A Soviet woman addressing a pre-election gathering in Molotov District, Moscow, Russia. She speaks to a crowded meeting hall, composed primarily of women, but also some men. Views of audience and Soviet officials gathered.
A scientific documentary film titled 'Atoms For Peace' about peaceful uses of atomic energy in Russia. Aerial view of the Moscow Kremlin. Exteriors of Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant in Obninsk Russia, the world's first nuclear power plant, built in 1954. It is also known as APS-1 Obninsk (Atomic Power Station 1 Obninsk). Interiors of the plant and some of the apparatus. Electrical towers on a field.
A scientific documentary film about the peaceful use of atomic energy in Russia. Scientists work on a nuclear reactor. They insert rods inside the reactor. A scientist removes the protective lid of the reactor. Animation depicts : a lattice of rods in the rector. Aluminum coated rods of metallic uranium in the reactor. A nucleus of Uranium consists of protons and neutrons. Neutron bombardment splits the nucleus releasing nuclear energy and neutrons. Initiation of a chain reaction. The rods inserted absorb the extra neutrons. A cross sectional view of the reactor shows a concrete wall around the reactor. Water to reduce the speed of the neutron and to carry heat. Turbo generators used to convert heat to electricity.
A scientific documentary film about the peaceful use of atomic energy in Russia. Turbo generators are used to convert heat to electricity. An atomic reactor for bombardment of materials. A rod of the material to be bombarded is inserted inside the reactor. A crane lowers the lid of the reactor. Technicians leave a room. They work on the control panel. Animation depict neutrons being bombarded on the rods. Rays emitted after the bombardment. Alpha particles are stopped by a piece of paper. Electrons are stopped by a slab of glass. Gamma particles are emitted by a thick concrete slab. The rod is removed after bombardment. An operator removes the rod. The rod is placed in a man hold.
A scientific documentary film about the use radioactive isotopes in field of medicine in Russia. Animation depicts collision of radioactive isotopes with materials. Doctors check a man for tumor. A machine containing a radioactive isotope is placed on the tumor. The radiations destroy the tumor. A doctor monitors the process from another chamber. Another patient in a revolving chair is subjected to radioactive radiations.
A welcome for Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Moscow, Russia after his successful first voyage into space by a human, orbiting the earth in his Vostok spacecraft. Yuri Gagarin arrives at an airfield in Moscow. Premier of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev greets Gagarin. A large crowd holds pictures and banners. Gagarin reports to Premier Khrushchev. The Premier greets and congratulates Gagarin . Then Gagarin greets his wife. Gagarin and the Premier move through the streets in a motorcade as people of Moscow, Russia, line the streets to cheer his achievement. A helicopter showers flowers on the motorcade, celebrating the Russian achievement during "space race" between the Soviet Union and the United States.
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