Atomic explosion; consequences of an atomic explosion.
International Exhibition in Geneva dedicated to the peaceful use of atomic energy - flags of the participating countries; exhibition stands.
Physicists B. H. D. Baba (India), N. A. Dollezhal (USSR) and others examine the exhibition.
Chronicle: Indians light a fire; ritual dances around the fire.
Streets of the city at night; glowing advertisements on buildings.
USSR - The first nuclear power plant in the city of Obninsk.
Control panel; specialists at work; devices.
Nuclear submarine - captain at the periscope; crew members on watch.
Launch of a missile from a submarine.
Treatment of a patient with X-rays.
Work in a quarry; construction.
Nuclear reactor.
Military aircraft at the airfield.
Proving ground; testing of an atomic bomb.
1965
Photographs of Marie Sklodowska-Curie; diary pages.
Table of chemical elements.
Book pages.
Experiments.
Photographs of Pierre and Marie Curie.
Equipment; a specialist at work.
X-ray photograph.
Experiments. D. Mendeleev's book "Fundamentals of Chemistry".
Chemical elements.
Engraving by D. Mendeleev.
A potter at work.
Newsreel from 1934: The city of Leningrad.
The meeting hall of the First International Conference of Physicists; present: A. F. Ioffe, J. B. Perrin (France); F. Joliot-Curie is giving a report.
Speeches by H. Johnson, I. Ehrenburg on the responsibility of scientists for the preservation of peace.
Demonstration, protest rallies in England and Japan against atomic tests.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Madonna Litta".
A Japanese girl affected by an atomic explosion.
Streets of a Japanese city - people passing by; traffic.
Sky, clouds.
1965
Photos and film footage of physicists: A. Becquerel, Pierre and Marie Curie, A. Einstein, E. Rutherford, N. Bohr, E. Fermi, B. Pontecorvo, I. Kurchatov, G. Flerov, D. Skobeltsyn, I. Tamm, V. Veksler, D. Blokhintsev, N. Bogomolov, V. Dzhelepov and others who worked in the field of nuclear physics.
Newsreel from the 1930s: B. Mussolini at a parade. A. Hitler passes by with a group of soldiers. A. Hitler stands.
The Nazis make arrests, search, throw books into a fire.
The scientist A. Einstein in his study - he approaches a bookcase, takes a smoking pipe out of his pocket, stands by the fireplace.
Nazis throw books into the fire.
Kurchatov I.V. Einstein A. Mussolini B. Hitler A.
1965 1930s
Newsreel 1930-1945: Passenger liner docks. A. Einstein on the ship's deck. A. Hitler speaking.
Weapons production at military factories - different shots.
New York - view of the city from the ocean.
Brooklyn Bridge. A. Einstein on the terrace of a country house.
Text of A. Einstein's letter to US President F. D. Roosevelt about the need to create an atomic bomb to counterbalance the achievements of German physicists.
The White House in Washington.
US President F. Roosevelt signs a document in his office.
Sentry on the tower.
Territory of an American military base.
Physicists conducting experiments. I. Kurchatov, P. Kapitsa and other physicists in laboratories - different shots.
Physicist R. Oppenheimer, heading the work on creating an atomic bomb in the USA. Testing of the first atomic bomb in America. I. V. Stalin, G. Truman, K. R. Attlee at the Potsdam Conference (1945).
Reportage plans of Japanese cities.
Cartoon - Map of Japan.
Stalin I.V. Truman G. Kurchatov I. Kapitsa P. Einstein A. Hitler A.
1965 1930-1945
1945: American military airfield; a plane with atomic bombs on board takes off.
The plane in the air.
Japanese children.
The pilot's face; a bomb falls.
Soviet physicists at work.
Photo by I.V. Kurchatov.
Newsreel from the 1950s: I.Kurchatov speaks from the podium of a congress.
Novo-Voronezh Nuclear Power Plant - territory; control panel; nuclear reactor.
Scientists at work; testing.
Sea surf.
Pages of American newspapers.
US President H.Truman speaks.
Photo by R.Oppenheimer.
Panorama of Japanese civilians' faces.
Consequences of an atomic explosion.
Kurchatov I.V. Truman G.
1965 1945 1950s
Photo by R. Oppenheimer.
Military parade in the USA. Articles in American newspapers.
Photo by E. Teller.
Interview with N. Bohr.
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna.
Scientist N. Bohr talks with Soviet physicists working at the joint institute.
Experimental thermonuclear installations at the institute: "Tokomak", "Orekh", "Ogra".
1965