History of Nuclear Energy

Series: Nuclear energy: key to tomorrow series

Duration: 29 min

Year Published: 1959

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Discusses the historical development of nuclear fission. Stresses the contributions of Chadwick, Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner, Otto Frisch, Niels Bohr, and Albert Einstein. Retells the story of the initiation of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reactor at Chicago, Illinois. (WQED) Film.

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)


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