Electricity From The Atom. America's First… 1958

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Shippingport.

Documentation on file, American commentary.

Several shots of waste tanks GV int turbine room. MS of machinery CU hydro test pump CU panning up shots of excavation crane. CU atomic reactor CU diagram of Atomic reactor GV of control room CU of controls CU sign 'welcome...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
80124
Sort Number:
UN 3095 E
Time in/Out:
01:25:51:00 / 01:27:20:00
Canister:
UN 3095 E
Film ID:
2710.14
Issue Date:
1958

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