News Footage: Livermore National Laboratory

Year Published: 1980

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: Livermore Lab (1980): chemicals being mixed together in bottles, EXT shot, yellow sign on fence "No Trespassing by order of The United States Atomic Energy Commission", people looking at discovery center display about nuclear energy, EXT visitors' center, scientist doing public demo of liquid nitrogen, uses posters: "Liquid Nitrogen is About as Cold as a Pizza Oven is Hot", "Flexible Materials Become Rigid", mixes two clear liquids together in beaker, turns blue, poster "Some Things Change Spectacularly at Liquid Nitrogen Temperature", puts rubber tube in liquid nitro then smashes it with hammer, puts a metal bell into nitro, puts flowers into liquid nitro and then crumples then in his hand, pours liquid nitrogen onto strawberries (?) and smashes them with hammer; model of nuclear reactor, more shots INT and EXT Discovery Center and Visitor's Center, CUs of various educational displays, EXT labs, chemical tanks being transported, tracking shot of facility from car, waste disposal containers, power supply, "power interrupted" red button, alarm buttons, lab waste, reporter gets chest x-ray (?), lab workers. Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF B) under construction: ELS of tube, MCU of workers working on tube, various parts under construction, welding, sanding, cutting, model of MFTF on display. Chemical barrels on forklift and put on truck, aerial shot of lab complex. Livermore Shiva Laser (1978): control board, tubes, oscillator alignment monitor, spatial filter monitor, various parts of laser Shiva Dedication Press Release: LS zoom onto ext lab facility, INT laser lab with technicians working on and checking equipment and parts of giant laser, CU Oscillator Alignment monitor control panels with lights, switches, knobs