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38 PEACEFUL USES (SUMMARY FILMS) at $53.52 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. San Fran- cisco. Also available for free loan from the Graphic Arts De- partment, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, P. O. Box 808, Liver- more. This semitechnical film reports on Project Dugout, a chemical high explosive experiment conducted June 24, 1964, at the Nevada Test Site in the Commission's Plowshare program. The experiment involved the simultaneous detonation of five 20-ton charges of nitromethane em- placed underground in a row. The principal purpose of the experiment was to advance fundamental knowledge of nuclear excavation technol- ogy and row cratering effects in a hard rock medium. The film de- scribes the purpose and objectives of the experiment, previous work with single-charge underground explosions, preparations for the deto- nation, the detonation and resulting row crater. The moment of deto- nation is shown in regular and slow motion and from several vantage points. PROJECT SHOAL (1964). 17V 2 minutes, color. Produced by USAEC's Nevada Operations Office for the USAEC and the Department of Defense. For sale by Consolidated Film Industries, at $52.90 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. Hollywood. This film, suitable for high school through college-level audiences, describes the preparation for, and firing of, an underground nuclear detonation, one of a planned series of experiments in a Department of Defense research program conducted with USAEC participation. The purpose of the experiments is to improve means of detecting, locating, and identifying underground nuclear explosions. The Project Shoal detonation on October 26, 1963, with an explosive force equal to about 12,000 tons of TNT, was intentionally located in an area subject to natural earthquakes, 28 miles from Fallen, Nevada, to gain informa- tion to help distinguish between earthquakes and underground tests. Technical direction for Shoal was by the Sandia Laboratory under the overall management of the USAEC's Nevada Operations Office. The film describes: selection of the site, pre-shot preparations — including a comprehensive program to ensure public safety and to inform the citizens of Fallen of the proposed shot—various citizens' and city officials' reactions to the test, the seismic station program, instru- mentation, and the detonation and some of its valuable results. SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT (1957). 20 minutes, color. Produced by the U. S. Information Agency. Available for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field libraries. This nontechnical film, for all audience levels, describes the use of atomic energy for electrical power production; the use of radiation in plant breeding experiments; the study of food preservation by irradia-