the distribution of the fertilizer (9:52). Researchers within Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies (10:02) study how to use the radio isotopes. Radioactive tracers are discussed (10:19). A professor shows the Geiger counter (10:25). Rodent experiments at Oak Ridge relay the effects of radiation (10:56). The University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory follows (11:17). In 1942, the first sustained chain reaction was created at Chicago Pile 1 (11:13). Argonne Laboratory scientists work to harness atomic energy for commercial use (11:32). Labs demonstrate how to handle contaminated equipment (13:22). A Lorain manufactured crane (13:30) pushes dirt over hazardous material (13:34). Wind currents are studied at Brookhaven National Laboratory (14:08). A mobile meteorological unit follows (14:33). Brookhaven’s meteorological station is used to correlate field unit reports (14:47). Security personnel flash badges (15:28). Armored vehicles patrol (15:34). An Aeronca L-16 (15:45) follows. A 1946 Chrysler model (15:56) appears during security checks on the side of the road. Lilienthal meets with his secretary (16:15). The Senate Office Building follows (17:14). Mr. Tydings of Maryland (17:20) holds a briefing about atomic energy and conflict with Russia publicity (17:27). Mr. McMahon (17:39) discusses the appropriation of funds for defense (17:57). A massive cyclotron in California follows (18:20). The film concludes with Westbrook Van Voorhis’ (18:49) catch phrase. 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