A 1946 re-enactment showing Dr. Albert Einstein's letter to U.S. President being typed on August 2, 1939, in Long Island, New York. A typist types Einstein's letter concerning atomic bomb to U.S. President Roosevelt. The letter references recent work by doctors Fermi and Szilard on producing a nuclear chain reaction, and its possible use as a weapon in an atomic bomb. He urges that the administration be watchful and ready for quick action on the subject.
A session of Uranium Committee at Bureau of Standards, Washington DC. The exteriors of Bureau of Standards. People leave and enter the building. A car leaving the gates of Bureau of Standards. Interiors of the building showing Uranium Committee in session at Bureau of Standards. Dr. B.F. Scribner and Dr. J.I. Hoffman seated. Sitting at the end of the table are Dr. B.H. Abeison. Dr. Layman James Briggs, Dr. Sasse W. Beams, Dr. Tuve, Dr. L.F. Curtiss, and Dr. Edward Wichers. Dr. Briggs rises and walks towards the blackboard. Briggs at blackboard.
Rescue of Australian prisoners from Japanese prison ship sunk by U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. American crew helps Australian survivors down sub hatch of U.S. submarine. Deck of submarine underway. The interiors of submarine showing the survivors.
Rescue of Australian prisoners from Japanese prison ship sunk by U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. American crew and Australian survivors on the deck of a submarine underway. Men issue ice-cream on deck. Men aboard landing crafts alongside ship. Landing crafts loaded with men move away.
Rescue of Australian prisoners from Japanese prison ship sunk by U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Australian survivors on raft. Survivors come aboard U.S. submarine from raft alongside. A boat alongside a U.S. ship underway. The boat moves away from the ship. Survivors helped aboard submarine. American crew members give first aid to survivors. Submarine crew members look through binoculars. The crewmen give first aid to survivors.
Rescue of Australian prisoners from Japanese prison ship sunk by U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A crewman looks through binoculars aboard a submarine. Officers on the deck of submarine. Australian survivors helped aboard submarine from piece of wreckage alongside. The interiors of submarine showing survivors lying and talking.
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