Smashing The Atom (1933)

Titles read: “Smashing the Atom. Science is relentlessly pursuing its investigations into the construction and smashing of the atom. Pressures of one to three million volts are used in experiments today.“ Germany. Various shots show experiments with electricity: electric charges are seen fizzing around a metal cylinder; a block of wood is smashed by a single discharge of electricity. A piece of limestone glows brightly after being exposed to a charge. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the en