The British Atomic Energy Establishment, at Harwell, has opened its doors to the newsreel camera giving a glimpse inside the mystery building where many hundreds of scientists live and work. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...

There seems to be some doubt as to whether the introduction of fluoride into our water supply is altogether beneficial to our dental health. Authoress Barbara Cartland is one of the most militant critics. She is offering bottles and...

The Ministry of Health Research Unit at Harvard Hospital, Salisbury, has been investigating the common cold; and volunteers (human guinea-pigs) have been living in pairs for ten days at a time. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...

In October, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte was a prisoner on the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic. He died there on the 5th of May 1821. It was generally agreed that he died of cancer. But scientists at the Atomic Energy Research...

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Scientists at work in Canada's Atomic Plant at Chalk River, Ontario. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...

In New South Wales a special laboratory has been set up to design flood mitigation works from Maitland to the sea. An accurate scale model of the territory has been constructed; and the idea is to guide flood-water to the ocean through...

The Russians also have an industrial atomic plant, but very small compared with Calder Hall. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...

An Atomic Power Reactor is being built at Dounreay on the coast of Caithness. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for...

At Calder Hall, Cumberland, Britain's first Atomic Power Station is nearing completion. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...

Clip 6 from 'The Industrial Revolution', a 1942 black and white documentary exploring the evolution and transition of the manufacturing processes of human kind. Footage of advancements in machinery, including the internal combustion...

VOICED: England's chief medical officer says cancer patients should routinely be offered DNA tests to help them get the best treatment. More than 30,000 NHS patients have had their genetic code sequenced since 2013. Professor Dame Sally...

Dr. Bruce Tromberg discusses COVID tests, sky-high demand and how testing can help us make decisions about returning to work and school.

Reports that Iraq has secret supplies of VX nerve gas are being

investigated by a UN disarmament mis
sion.
UN envoy Rolf Ekeus, who heads the UN disarmement miss
ion, is in
Baghdad...

April 6 -- Randy Scott, chief executive officer at Invitae, discusses the rise in Biotech, his company's expansion of tests and how his company, like Amazon, is trying to bring down costs. He speaks to Bloomberg's Emily Chang on...

Clip 6 from the 1950s French film 'A La Claire Fontaine' (By The Clear Fountain). A man in a laboratory tests and tastes water from various running taps. Shots of the countryside and high angle views of Paris from the roof of a building....

Clip 2 from the 1940s French film 'Au Dela Du Visible', exploring scientific work undertaken at the Palais de la Decouverte (Discovery Palace) in Paris, and experiments relating to the theme of outer space. (1943-1944). Experiments with...

The World Health Organization has urged countries to test as many people as possible to curb the coronavirus pandemic, but India has taken a different approach.

A UN lab in Vienna is preparing COVID-19 detection kits to send to countries whose laboratories "don't have the necessary reagents and procedures to rapidly detect the virus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Apr.17 -- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Professor Andrew Pekosz explains what is being learned about patterns of coronavirus infections, the uncertainties of testing, and questions about immunity and reinfection. He...

1. Wide pan on Julie Hall, World Health Organisation (WHO) team leader exiting WHO building to talk to the press

2. Cutaway ca
meras
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Julie Hall, WHO te
am leader:
"You...

1. World Health Organisation influenza chief Klaus Stohr walking into conference room

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) World Health Organisation influenza chief Klaus S
tohr
"We want to make sure that the...

New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced he will be adding seven additional Covid-19 testing sites as more people are testing positive. Here to talk the news with Alix Steel and Guy Johnson on "Bloomberg Markets: America" was Mark...

Clip 6 from the 1971 documentary 'Estonia' made in the Soviet Union, dubbed in French. Scenes of Kolkhoz farming in the countryside. Cows grazing in the fields and bulls being pulled by their nose rings. Scientists at work in their...