The Rarest Substance Known - Radium (1930)

“Radium, that wonderful but little understood element, is extracted from pitchblende, canotite, ore etc. One ton of ore yields but a tiny speck!“ L/S of men pushing sacks towards the camera. C/U of a piece of rock that has the words “Radium Ore“ written on it. “To extract this speck from a ton of canotite, 50 tons of water and six tons of chemicals are used.“ Various shots of processes involved in extracting radium. Note: decomposition damage visible throughout. This is one of the NFTVA prints made from our decomposing nitrate. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-