Atom-smashing "Cosmotron" accelerates protons at the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, NY
Title card: "World's Mightiest Atom Smasher!" superimposed over electricity flashing on black screen / outdoor sign "Brookhaven National Laboratory" / car drives up to checkpoint / label on side of car "US Government For Official Use Only Atomic Energy Commission" / WS interior laboratory with Cosmotron and electromagnet / MS the Cosmotron / Dr. George Collins, left and lab director Dr. Leland Haworth confer before start of experiment / LS down aisle inside the lab, with large generator at left / danger sign on fence "Danger - everything inside this fence is at High Voltage" / man seated at control panel picks up telephone, talks into it / VS hands with switches, levers / CU generator begins to move / scientists at another group of control panels / VS particle injector begins to move particles into Cosmotron / part of the Cosmotron inside the lab / sign "Danger Radiation" / VS generator spins / sign "Injector particles protons 4 million volts" / injector valve with wisp of smoke emitting / Cosmotron / oscilloscope shows voltage moving / WS the Cosmotron / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
919394158
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 May, 1952
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:08:09
Location:
Upton, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr002902_03_01.mov
- Particle Accelerator,
- 1950-1959,
- Nuclear Energy,
- Laboratory,
- Motion,
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- Car,
- Composite Image,
- Control,
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- Emitting,
- Fence,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Film Composite,
- Generator,
- HD Format,
- Hand,
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- Lever,
- Long Island,
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- New York State,
- Newsreel,
- Oscilloscope,
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- Particle,
- Produced Segment,
- Proton,
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- Real Time - Footage,
- Research,
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- Security Barrier,
- Side View,
- Sign,
- Sitting,
- Smoke,
- Talking,
- Telephone,
- Turning,
- Video with Sound,
- Warning Sign,
- Wispy,