- Title: F-5908
- Summary: THE GREATEST GIFT IN THE WORLD: TRUMAN TALKS ABOUT U.N. CONTROL OF NUCLEAR POWER. ATOMIC ENERGY. FEEDING THE HUNGRY.
- Description:00:25:03 - SHOTS OF THE SUN, NATURE, SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS. MOUNTAIN RIVER. HERD OF SHEEP. BORDER COLLIE SHEEP DOG. LIGHTNING. 00:25:33 - POWER PLANT. URANIUM. CU DANGER RADIATION SIGN ATOMIC ENERGY 00:25:55 - CU ALBERT EINSTEIN. 00:26:03 - CU GLOVED HAND PICKS UP GLASS BOTTLE "DANGER RADIOACTIVE" SCIENTISTS. RADIATION SUIT HAND 00:26:07 - IN GREENHOUSE. EXPERIMENTING. CUTTING PIECE OF PLANT 00:26:14 - ARAB LANDS. DESERT. DESERT DWELLERS POSE FOR PHOTO 00:26:27 - CU ORIENTAL CHILD EATS FROM BOWL. DESERT LIFESTYLE. 00:27:37 - HURRICANE FOOTAGE. PALM TREES BEND. FLOODS. STORM CLOUDS. RAGING RIVER 00:28:13 - UNITED NATIONS. SAN FRANCISCO. 1946. TRUMAN MAKES SPEECH ABOUT VICTORY. "THE TIME FOR ACTION IS HERE NOW". TURNS OVER CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY TO THE UN. 00:29:18 - UNITED NATIONS SESSION 00:29:41 - BERNARD BARUCH MAKES SPEECH. UNITED NATIONS 00:30:45 - TRUMAN POSES WITH ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION. 00:30:52 - CU DAVID LILIENTHAL SPEAKING TO CAMERA ON ATOMIC ENERGY 00:31:11 - POOR PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. 00:31:16 - WATERFALLS & RIVER 00:31:24 - CU LOGO ATOMS FOR PEACE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 00:31:25 - CU MONTAGE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD 00:31:34 - MODELS FOR ATOMIC ENERGY PLANTS. HIGH-TECH FUTURISTIC MACHINES AND FACTORIES. MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION. PEOPLE GETTING X-RAYS TAKEN. 00:32:39 - EXTERIOR UNITED NATIONS BUILDING, LAKE SUCCESS. 00:32:44 - LIGHTNING STORM INTERCUT WITH STILLS 00:33:13 - UN MEETING, 1940s 00:33:20 - PEOPLE FROM THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. POOR FARMER HAND PULLING HEAVY LOAD. BARE FEET & WORN OUT SHOES OF PEOPLE WALKING. CU PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, ESKIMO. AFRICANS, INDIANS. CITY IN INDIA. 00:33:41 - WORKERS WITH SHOVELS. DIGGING ON MULTI-LEVEL STEPS. OXEN PLOW FIELDS. WORKERS KNEELING SIFTING RICE 00:33:59 - ASIAN CHILDREN RAISE THEIR HANDS UP. 00:34:02 - CU OLD PEOPLE HUDDLED WOMAN BLOWS ON HER HANDS FOR WARMTH 00:34:03 - MOTHER WALKING THROUGH SNOW WITH CHILDREN HUDDLED UNDER BLANKET. CU MAN WARMING BARE FEET OF CHILD OVER OUTDOOR FIRE ON WINTER. SNOW ON GROUND. CU FREEZING CHILD. HEARTBREAKING 00:34:17 - HIGH ANGLE OF WHITE HOUSE. 00:34:20 - PRESIDENT TRUMAN MAKES SPEECH ABOUT HOW THE SOVIETS WON'T HELP. 00:35:00 - STONE LION STATUES. MONTAGE RUSSIAN STATUES. 00:35:21 - PAN RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS 00:35:36 - FOOTAGE OF ROYALTY. CZARS. LENIN. TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY RUSSIA. MONTAGE RUSSIAN PEOPLES. 00:36:26 - NAZI PLANES DROPPING BOMBS. EXPLOSIONS. 00:36:44 - RUINS OF WAR MACHINES. 00:36:53 - HOMELESS PEOPLES IN THE SNOW. REFUGEES. 00:37:21 - STALIN. RUSSIAN TROOPS MARCH. GUNS FORWARD. PASS ALLIED FLAGS 00:37:38 - HIGH PAN LONDON. 00:37:49 - CHURCHILL MAKES A SPEECH. TALKS ABOUT THE ATOMIC BOMBS THAT THE SOVIETS HAVE. 00:38:12 - CAPITOL DOME. 00:38:17 - DR. LEO SZILARD, NUCLEAR PHYSICIST SPEAKS BEGINNING OF THE COLD WAR. CREATE ELECTRICITY FROM ATOMIC ENERGY. 00:40:04 - AIRPLANE TAXIS. SEPTEMBER 1949. AIR FORCE BOMBER FLYING. PLANE LANDS. 00:40:37 - CU NEGATIVE. WITH SPOTS OF RADIOACTIVITY. 00:40:46 - MUSHROOM CLOUD. ATOMIC DUST. 00:40:56 - MEETING, WHAT TO DO NOW THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE NUCLEAR POWER. 00:41:56 - COUNCIL MEETING 00:42:09 - OAK RIDGE, TENN. BARBED WIRE FENCE. 00:42:27 - MAJOR GENERAL LESLIE GROVES, OF THE MANHATTAN PROJECT MAKES SPEECH. 00:42:57 - ROBERT OPPENHEIMER WRITING EQUATIONS ON THE BLACKBOARD. SMOKES PIPE. 00:43:14 - EDWARD TELLER TESTIFYING IN HEARING 00:43:35 - MOSCOW. TANKS IN RED SQUARE. MILITARY PARADE. 00:43:55 - ENGLISH ATOMIC RESEARCH KLAUS FUCHS. TRAITOR. SPY. NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT SPY. 00:44:57 - RUSSIAN POWER PLANT. MECHANICAL ARMS POWERED BY MAN DO EXPERIMENTS WITH HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. MATER-SLAVE MANIPULATOR 00:46:29 - OCTOBER 1952, AERIAL OF TROPICAL ISLAND. 00:47:02 - RADAR DISH TURNS. 00:47:08 - MEN PLANT EXPLOSIVES. FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB TESTED. MEN LEAVE ISLAND ON SHIP. PUTTING ON RADIOACTIVE GOGGLES. COUNTDOWN TO EXPLOSION. MUSHROOM CLOUD 00:48:12 - NEWSPAPER HEADLINES ABOUT HOW BOMB CAN WIPE OUT A CITY. 00:48:18 - FARM FAMILY WALKING AROUND PROPERTY, FARMER PICKS UP HANDFUL OF DIRT. SIFTING DIRT IN HANDS. IRRIGATION SYSTEM. FARMERS WORKING THE LAND 00:49:38 - LOW ANGLE, UN BUILDING.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1900
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: F-5908