Taming The H Bomb (1958)

Footage of the invention of the H-Bomb in 1958. What did it look like in a lab in 1958. A doctor explains what the H-Bomb would be able to do. Full title reads: “Harwell. Taming The H Bomb“. Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Berkshire. LV Prototype of Zeta (particle accelerator?). CU Technicians watching. CU Flash. GV Zeta Torus and transformer with scientist climbing up ladder to upper control deck. Angle shot of another scientist. SV Scientists taking readings. CU Mr RS Pease, left, in charge of the Physics dept., and Mr R Carruthers, who designed Zeta, also an engineer. CU Mr Carruthers. SV Sir John Cockcroft, Director of Harwell speaking “The possibility we are exploring is the fusion or joining together of atoms of heavy hydrogen to release energy. In the Zeta apparatus we have produced gas temperatures which are about one-third of those at the centre of the sun. This is about five million degrees, and we have held these temperatures for a few thousandths of a second and have re