New Ideas In Science And Technology
New Ideas In Science And Technology
"This film discusses various scientific subjects. Among them: nuclear reactors searching for new energy sources; deep probes into the nature of light; spread of automation, with a new car completed every twenty seconds at the Togliatti auto plant--assembly lines for automobiles; filtration methods to restore polluted water systems and the life they support." Pollution. (01:15:28) Intro credits, title screen in Russian, "New Ideas in Science and Technology" (01:15:40) Shots of Russian cities, Kiev (?), streets and architecture (01:16:00) U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences from the outside and inside (01:16:30) Shots and illustrations of the sun, some close ups, including one of an eclipse, the narrator explains how the sun creates energy (01:17:07) Shots of Soviet fossil fuel industries, coal mining, huge lumber yard, a dam (01:17:32) At the academy an experiment is conducted in which a thermo-nuclear explosion is created, contained and photographed within a sophisticated piece of equipment, lasers are used to ignite the explosion (01:20:57) Seagulls on the ocean, stars and galaxies hurdling through space, (01:21:22) A machinery plant in Moscow, an old screw cutting lathe is shown and compared to industrial robot arms, the robot arms interact with other industrial machinery, moving pieces of metal around to different stages of processing, a new metal cutting machine is installed at a plant - a tape cassette is put into it which contains the program needed to make it run, it goes to work (01:24:39) Teacher at blackboard teaches students about the science behind new technology, an assembly line at a machine plant is shown, a row of easels contain the drafted plans for new machine innovations - people work and converse about the plans (01:26:17) Narrator talks about machine designs that save water, the Volga river is shown, city of Toliate where there is a giant car factory, a long parade of workers arrive at work, new cars are driven off the assembly line (compact sedans), cars are tested on closed track, the different stages in car manufacturing where water is involved, a water processing plant, the Volga river again (01:29:20) Life sustained by the Volga river, flowers, a tortoise, a chipmunk, agricultural irrigation, fisherman hauling into a boat large sturgeon, scientists examine and gather data on liquids in test tubes, footage of the new water processing plant, more scientists review data, the narrator explains that with the new water processing plant the car factory is able to use and recycle the same water, control room of new water processing plant, car factory from outside, inside car factory engines are put in frames, cars on assembly line (01:33:58) Credits role