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Technicians wearing radiation protective gear perform various tasks at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington.

Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. A technician wearing a special suit is seen putting on a respirator mask. He crawls through an inflated plastic tunnel to a human-shaped working end. The back of his protective gear suit reads 'SWP' (Special Work Permit). The face of the technician is visible inside the protective plastic cover. The technician works in the laboratory, handling radioactive materials and moving about in an inflated plastic bubble covering over his entire body.

Date: 1947
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032069
A technician works within a protective tunnel in a radiation contaminated area at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington.

Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. A technician in suit puts on foot protection and cap. He wears a respirator mask. He enters an inflated plastic tunnel in a laboratory. The tunnel is inflated and collapsed several times to demonstrate how it works. The technician crawls inside the tunnel. The back of his protective gear reads 'SWP' (Special Work Permit). He reaches the man-shaped end of the inflated plastic tunnel and stands. He is able to see clearly and works in the laboratory. He crawls back out of the plastic tunnel and is monitored for radiation by a health physics technician using a hand-held radiation detector and measurement device.

Date: 1947
Duration: 3 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032070
Soldiers march in a parade followed by Miss Richland and Native American Indians; flag hoisting in Richland, Washington.

A ceremony for New Savings Bond program of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Richland, Washington. Soldiers march in a parade. People stand on a road side and clap. Miss Richland in a car at the parade. She waves to people and children wave back. Native American Indians dressed in regalia ride in cars during the parade. Officials show a flag that reads 'US Treasury, Richland'. People watch as officials raise the flag. Aircraft fly in formation. The flag on a flagpole. Trees in the background.

Date: 1951, May 14
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068339
Atomic Energy Commission officials speak about a breeder reactor and a rehabilitation program in Richland, Washington.

Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission on the Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. Scientists work on various equipment for constructing a plutonium breeder reactor. Glenn Theodore Seaborg, the chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission(AEC), speaks about the breeder reactor. He points to a picture of the breeder rector in operation at the Atomic Energy Commission testing center. Cars driven towards the AEC center. An aerial view of the AEC center. Donald G. Williams, the manager of the AEC Richland, speaks about the Richland plant. Vehicles on a road. An aerial view of the township. He speaks about the development of a metropolitan city and about providing jobs to people who would loose their jobs due to the shutting down of a few reactors. A man prints a paper that reads Hanford capabilities. The members of the Tri-City Development Council with other government officials in a conference. Names of the various big organizations involved in the Hanford Project after the General Electric.

Date: 1966
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032085
Activities of soldiers and vehicles being checked by Military Police guards at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington.

Activities of U.S. soldiers at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. Military Police stop a truck at a check post and check. The soldiers in the truck show their identity cards. Vehicles are checked at the check post. A sign in front of a barren land reads 'US Government Property'. A sign reads 'Headquarters Camp Hanford North Richland Washington'. Vehicles are driven. Mobile heavy artillery pieces are parked and some worked on by crews in maintenance shop. Civilian machinists working on lathes in the shop.Soldiers and civilians walk towards lot where cars are parked.

Date: 1951, July 16
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032075
Contractors work on nuclear reactor and a plant for processing nuclear waste in Richland, Washington.

Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission on the Hanford Project in Richland, Washington. The Atomic Energy Commission at the Richland Headquarters for the Hanford work. A General Electric company worker works at machines and equipment. An aerial view of the Hanford plant shows nuclear reactors and separation plants. Workers work at the separation machinery to separate plutonium from uranium. Uranium rods in a wooden box are carried. An animation of a uranium rod shows fissionable uranium content and the process of conversion of non fissionable uranium to plutonium. Workers in an elevator are lowered. Workers at the reactor load the reactor with fuel. Water being used as a coolant in the reactor. A water purification plant. Other workers remove the used up uranium from the rear end of the reactor. The used up fuel is disposed in water tanks. More radioactive materials are carried in a railroad. Materials are taken to another plant. A worker operates a crane. The aluminum cladding is removed. The crane lowers the fuel. The fuel is changed to three useful products inside the plant. Workers at the plant process uranium for further use. Solid uranium is placed in a cylindrical containers. A machine lifts the containers and places it on a flat car. A chart shows injury free days in various plants.

Date: 1966
Duration: 5 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032079