The Atom Goes to Sea (1954)

★★★ · Sub-Boom · Spuzz · 2006-01-30

Pretty interesting doc about how the US was racing to get Nuclear Submarines out to sea. We start by showing truly amazing footage of missles in the water hitting a ship. This all LOOKED real. Then it starts going a little too science techy by explaining how atomic energy works, and how they have to fit it into a submarine, Some prototypes are shown, one is done, the other being tested in a mysterious sphere. And then the film ends.. Such build up to a rushed conclusion! Anyways..

★★★ · G.E.: We Bring Nuclear Subs to Life · Dodsworth the Cat · 2024-05-02

Not only do they make light bulbs and run WRGB-TV, General Electric develops nuclear power subs. Some day, a nuke may be running your train (with a cow-catcher in front). Unlike the imaginative A is for Atom, this John Sutherland Production is rife with stock footage, and a bit of new MOS film, tied together with animation sequences. The animators have tried to make their work look interesting by having drawings morph on screen, but the cartoon portions are more functional than entertaining. Sutherland waves the flag again (he wrote this), as narrator Bud Hiestand praises America's…

★★ · GE: We Bring Atomic Submarines to Life! · Christine Hennig · 2006-02-12

Fairly dull film made by General Electric to document the creation of the first two atomic submarines, and to champion GEÂs role in the development of one of them. In fact, the non-GE submarine, the Nautilus, was considered so unimportant that the section of the film devoted to it goes immediately from introducing it to showing it being christened, so that more time can be devoted to describing the development of the GE submarine, the Sea Wolf. A huge sphere is shown that had some important role or other in the development of the submarineÂs engine; it isnÂt really clear what, or maybe I just…

★★ · Who knew atomic subs could be so boring · Bob Capps · 2006-07-14

The first half of this short subject about atomic submarines is the most boring animation I have seen in a long time. The action picks up a litle when the live action cuts in with the launch of the USS Nautilus (then she's gone for the rest of the picture) and lots of footage of the development of the USS Seawolf. The best part of the film is a shot of the battleship USS Missouri firing her 16-inch guns.