Atomic achievement

Duration: 20 min

Year Published: 1956

Creator: British Central Office of Information

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: Sound

Description: An account of Britain’s vast nuclear power program for a new industrial era, and of progress to date. Operational centres visited by the film include Calder Hall, the first full-scale nuclear power station; the great atomic research centre at Harwell; the atomic factories at Springfields, Capenhurst and Windscale; and the “fast breeder-reactor” under construction at Dounreay. Animated diagrams explain the working of a nuclear reactor.

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)