Series
The Magic of the Atom
Episode Number
14
Episode
Power Unlimited
Producing Organization
Handel Film Corporation
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/516-319s17th42
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Description
Episode Description
Opening with President Eisenhowers dramatic offer of atoms for all before the United Nations, Power Unlimited continues by pinpointing developments leading to peacetime uses of atomic energy. The camera takes viewers to a site near Pittsburgh, PA, where ground breaking is under way for the first power reactor. Switching to Lost River Desert in Idaho, the film shows the Breeder Reactor under development and brings to the screen a spectacular shot of the first power from a reactor plant being used to light a bulb and to turn a power machine. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
This is a series is devoted to the peacetime applications of atomic energy. The objective of this series is to create an understanding of the wonders inherent in nonmilitary use of the atom which is said will affect in a highly beneficial way the lives of every person in the United States. The series of 26 fifteen-minute episodes was originally shot in black and white on film and was done with the cooperation of the Atomic Energy Commission by the Handel Film Corporation of Hollywood. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Broadcast Date
1957-00-00
Asset type
Episode
Topics
Science
Rights
Copyright Handel Film Corp. June 1, 1955
Media type
Moving Image
Credits
Associate Producer: Mansure, John
Narrator: Manning, Monroe
Producer: Handel, Leo A.
Producing Organization: Handel Film Corporation
Sound: Thompson, Clarence
Writer: Manning, Monroe
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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Citations
Chicago: “The Magic of the Atom; 14; Power Unlimited,” 1957-00-00, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-319s17th42.
MLA: “The Magic of the Atom; 14; Power Unlimited.” 1957-00-00. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-319s17th42>.
APA: The Magic of the Atom; 14; Power Unlimited. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-516-319s17th42