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.
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.
Activities of the Atomic Energy Commission officials at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. A notice sign at the entrance. Employees arrive in a car. The car is stopped for inspection. Occupants leave the car. Security men check the car. A security man checks an Army truck carrying solciers who show their ID cards. Military equipment. Radar anttennas. Trucks. The American flag on a pole in front of the building.
Readiness exercises for 5th U.S. Army 5th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. A radar dish turns atop a building. U.S. soldiers scan for aircraft using radar. A soldier strikes alarm gong. The soldiers respond from their tents. They run towards heavy antiaircraft artillery guns and engage in live firing practice.
U.S. Army air defense gun crews, of the 5th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, exercise at Hanford Camp in Richland, Washington. U.S. soldiers come out of their tent houses in response to alarm. They run towards antiaircraft guns. A soldier is striking the alarm gong. The gun crews man the batteries and commence loading and aiming. A soldiers rotates a wheel to change elevation of a gun barrel. Soldiers at a table monitor radar. The crews fire antiaircraft guns. A radar dish on the top a building. Soldiers jump from trucks as they return to their tent area.
'The Story of Hanford' about the activities of the Atomic Energy Commission and parts of the atomic bomb Manhattan Project conducted at Camp Hanford in Richland, Washington. Houses of the workers construction buildings for the project. Trucks are driven on a highway. Railroad carries material to the Hanford site. An aerial view of the plant with three nuclear reactors. Reactor for the production of plutonium. A plant for the separation of pure metal. Workers work at the plant to convert uranium into plutonium. The workers wear protective gear work. A worker opens the door of the area where plutonium is stored. Two workers bring air tight containers of plutonium on a trolley. A worker makes a note of it and places the containers in a lock. The energy of plutonium is compared with other fuels. The plant for the separation of plutonium from uranium. A map shows different places from which fissionable uranium and plutonium for the production of bombs can be obtained. People read newspapers.
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