NFB Collection
Canada's Atom Goes to Work
195211 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Roger Blais
Production: Guy GloverNicholas Balla
Script: William StephensonRoger Blais
Canada, rich in uranium, is harnessing atomic science for peacetime living. This film provides a progress report on nuclear research conducted at the atomic energy plant at Chalk River, Ontario, and shows some of the constructive applications of atomic energy carried out in hospitals (including Canada's celebrated "cobalt bomb"), in agricultural experimental stations and in industry. Interior views of the Chalk River plant afford a look at NRX, the atomic pile itself. A brief survey is made of atomic research in Canadian universities.
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Subject categories
- Technology > Nuclear Energy and RadiationResearch
Credits
- director
- Roger Blais
- producer
- Guy Glover
- executive producer
- Nicholas Balla
- script
- William Stephenson
- Roger Blais
- photography
- Robert Humble
- sound
- Clarke Daprato
- editing
- Fergus McDonell
- music
- Eldon Rathburn
Awards
- Bronze TrophyInternational Exhibition of Cinema and Photographic Technique