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Plowshare

  • 1961
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Plowshare is a short film about the U.S. government's Project Plowshare, which ran from 1957 to 1977, and explored peaceful uses for nuclear explosives, mostly around earth moving and construction.

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  • 28M 17S
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. “Plowshare.” Dvds, 1961. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/kp5kf6i.

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