Lightning - Chained! (1933)

Introductory intertitle reads: “First, man made a million volt ’bolt’ - then came the two-million spark - and now the masterpiece in that search to break the atom, 10,000,000 volts!“ Interior of a laboratory where they are creating “man-made lightning“. Men are dwarfed by the machines which create the lightning. Weird light shapes are seen against a black background. Story seems incomplete. 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 end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website