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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Atomic Flame |
| Production Date | 1970 |
| Country of Production | USSR |
| Duration | 01:03:10 |
| Production Company | Central Documentary Film Studios, Moscow |
| Film Subject Era | 1939-1945; 1946-1953 |
| Genre | Documentary; Biography |
| Summary | A biography of the nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov, the director of the Soviet atomic bomb project. [WARNING: distressing images of dead bodies, injuries and disfigurements.] |
| Original Title | Атомное пламя |
| Subjects | Nuclear weapons; Nuclear war; Family; Death; Second World War (1939-1945); Work and employment; Workers; Education; Higher education; Physics; Science; Fascism; Anti-fascism; Soviet army; Funerals; Memorials; Commemorations; Engineering; Air raids; Potsdam Conference (1945); Arms race; Industry; Technology; Electricity; Power stations; Research; Communist Party (USSR); Wars |
| Director | Karpov, B. |
| Contributors |
Script: Yershov, G., Karpov, B. Photography: Kasatkin, Pavel Consultant: Golovin, I. |
| People | Vasilyevich Kurchatov, Igor (1903-1960); Joliot-Curie, Frédéric (1900-1958); Einstein, Albert (1879-1955); Fermi, Enrico (1901-1954); Teller, Edward (1908-2003); Compton, Arthur (1892-1962); Lawrence, Ernest (1901-1958); Groves, Leslie (1896-1970); Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967); Heisenberg, Werner (1901-1976); Alexandrov, Anatoly (1903-1994); Korolev, Sergei (1907-1966); Khariton, Yulii Borisovich (1904-1996) |
| Places | USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); Sevastopol; Kazan; Leningrad (St Petersburg, Petrograd); Moscow; USA (United States of America); New Mexico; Washington, D.C.; Los Alamos; Germany; Hiroshima; Nagasaki; Bikini Island; Marshall Islands; United Kingdom; Japan; Crimea; Russia |
| Fiction/Non Fiction | Non Fiction |
| Sound | Sound |
| Colour Format | Black and White |
| Film Format | 35mm Comb BW pos |
| Language | English (Narrator) |
| Module | Wars & Revolutions |
| BFI Identifier | N-507176 |
| Copyright | The British Film Institute |