# A IS FOR ATOM CIVIL DEFENSE ATOMIC ENERGY & ATOMIC POWER 56934

Made by veteran animated John Sutherland for the General Electric Company, A IS FOR ATOM presents fundamentals of atomic structure, and looks at the potential peaceful uses of the atom. It dates to 1953. The short explains what an atom is, how nuclear energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of nuclear power, and the by-products of nuclear fission. It is Sutherland's most-decorated film, having won numerous honors at film festivals. In 1964, A is for Atom was re-released by General Electric and John Sutherland Studios slightly modernized the film. Film summary: Atoms are the building blocks of everything. In an atom, the nucleus is the center ( 1:52 ) with electrons orbiting around it ( 2:05 ). The force holding an atom together is electrical ( 2:19 ). The negatively charged electrons are attracted by the positively charged protons. Particles in the nucleus without a charge are called neutrons ( 2:28 ). There’s also a binding force holding it all together. Not all atoms are alike due to the more than 90 basic elements in a periodic chart of the atom ( 2:58 ). Elements are defined by the number of protons in their nucleus ( 3:16 - 3:36 ). For example, hydrogen only has one proton, oxygen has 8, gold has 79, and uranium has 92. Within each element, atoms can have the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons. Added together, these are its atomic weight ( 3:47 - 4:04 ). These different members of the same element or atom family are…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/56934CivilDefenseAtomicPower)
- 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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