Details
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Uranium Fever
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★ · You Give Me..... · Dodsworth the Cat · 2021-09-09
The title of this short was pretty accurate. In 1955, newspapers across the U.S. talked of "uranium fever" with people heading west to hunt for the atomic element. Uranium prospector Raymond Taylor (voiced by Vic Perrin) tells his own story about how he drove his 1954 Nash Rambler into Colorado and braved a snake, quicksand and a rifle-toting claim jumper (who looks like he's out of a Warner Bros. TV Western). The Hollywood Reporter, July 26th: "Uranium Fever," Warners short, was given a gala lobby reception when it opened over the weekend at the Utah Theatre, Salt Lake City, along…