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ATOMS FOR SPACE AND SNAP POWER FOR PROPULSION (1965). 15 minutes, color. Produced by the Aerojet-General Corporation. Queries on sale of prints should be directed to Aerojet-General Corporation. This film traces the history of power sources for propulsion from Watt's tea kettle to atomic rocket engines. The major steps are cov- ered: Goddard's 1926 rocket engine, the German V-2's, U. S. Aerobees and Vikings, the Soviet 1957 Sputnik followed by the first astronauts and then reactor power for ships. The importance of Robert Goddard's liquid rocket and Enrico Fermi's atomic pile is stressed, with par- ticular emphasis upon the inevitable fusion of these two great power sources into one massive propulsion system. Animation sequences are used to illustrate principles of rocketry, Newton's Law of Motion and operation of nuclear rocket engines. Actual development of NERVA, Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application, is shown, including its first test firing at the AEC-NASA Nuclear Rocket Development Station in Jackass Flats, Nevada. Finally, U. S. developments for deep space pay-load missions to the moon, a fly-by of Mercury, then Venus, Mars and beyond for new insights into the universe. PROJECT ROVER (1963). 2lV 2 minutes, color. Produced by the USAEC's Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. For sale by the Calvin Productions, at $58.33 per print, includ- ing shipping case, F.O.B. Kansas City. This film is a 1962 progress report on the USAEC's Project Rover, a program for the development of a nuclear rocket for spacecraft pro- pulsion. An animated explanation of the principle of the nuclear rocket is given demonstrating the advantages of the nuclear rocket system. A survey of the work at the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory follows, showing work done in the design, fabrication and testing of a Kiwi non- flying test reactor. This includes: core configuration studies in a "Honeycomb," the reactor design staff at work, the test facilities, the blending of graphite and uranium for fuel, and construction of the re- actor components by contractors. Testing of the Kiwi at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station in Nevada is shown. SNAP III OPERATIONAL TESTS (1960). 18 minutes, color. Produced for the USAEC by the Martin Company, Nuclear Di- vision. For sale by Byron Motion Pictures, at $62.37 per print, including shipping case. This semitechnical film describes operational tests (vibration, shock, acceleration, fire, explosion, land and sea impact, effects of salt wa- ter, aerodynamic heating, etc.) on the 4-lb SNAP HI isotopic-power unit, which uses 210 Po to generate more than 3 watts as a source of auxiliary power for space vehicles. Conclusion: SNAP HI will operate effectively on launch and in orbit.