Life and Radiation

O'Connor, Hugh, (film director.). O'Connor, Hugh, (film producer.). Bairstow, David, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: This film begins with a discussion of the most familiar form of radiant energy--sunlight--and the basic similarities and differences between heat, radio waves, X-rays and gamma rays. The effects of atomic radiation on living things is then demonstrated, including a discussion of the possible genetic alterations.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (30 min., 00 sec.) : sound, black and white
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2018.
Copyright: ♭1960

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Hugh O'Connor ; producer, Hugh O'Connor ; executive producer, David Bairstow ; script, Joseph Koenig ; photography, Albert Louis Coquillon, Robert Humble, Eugene Boyko ; sound, Leo O'Donnell ; editing, Robert Russell, Lucien Marleau ; sound editing, Don Wellington, Victor Merrill ; animation, Gerald Potterton, Pierre L'Amare, Kenneth Horn ; music, Maurice Blackburn.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1960.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-04-05).