Available for loan without charge from the AEC Headquarters Film
Library, Division of Public Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission,
Washington, D. C. 20545 and from other AEC film libraries.
_Understanding the Atom: Radiation Detection by Scintillation_, 30
minutes, black and white, sound, 1962. Produced by the Educational
Broadcasting Corporation under the direction of the AEC’s Division of
Isotopes Development. This semitechnical film describes the
scintillation process. Solid and liquid scintillators are shown, a
description of a photomultiplier is given, and the pulse-height
analyzer principle is illustrated.
_Human Radioactivity Measurements_, 9 minutes, color and sound, 1958.
Produced by AEC’s Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. This film shows a
method developed at LASL to monitor possible intake of radiation by
personnel. The liquid scintillation counter is large enough to contain
a man and sensitive enough to detect even the minute amounts of his
natural gamma radioactivity.
_Ionizing Radiation in Humans_, 15 minutes, color and sound, 1958.
Produced by AEC’s Argonne National Laboratory. Describes the design
and operation of ANL’s whole body counter for determining
identification, quantity, and location of internally deposited
radioelements. Various techniques in accumulation of data are shown.
_Liquid Scintillation Counting_, 14 minutes, color and sound, 1958.
Produced by the Jam Handy Organization for the U. S. Atomic Energy
Commission. Describes the use of a liquid scintillator for counting
low-energy beta emitters commonly used in biological and medical
tracer experiments. Also describes counting techniques, how the
counters work, and how a sample is prepared.