Starts with announcement in English, French and Italian that there will be beam in 10 minutes, then shots of scopes showing beam. Then see tunnel, with a beautiful magnets and cables tracking shot. History of desire to understand the composition of matter. Wonderful shot of Niels Bohr meticulously, slowly writing a formula at the blackboard. Images of Louis de Broglie, John Cockcroft, the Occalinis, Heisenberg at the blackboard. Need for international cooperation. 1952 birth of CERN. SC. Safety measures to protect against radiation. Group working of disintegration of Pi-meson. Animation of how a synchrotron and a bubble chamber work. Aerial view of PS. In the tunnel. Placement of last magnet in PS. Precision of placement of magnets. A team of physicists in suits and ties, come to inspect the magnets a few days before first trials. (Adams) Beautiful tracking shot of cables. Physicists at blackboard. Physicists working on a plasma accelerator. In commentary, relationship between theory and experiment. Making the PS work for the first time. Third cable tracking shot. Man scanning bubble chamber images, leading to image of stars.

Genre
Documentary

Credits
Production Country: France
Film Production Company: Telecinex
Commissioning Institution: CERN
Director: Georges Pessis
Producer: Unknown
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Georges Pessis / J.P. Boyer / M. Solal
Film Editing: Unknown
Music: Unknown

Technical Information
Original Film Format: 35 mm
Duration: 25 minutes
Colour: Colour

Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy, Scientific Progress, European Research, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

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Video

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

The film was digitised from the copy located at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Digital reproductions of the film is available online at: CERN Mediathèque (2019)

Other version of the film in other language which is not part of this collection is: Étoiles nucléaires (French version)