# " URANIUM PROSPECTING " 1950s NUCLEAR INDUSTRY PROMO FILM GEIGER COUNTER ATOMIC ENERGY 66054

Uranium Prospecting is a documentary promoting the everyday fortunes that may be made hunting for the rare element uranium-235. The film shows the methods of amateurs, hobbyists, and vacationing families who manage to supplement their income and explore the great outdoors at the same time. The opening titles of the film have a distinct Mid-Century look with glowing animated letters that zoom in over a globe. Following dramatic music the viewer is introduced to uranium as unrefined particulate. Shots follow which show tools for detecting radioactivity including a scintillator (0:44), and skirt the outside of a nuclear power plant (0:58). A scale holding two ounces of uranium-235 is compared to a speeding train carrying 800 carloads of coal. With the narrator’s pronouncement that “luck favors the amateur,” a scene opens of a family hunting for uranium together (1:45). An outdoorsman loads the trunk of his car with prospecting equipment, giving friendly looks to his female partner. Pamphlets from the Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. Geological Survey are shown (2:23), along with a tagged sample to be sent in for assay. Compensation for ore and claims and transport are discussed, trucks hauling ore are shown (3:05). A woman hugs her dog in joy while her husband shakes hands over a deal (3:29). An older man in a hunting jacket kneels down to hoist a rock in consideration and then stands by his mailbox, happy at the delivery of a scintillator. Shots of the man unwrapping the…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFIlm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/66054-uranium-prospecting-vwr)
- 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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