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WATER WORLD
France launches her first Nuclear Submarine. In Australia, a new light weight sailcloth contributes to the challenge for the America's Cup. At Staines, on the Thames, a new British Mooring device attracts the interest of pleasure...
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PRINCE AT WINFRITH
Prince Philip inaugurates Britain's latest Nuclear Reactor at Winfrith Heath in Dorset. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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DOUNREAY BECOMES CRITICAL
Great news from the North of Scotland. Inside the huge sphere at Dounreay, the Fast Reactor, a wholly British achievement, has become critical. This is the atomic way of saying it's started work! Disclaimer: British Movietone is an...
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FOCUS ON GENEVA
The Big Four Geneva Conference has provided a large number of cameramen with plenty of work. A group picture of the Big Four leaders was taken by two hundred cameramen. Other items of interest to draw the cameramen was the shopping tour...
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SCIENTIFIC OUTLOOK
Construction work is progressing at Calder Hall, Britain's first Atomic Power Station. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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WINDSCALE RENEWED
At Windscale in Cumberland, where an atomic reactor ""blew up"", so to speak, in 1957, big things are happening. The new atom furnaces being built will be safer and far more efficient. Windscale's new Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor, here...
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HMS DREADNOUGHT
At Barrow in Furness, the Royal Navy's first nuclear powered submarine was launched by Her Majesty, who was accompanied by Sir Charles Dunphie (of Vickers Armstrong) and Prince Philip. The submarine's first Captain, Commander Samborne,...
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THE A-BOMB
First pictures of the latest in the Nevada Desert. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do...
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HARWELL AT HOME
Scientists, of countries attending the Geneva ""Atoms for Peace"" conference, have since visited Harwell about 150 of them, from over 30 nations. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within...
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OPERATION ""TEAPOT""
Volunteer members of American armed forces took part in the recent A-Bomb explosion at Yucca Flats, Nevada. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the...
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MERLIN REACTOR
This is a new reactor for the research laboratory at Aldermaston Court in Berkshire. Prince Philip had come to see the magic of the modern Merlin, and, with Lord Chandos and Dr Salmon, he examined a core head. His Royal Highness then...
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""ZETA""
Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly (or Zeta) is used by British scientists at Harwell, in a tremendous project: the harnessing of the power of the H-bomb for peaceful purposes. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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THE MARCH TO ALDERMASTON
In Trafalgar Square, on Good Friday, an Easter crusade for Nuclear Disarmament. This was the starting point; for the four-day, fifty-mile march to Aldermaston. There were several thousand marchers: and as they approached their...
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PORTUGUESE STATE VISITS
The President and his wife also visited the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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ATOM SCIENTISTS AGREE
The East-West conference of scientific experts, which has been at work, in Geneva, for seven weeks, held its last meeting under the chairmanship of Russian Professor Federov (centre right). Agreement had been reached that it is possible...
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NEW ATOMIC PLANT
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...
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ATOMIC POWER STATION
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...
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BRITAIN'S ATOMIC RESEARCH
With factories established at Risley, Capenhurst, Springfield and Windscale, Britain's atomic research is forging ahead. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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SOVIET TOUR CONTINUED
Westminster Pier was the departure point for Marshal Bulganin and Mr Khrushchev, when they travelled by launch, to Greenwich. At the Royal Naval College, they were welcomed by Lord Cilcennin. Their next visit was to Harwell where Sir...
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""OPERATION BUFFALO""
Maralinga Test Range in the stark-wide open spaces of South Australia. ""Operation Buffalo"" involved setting up a village for servicemen taking part. And the team of scientists was headed by Sir William Penney who went to supervise and...
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SCOTLAND'S POWER ""BREEDER""
A new landmark dominates Dounreay, in the North of Scotland. Inside the huge sphere, 135 feet high you'll see more marvels than any crystal ball can provide. Here will be housed a fast breeder reactor, which can create more atomic fuel...
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ROCKETS & STARS
A Space research satellite launched from French Guiana and a step forward for the French nuclear programme as the latest sea-to-ground ballistic missile successfully completes test launchings before being installed in the country's...
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SYDNEY SUFFERS ""BIG WET""
""Sunny Sydney"" has had more rain in the last six months than they usually get in a year. Unlike most people these two young Persian pussy cats actually enjoy getting wet - especially in the boss's heated pool. At the weather bureau,...
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ANTI-BOMB MARCH
Over 50 miles to London from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston in Berkshire. That was how more than 4,000 people spent the Easter holiday as a protest against the Hydrogen Bomb. They all demanded that Britain...