Rutherford of Nelson

This National Film Unit film follows Nobel Prize-winning scientist Ernest Rutherford, from farm boy in the Marlborough Sounds to leading Cambridge University's legendary Cavendish Laboratory. Described by Einstein as "a second Newton", Rutherford was one of the founders of modern atomic physics. Director David Sims pays special attention to Rutherford's colonial upbringing and education, and how it encouraged him to experiment. The atom-splitter famously said of Kiwi ingenuity, "we don't have the money, so we have to think". Rutherford is voiced by actor Grant Tilly.

We don’t have the money, so we have to think.

– Rutherford on Kiwi ingenuity

Key Cast & Crew

Grant Tilly

As: Voice of Rutherford

David H Fowler

Producer

David Sims

Editor, Writer, Director

Brian Hands

Composer

John Lowe

Sound

Geoffrey Scott

Executive Producer