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28 PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES (PLOWSHARE) available for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field libraries. Cleared for television. This technical film outlines the progress made in developing scientific and industrial applications for nuclear explosives. Studies of 42 nu- clear explosions in a variety of media and at varying depths of burial have led to 2 general modes of application which are analyzed in some detail in the film. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVES (1958). 11 minutes, color. Produced by the USAEC's Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at the University of California. For sale by Byron Motion Pictures, at $34.54 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. Washington, D. C. Available on loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field libraries. Cleared for television. This semitechnical film presents potential industrial applications of nuclear explosives that require amounts of packaged energy heretofore unavailable and suggests that nuclear explosives can be used as safely as chemical explosives, and with greater effect and at less cost. Appli- cations illustrated include harbor development, economical recovery of low-grade ore bodies, release of petroleum from oil shale, under- ground production of steam for generation of power, and development of large underground reservoirs in arid areas. PLOWSHARE (1965). 28 minutes, color. Produced by USAEC's San Francisco Operations Office. For sale by W. A. Palmer Films, at $167.46 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. San Francisco. Available for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field libraries. Cleared for television. By using motion pictures and animation to describe the Commission's program for the safe use of nuclear explosives for civilian applica- tions, this film introduces the Plowshare Program, presents the status of its development, and illustrates its ultimate research and develop- ment. The film explains the various potential uses of this enormous force of energy to perform tasks for the benefit of mankind, and explores the scope and range of the possible applications of nuclear explosives for mining and petroleum applications, for performing massive earth-moving and excavation projects, and, for utilization in scientific investigations. Safety problems are briefly discussed. The main theme of the film is that the United States, through its Plowshare Program, is offering all nations the potential of harnessing the energy of nuclear explosions for accomplishing peaceful tasks that would otherwise be impossible or impractical. PROJECT DUGOUT (1964). 8% minutes, color.