The story of CP-1 [videorecording and sound recording].

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The story of CP-1 [videorecording and sound recording].

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This film was originally produced in 1967 by Argonne National Laboratory as "The Day Tomorrow Began." It documents the building of Chicago Pile 1, which produced the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction on Dec. 2, 1942 using film, photographs and interviews with Arthur Compton, General Groves, and other key participants.

1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.1 sound disc : analog, 33 13 rpm. mono. ; 12 in.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Groves, Leslie R. (Leslie Richard), 1896-1970

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Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. The son of a U.S. Army chaplain, Groves lived at various Army posts during his childhood. In 1918, he graduated fourth in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and was commissioned into the ...

Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962

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Physicist Arthur Holly Compton worked as a research engineer at Westinghouse Lamp Co. (1917-1919) and studied with Rutherford at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England (1919). He taught physics at Washington University (1920-1923) and at University of Chicago (1923-1945) and served as Chancellor of Washington University from 1945-1953. From the guide to the Arthur Holly Compton notebooks, 1919-1941, 1919-1941, (American Philosophical Society) In 1920, Arthur Holly Co...

Argonne National Laboratory.

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Argonne National Laboratory is located at Argonne, Illinois, and is operated by the U.S. Department of Energy. The Laboratory is one of the nation's leading energy research centers. It develops and assesses nuclear and alternative energy technologies and conducts a wide range of fundamental and applied research in the physical, environmental, and biomedical sciences. Research disciplines range from biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, mathematics, and computer science to advanced ener...