- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of unknown scientists working with radiation measuring equipment at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1957 April 23
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1957-04-23
- Subject:
- Radiation--Measurement
Nuclear reactors--Safety measures--Research
Fort Belvoir (Va.)
Virginia
United States. Department of Defense - Location:
- United States, Virginia, Fairfax County, Fort Belvoir, 38.7119, -77.14589
- Medium:
- news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips from April 23, 1957, unknown scientists work with radiation measuring equipment at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The SM-1 (Stationary, Medium Power, First Prototype) Nuclear Plant was built there to generate electricity for commercial use, and reduce the Department of Defense's dependency on fossil fuels.
Optical sound. Supporting information was taken from the following source: Fort Belvoir website Web. 19 April 2016
Title supplied by cataloger.
Clip number: wsbn31609 - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn31609
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn31609
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn31609/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn31609, Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of unknown scientists working with radiation measuring equipment at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1957 April 23, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0708, 38:06/38:43, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Ga.
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 min.): black-and-white, silent ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
