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ATOMIC ENERGY PRINCIPLES SNAPSHOT (1965). 29 minutes, color. Produced for the USAEC by Atomics International. For sale by General Film Laboratories, at $95.00 per print, including ship- ping case, F.O.B. Hollywood. This film with an introduction by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission—useful for both popular-level and technical audiences — describes the scheduled flight test in space of the 500-watt SNAP-10A nuclear space power system. SNAP-lOAwill be mated to the forward end of an Atlas-Agena booster system and launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Primary ob- jective of the SNAPSHOT flight, a cooperative effort of the Atomic Energy Commission and the United States Air Force, is to obtain technical information and demonstrate the utility of nuclear reactor power systems for application in America's space programs. Atomics International is the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission's prime contrac- tor for SNAP-10A development. Orbital startup and operation in space of the reactor and the thermoelectric power converter is explained by animation. Highlighted in this film is the extensive development and testing program which has resulted in the flight-ready SNAP-10A power system. A series of qualification system tests, including a full- scale nuclear system ground test in a simulated space environment, is reviewed and summarized. This series of tests duplicated the environ- ments the flight system will endure through factory assembly, shipping, launch, and orbit operation. The film explains the need for SNAP re- actor power systems in current and future space projects. ATOMIC ENERGY PRINCIPLES A IS FOR ATOM (Revised version, 1964). 15 minutes, color. Produced by, and for sale by, the General Electric Company, at about $120.00 per print, including shipping case. NOT cleared for television. This nontechnical, fully animated film, for elementary through high school-level audiences, explains the structure of the atom using an analogy to the solar system, discusses natural elements and artificially produced elements showing how they are identified by number, de- scribes stable and unstable atoms, and tells of the discovery of nuclear fission. It explains how a chain reaction is produced, describes the principles of a nuclear reactor and its application for electrical power and propulsion, and reviews some of the many benefits of atomic ra- diation in industry, biology, medicine, and agriculture. ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA (Understanding the Atom Series) .... See page 58