Atom Power Steps Up 1960

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Item title reads - Atom power steps up.

New gas-cooled reactor project at Windscale, Cumberland.

Various shots of Windscale Atomic Energy Plant. M/S new gas-cooled reactor still being built. Various shots inside the reactor of workers welding the inside of the pressure vessel. M/S...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
52633
Sort Number:
60/046
Time in/Out:
01:19:01:00 / 01:20:14:00
Canister:
60/46
Film ID:
1682.06
Issue Date:
06/06/1960

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