Synopsis
This 1967 documentary "Brookhaven Spectrum" was produced for the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Long Island. It looks at the different atomic experiments that were being conducted there. It begins with a general introduction to the laboratory, including the scientists and engineers that are working there. This is followed by footage of the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron (AGS), which was the largest particle accelerator in the world when first commissioned. This is followed by several experiments on the effects of radiation including with different animals, flowers, a forest, and human patients in the medical center of the laboratory. 0:15 scientists walking up stairs in a nuclear reactor, 0:34 scientists loading Uranium pieces onto a holder, 1:21 a camera following the reactor being turned on, 1:42 “Brookhaven Spectrum”, 2:21 models of atoms being looked at by a scientists, 3:00 Brookhaven national Laboratory logo, 3:15 scientists talking in front of a door, 3:38 different research pursuits at Brookhaven including mathematics, data, animal testing, reactors, accelerators, and the knowledge it produces, 4:27 scientists talking in front of a board with math on it, 5:17 close ups of different scientists working at Brookhaven, 5:56 an aerial overview of Brookhaven, 6:17 an electrostatic generator, 6:27 a cosmotron, 6:36 alternating gradient synchrotron (AGS), 6:48 scientists working on the running accelerator, 7:20 an animation of the particle accelerator running, 7:40…
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- Running time
- 25 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- National Synchrotron Light Source
- Brookhaven Spectrum
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Long Island
- Alternating Gradient Synchrotron
- Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor
- High Intensity Radiation Development Laboratory
- Paul Cohen
- Robert Johnson
- Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider