Tsingtao (Qingdao) Shantung Province, China. Camera pans over a hilltop with foliage and several buildings, near the U.S. Navy Air Base at Tsingtao (Qingdao) Shantung Province, China. It focuses on several sailors standing near a completely destroyed Navy R5D (Douglas DC-4) aircraft. The outer wings are missing and its four engines have been removed. While panning the wreckage, the camera picks up part of a tail number reading:" 80395." To the right, another aircraft fuselage is seen. Strips of aluminum are missing from it. It also appears to be a Navy R5D. A view of the cockpit shows the two control yokes missing from their pedestals. (Apparently salvageable parts have been removed from these crashed aircraft by Navy personnel.)
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.
First pictures of uranium used by scientists to develop atomic bomb. Workers and officials at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, engaged in process of creating plutonium from uranium for atomic weapons. Male and female technicians handling radioactive material without getting close to it, using a pantograph. A microampere meter held in a palm is shown. Women observing through a microscope. Officials of the lab Colonel Arthur H. Frye, Dr. J.H.Zinn, and D. Norman Hilberry are seen holding a brick of super heavy uranium, and having some discussion.
Technicians and equipment at the National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, engaged in creation of plutonium from uranium, for atomic bomb, nuclear weapons and nuclear power. Technicians work with a portable electrometer measuring small amount of radiation. Scientist observes meter readings at a control panel.
Various processes at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for creation of plutonium from uranium, for atomic bomb, nuclear weapons and nuclear power. Chemist scaling glass tube containing some gases with a blow torch. The thick-walled equipment to prevent any radiation are shown. Women in uniform checking the effects of heat and radiation on a uranium piece with an Geiger Counter. Clothing of worker uniforms is scanned for radiation levels.
Members of the Cease Fire delegation arrive in Beijing (also known as Peking or Peiping), China. They seek to negotiate a peace between the Chinese Nationalist government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Communist insurgents led by Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). Delegates descending from an airplane include Walter C. Robertson (in charge of Chungking affairs for the US), General Ye Jianying (Yeh Chien-Ying) of the Chinese Communist Army, and General Cheng Kai-Ming of the Nationalist Forces. Delegates pose for a photograph.
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