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36 PEACEFUL USES (SUMMARY FILMS) ATOMS FOR PEACE (1955). 17 minutes, black and white. Produced by the U. S. Information Agency and the USAEC. Not for sale. This nontechnical film, for all audience levels, ties together film foot- age from various sources to cover the entire range of peaceful appli- cations of atomic energy in industry, biology, medicine, and agricul- ture. It outlines the potential of nuclear power. A DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT (1955). 40 minutes, color. Produced by Westinghouse Electric Corp. For sale by Roland Reed Productions, at $211.46 per print, including shipping case. NOT cleared for television. In this nontechnical film, for all audience levels, Fred McMurray, playing a nuclear scientist, explains to his teen-age son, concerned over the destructive uses of the atom, the various peaceful applications of atomic energy. It also contains a section describing the develop- ment of nuclear power for submarine propulsion. FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE (Challenge Series) See page 50 MAN AND RADIATION (1963). 28V 2 minutes, color. Produced for the USAEC by the Army Pictorial Center under the supervision of the USAEC's Division of Isotopes Develop- ment. For sale by Calvin Productions, at $77.99 per print, in- cluding shipping case, F.O.B. Kansas City, Missouri. This popular-level film, suitable for audiences from junior high school through college, discusses many aspects of radiation and offers a sur- vey of their widespread beneficial applications in medicine, industry, agriculture, power, and research. A historical survey of the discovery of radiation is followed by an animated explanation of different types of radiation, including alpha, beta, and gamma. A brief explanation of radioisotopes and how they are produced is given, followed by scenes depicting some of their uses, including the use of Calcium-47 to diag- nose bone cancer. The detection and study of radiation by sensitive instruments is explained. The study of radiation in the laboratory is demonstrated with work in photosynthesis using radiochromatography. Several important industrial uses of radiation are shown. The use of irradiation for prolonged food preservation, particularly of such highly perishable food as fresh fish, is demonstrated. The production of a new material, a wood-plastic alloy, is also shown as one example of cur- rent research in the beneficial uses of radiation. MAN AND THE ATOM (1965). 59 minutes, color. Produced by National Educational Television, Inc. with the tech- nical assistance of the USAEC. For sale by DuArt Film Labor a-