This 1959 union film focused on plumbers and pipefitters who were training to build the pipes for nuclear reactors. Atomic power was the clean future, the reliable source of non-polluting electricity. The National Assn of Manufacturers films from that era shared the atomic dream, with more emphasis on profits and less on wages.
The shared dream was absolutely valid, but it only lasted 15 years until we went batshit crazy and started shutting down nuclear plants and blowing up hydro dams to make room for Chinese “solar” and “wind” “power”.
Now FINALLY the nuclear dream is being restored in nearly all countries except Krautland. Even Japan, which has a JUSTIFIABLE reason to hate nukes, is restarting its reactors. France, which never gave up the dream, is working with India to develop and use more small modular reactors.
What would the PRESENT be like if we had spent the last 50 years building and improving industry instead of bombing it, and building power instead of blowing it up?
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