Obninsk: Birthplace of the Peaceful Atom (moved to 40601 - Historical / Hysterical Reel 2)

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Year Published: 1979

Creator: Leningrad Popular Science Film Studio

Complete Record: English narrator. Film on the city of Obninsk in Soviet Russia, home of the first nuclear power plant. Produced by the Soviet Union for export to other countries extolling scientific and cultural benefits. Pro-Soviet Propaganda. Shots of the city, or “science town”: apartments, fountain, forests and fields, memorial to WWII soldiers. Exterior shot of Nuclear power plant which began operation in 1954. Scientists in lab coats in dial-filled control room. Shots inside reactor. Exterior shot of Nuclear research center. Professors and scientists thinking and discussing. Doctors in surgery using nuclear technology. Exterior shot of Institute of Experimental Meteorology. Interior shot of research dome, created cloud. Plane flying. Data bank. Computers, cartographers, frame-within-a-frame maps and shots of weather research. Shot down room of shelves and drawers of punch cards containing info on the weather since 1875. Room-size computers. Earthquake monitoring center. Frame-within-a-frame of globe and archival earthquake footage. Everyday life: Soviet block apartments, ballet class, shopping, bride and groom getting fitted, statue, buying books, biking through forest, pole vaulting, motocross, family life, baby carriage, playgrounds and children.