Synopsis
Atom Smashers" is a 1952 educational film about particle accelerators or ‘atom smashers’, their uses, and how they function. It is produced by the Encyclopaedia Britannica Films in collaboration with the Division of the Physical Sciences and the Institute of Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago. The film explains the different types of “atom smashers” and differences in how they operate – the viewer learns about the cyclotron, the betatron, and the linear accelerator. The function of the different types of particle accelerators is partially told through the narrative of a journalist, Frank Stevens, interviewing Professor Porter who works at a university that is experimenting with particle accelerators. 00:10 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Logo 00:14 Movie title: ‘Atom Smashers’ 00:20 Production credits 00:40 Man working next to a cyclotron 00:55 View of a cyclotron, a type of particle accelerator 1:05 Frank Stevens, a writer, interviewing Professor Porter (a university professor) and taking notes 2:02 Diagram of an atom 2:07 Closeup of the central part of an atom, the nucleus 2:18 Frank Stevens standing next to Professor Porter with his writing pad out 3:01 Professor Porter standing in front of a poster of the periodic table of the elements 3:20 View of a cyclotron within the laboratory 3:26 Model of a cyclotron with individual parts labelled by signs 3:35 Model of the cyclotron with a pencil pointing out the labelled parts: upper magnet coil, steel vacuum tank and…
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- Running time
- 11 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
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- Stock Footage