Radium! (1933)

“Precious beyond all other earthly substances. A lot of it comes from Colorado pitch-blende ore - “ High angle shot of men inside a mine they shovel rocks into a container on wheels. M/S of exterior of radium mine - the trolley full of rocks is wheeled out. M/S of the trolley travelling up a conveyor belt. M/S of two men tying sacks to the back of a mule. “Lurching along the dusty roads to the mills.“ M/S of a mule train making its way along a country road. L/S of the landscape with the mules kicking up dust as they walk along. “Ground, distilled, and filtered until all foreign elements are eliminated.“ Panning shot of large vats which process the radium. Various shots of machinery and processes involved in extracting radium. Male and female workers seen stirring steaming bowls. C/U of steaming bowls. “Then, looking strangely like table salt, the radium is extracted and placed in small tubes - infinite power for good or ill.“ M/S of man working in a laboratory scooping out tiny amounts o