Uranium enrichment by scientists to develop atomic bomb. Work carried out on a piece of uranium at Atomic Energy Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as part of the process in creating plutonium from uranium for atomic weapons. A worker in radiation protective clothing and mask working on a uranium block with a lathe machine. Grinding of the block and exhaust tube removing fumes. The block placed on the shaper and finishing provided to the block.
The K-25 Plant (Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corporation) area in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, part of atomic bomb creation facilities of the Manhattan Project. Buildings at the plant. Smoke rises from a train which passes through the area. The Power House (K-25). A police car drives past in the foreground. A board reads 'safety first always and more power to you'. A restricted area and other information written on a sign board.
The Y-12 Electro Magnetic Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, established during Manhattan Project effort to build the atomic bomb. A board reads 'Tennessee Eastman Corporation', ' Employment Office' and other information. Vehicles drive past on a road. Workers leave the plant after the day's work. People walk and are searched by a guard. The workers sit in a bus. Buses leave a parking area.
The X-10 Plant of Monsanto Chemical Company in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, established during Manhattan Project effort to build the atomic bomb. Vehicles drive towards the plant. A parking area of the plant. A car comes at the entrance gate of the plant. A guard at the gate. People leave from the exit gate of the plant. A sign of Monsanto Chemical Company. A guard enters. Clinton Laboratories of the plant. A sign reads 'Prohibited Area'. Smoke stacks in the background. Important information on a board.
An accounting department at an administration building in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, created during Manhattan Project effort to build the atomic bomb in World War 2. A man gives papers to a woman. She goes away. People work at a desk. Mr. Frank B. Elackston, the Chief Accountant, dictates to his secretary at his desk. Engineers work in a drafting room in the Engineering Section. Two men work at a drafting desk. A soldier hand prints a name on a blueprint at a desk.
A telephone switchboard operations room in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, established during Manhattan Project effort to build the atomic bomb. Women operate a switchboard. Two information workers in the foreground. Two women work at files. Female workers operate the switchboard and put plugs in a board.