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9 Episodes 1957 - 1958
Episode 1
Sun, Oct 6, 1957
Episode 2
Sun, Oct 27, 1957
Episode 3
Sun, Nov 24, 1957
Episode 4
Mon, Dec 30, 1957
Episode 5
Sun, Feb 2, 195860 mins
Episode 6
Sun, Mar 2, 1958
Episode 7
Sun, Mar 30, 1958
Should atomic tests be stopped because of the dangers of radioactive fallout? Today's hour-long film, narrated by Edward R. Murrow, comes to grips with this controversial question. Scientists are interviewed, including geneticist Hermann Muller; Willard Libby of the Atomic Energy Commission; Kenjiro Kimura, Japanese physicist; Merril Eisenbud, chief of the AEC health program; J. Laurence Kulp, chemist. Scenes are shown of a plane flying through a mushroom cloud; the underground detonation of an A-bomb; the Lucky Dragon, Japanese fishing craft whose crew became victims of fallout; microscopic films of human ceils affected by radiation; experiments with animals and human volunteers; analysis of the strontium 90 content of a human bone; the measurement of fallout; and beneficial uses of radioactive isotopes.
Episode 8
Fri, May 23, 1958
Episode 9
Mon, Jul 7, 1958