Smashing The Atom 1933

Star Item

Description

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...

more

Tags

Data

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

Appears in...

Collections
Cinemagazines
Categories
Entertainment & Humour Science & Technology
WorkSpaces
History of scientific breakthrough AA MBM EP 1 AA

Stills

0:010:020:030:04

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment

10 Dangerous DareDevils

Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil

Twenty Acts of Terror

Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911

10 Tragedies Caught on Film

British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
World's First Atom Sub

World's First Atom Sub

Impressive footage of an atomic submarine being launched.

Selected Originals - World's First Atom Sub

Selected Originals - World's First Atom Sub

Material relating to "World's First Atom Sub" - 54/9.

Newsbriefs

Newsbriefs

Roundup of the latest world's news.

Mrs Wilson Launches 'warspite'

Mrs Wilson Launches 'warspite'

Mrs Harold Wilson launches atomic submarine 'Warspite' in Barrow-in-Furness. Cumbria.

Children Make Atomic Energy Plant AKA Children Make Atom Plant

Children Make Atomic Energy Plant AKA Children Make Atom Plant

Various shots of students making adjustments and starting up an installation capable of producing a one-million-volt output. Good laboratory-type shots.

(Cruiser First Us Atom-Powered Surface Ship)

(Cruiser First Us Atom-Powered Surface Ship)

Launching of America's first nuclear powered ship - "USS Long Beach".

( Us Submarine

( Us Submarine "Triton" Launched )

The American atomic powered submarine - USS Triton - is launched.

 

 

Death Row in Wartime: 8 Images

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row

Buchenwald Concentration Camp

The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald

Winston Churchill’s Finest Quotes

The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill

Bloodiest Battles Caught On Film

WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle

Vertigo: Nerves of Steel

Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo

10 Amazing Transport Inventions

Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions

10 Faces of Evil

Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler