Atoms And Nuclear Energy (raw silent footage, 1950s)
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Silent raw footage from the 1950s, opening on a glass-encased physical atomic model with white spheres arranged to represent atomic structure. The film reflects the era's enthusiastic embrace of atomic science in American education — a time when nuclear energy was widely promoted as a clean, modern marvel — and likely introduces concepts such as protons, neutrons, electrons, fission, and the potential peaceful applications of nuclear power in language accessible to secondary school students.
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