# 1950s ATOMIC RADIATION INSTRUCTIONAL FILM HENRI BECQUEREL MARIE CURIE RADIUM URANIUM 32174

Encyclopedia Britannica Films presents, “Atomic Radiation”. Produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films, in collaboration with the division of the physical sciences which includes the Institute of Nuclear Studies and the University of Chicago. Produced by Warren P. Everote. This is a 1950’s era, black and white film. The purpose of the film is to explain atomic radiation, its discovery and how it is being harnessed in the modern day and for what purposes. The film opens with two men digging at an archaeological site. Men are seen walking through a farm, :45. Atomic symbol is shown 1:00. The French chemist and physicist, Henri Becquerel 1:05. Becquerel and his assistant work together with simple, early experiments with uranium crystals, 1:25. Becquerel puts the uranium crystals in a drawer, 1:45. Henri V’s assistant develops the plates containing the crystals 1:53. The radioactive uranium gives off energy in light or darkness 2:00. Becquerel names this property of the uranium, radioactivity 2:20. Animations of Atoms and radioactive symbols are shown 2:37. Radiation animation with scientific terms is shown 3:00. Alpha Beta Gamma animation is shown 3:15. Pierre and Marie Curie, discoverers of radium are shown in their laboratory 3:50. Pierre Curie is shown conducting an experiment with radium 4:05. The experiment is discussed with alpha and beta particles and finally – the gamma rays 4:55. Gamma Ray animation 5:20. A professor stands in front of a blackboard explaining atomic…

- Kind: Educational
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/32174atomicradiation)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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