The Alchemist's Dream: Argonne National Laboratory's Hot Lab (1965)

[@jasonmoore1333]

I truly enjoy every one of the videos you post.. and thank you for having these gems digitized so we can all enjoy them.. Thank you !!

[@cpm1003]

Interestingly, there is some evidence that leads me to believe this was originally recorded on video. At 3:16 there is an image orthicon flare, and at 11:28 the dark stripe on the CCTV screen moves up as the camera pans down. I think this is the case for the plutonium video too. Thanks for both of these fascinating videos!

[@Kalumbatsch]

On "video"?

[@andreastomiak3428]

On video tape - AMPEX. Very typical pictures. 2 inch tape recording.

[@MrGoosePit]

Great video. Thank you for all your time and effort!

[@normkirk65]

These are awesome videos ! Thank you !

[@leechowning2712]

That is a beautiful door. Considering the accidents at commercial radioactive systems (commercial irradiation units and such) are most often a human bypassing security doors, that is a beautiful way to ensure the safety of the workers.

[@gustavgnoettgen]

The way how they stepped on the still lowering door... kinda badass.

[@Nudnik1]

I retired from AEC/DOE . I miss working there.

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

A movie made that lets you feel the sense of great progress and a glorious future is ahead. Today, we're in free fall and the future resembles a global favela.

[@RaymondSwanson-u9y]

As you know, there are 90, ahh, 96, ahhh, 118 chemical elements in nature...

[@paulgaskins7713]

3:13 😂😅I bet that is not what it’s called nowadays

[@BlackPill-pu4vi]

Oy veh! Can't say those words!

[@Diamonddavej]

“At twilight on the sixth day of Creation, so say the Hebrew commentators to the Old Testament, God made for man a number of tools that give him also the gift of creation. If the commentators were alive today, they would write God made the neutron.” - Jacob Bronowski