Hustle and bustle on the streets in Mexico City, Mexico. United States officers speak to a Mexican man on street. Vehicles drive past in the background. An old building. Men read the inscriptions outside a gallery. Tourists look at displayed articles behind a glass wall of the gallery.
Men reading various newspapers (mostly from New York) in the United States. Views of several newspaper headlines such as 'Truman says Russia set of Atomic blast' after President Truman revealed to the American public that the Soviet Union had successfully detonated an atomic bomb in a weapons test. Traffic on a road. Man in 1940's suit and hat standing on a street reading a newspaper. (World War II period).
Several zirconium-clad fuel rods of highly enriched uranium (HEU) are seen on a table. A hand rolls more beside the others, making a total of 6 rods. An engineer is seen at a work station associated with testing of the prototype pressurized water reactor plant for the USS Nautilus (SSN 571). Scene shifts to the Atomic Energy Commission's National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho, where a truck is delivering a hydraulic cooling pump for the prototype reactor. View across barren terrain of a building at the site, where the prototype reactor is being tested. Closer view of the building and monitoring equipment housed in a small structure outside. Closeup of reactor pressure vessel being moved on an overhead crane and lowered into position and installed inside the facility. Instrumented control panel for the prototype reactor. A man steps to the panel and manipulates the main control wheel. Closeup of gauge reflecting effects of control movements.
United Kingdom Prime Minister Clement Richard Attlee addresses the United States Congress in Washington DC. Prime Minister Attlee speaks of the problems confronted by Britain and the United States. He talks about the United States being a super power and yet not misusing its power. He states that a common man should feel secure and peace is a moral progress. Congressmen applaud after Attlee's speech. United States President Harry Truman and United Kingdom Prime Minister Attlee in a meeting discussing atomic energy. They pose for a photograph with other officials.
A man descends into water from a German barge in Germany during World War II. He is strapped on as he goes into the water. Two men turn large wheels on the barge.
U.S. warships maneuver and practice gun fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Gun crew mans a deck gun on a warship. Sailors watch as a destroyer approaches at high speed with black smoke spewing from its stacks. Foredeck of a destroyer swamped by waves. Destroyer gun crew loads and operates forward deck gun on wet deck with safety lines drawn tight across railings. All except the gunnery chief are in foul weather gear. Battleship firing salvoes from heavy guns. View of line of battleships, from porthole on a battleship firing from its 3-gun turrets. More battleships firing salvoes from heavy guns.
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