Wonderful collection of classic energy production and industry films with amazing footage of some of the worlds first and largest coal and nuclear power plants. Great opportunity to see old turbines and power transformers and how old power plants used to operate. Topics Include:US Energy & Electric Power History, American Nuclear Power Plants, US Coal Fired Power Plants, Energy Production, First Power Plants
Included Films:
Atomic Power At Shippingport
Atomic Power At Shippingport
Produced: 1958
Length: 28 Minutes
Atomic Power at Shippingport is a fascinating short documentary about the worlds first large scale nuclear power facility dedicated to peaceful applications. Not only is the film an example of peacetime nuclear power, but a detailed look at the technological and scientific details of nuclear reactors. A walk through documentation of actual 1950s large scale power plant equipment is interspersed amongst scientists hard at work. This well assembled collection amounts to a fantastic piece of scientific and technological history. Atomic Power at Shippingport is a wonderful historic educational resource and just plain interesting.
First Private Atom Power Plant Opens
First Private Atom Power Plant Opens
Produced: 1957
Length: 1 Minutes
First private atom power plant opens at The Vallecitos Atomic Electric Power Plant opens, marking the first private owned nuclear power reactor.
Power To Serve
Power To Serve
Produced: 1957
Length: 21 Minutes
Explore Northeast Ohio in this vintage film. Coined ‘the best location in the nation,’ this bustling city can’t run without its electricity. The factories surrounding this section of Ohio give off enough power so that people can live in luxury. The Power to Serve informs its viewers step by step how the energy from the power plants gets to transmission lines, which gets to homes that need it. When a storm hinders the incoming electricity to houses, the Illuminating Company goes into action, with the mission to get the neighborhood’s lights back on and running! This is a great informational video explaining the unlimited resources technology had to offer in the 1950s.
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My Dad’s Company
Produced: 1946
Length: 21 Minutes
My Dad’s Company explains the electrical process in utmost detail. A tremendous amount of facts and figures can be appreciated as the main character explains such a dense subject. While preparing for an oration contest, the boy flatters his dad’s company by plunging into the depths of how electricity is all around us. Not only that, but how people take electricity’s efficiency for granted. Complete with the ‘perfect’ 1940s father-son relationship, My Dad’s Company informs and teaches a thing or two about what sons can learn from their family members.
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
Produced: 1955
Length: 27 Minutes
It begins as a man’s land is wanted by atomic scientists for new testing sites. His precious land—acres and acres of pristine countryside—would be transformed into an atomic experimental ground. Atomic Energy As a Force for Good explores an important aspect of the scientific world—when does it go too far? This story is about a man fighting for what is right, and fighting for his granddaughter who is dying of a brain tumor. Even though it is seen as the most destructive force in the world, it also introduces hope in the ways of medical anomalies through atomic science. Wonderfully dynamic and informational, this film will be sure to get a conversation started!
Newsreel - News Magazine of the Screen, The (ca. 1951)
Newsreel – News Magazine of the Screen, The (ca. 1951)
Produced: 1951
Length: 1 Minutes
The first time cameras go inside Canadas Chalk River Atomic Plant.
