Smashing The Atom 1933

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Titles read: "Smashing the Atom. Science is relentlessly pursuing its investigations into the construction and smashing of the atom. Pressures of one to three million volts are used in experiments today."

Germany.

Various shots show experiments with electricity: electric charges are...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37384
Sort Number:
PT 149
Time in/Out:
01:14:04:00 / 01:15:27:00
Canister:
PT 149
Film ID:
1070.08
Issue Date:
30/01/1933

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