Disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.Disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.Disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.
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Paul Tibbets
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Brien McMahon
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Lloyd Bentsen
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Rep. Lloyd Bentsen)
Owen Brewster
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Sen. Owen Brewster)
Julius Rosenberg
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Ethel Rosenberg
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Val Peterson
- Self - Director of Civil Defenseas Self - Director of Civil Defense
- (archive footage)
- (as Gov. Val Peterson)
Lyndon B. Johnson
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson)
Lewis Strauss
- Self - Chairman, Atomic Energy Commissionas Self - Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
- (archive footage)
- (as Lewis L. Strauss)
George Molan
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Cpl. George Molan)
George Portell
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Tech Sgt. George Portell)
Jerry Schneider
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Sergeant Weaver
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Seymour Melman
- Self - Columbia Universityas Self - Columbia University
- (archive footage)
- (as Prof. Seymour Melman)
Mario Salvadori
- Self - Columbia Universityas Self - Columbia University
- (archive footage)
- (as Prof. Mario Salvadori)
Nikita Khrushchev
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
A compilation of 1960's films about what to do in case of a Nuclear attack and the effects of radiation, also footage of troop tests of the exposure to an atomic bomb. —Michael Edwards <medwards@gate.net>
Top review
Horrifying and hilarious.
A great look into the ultra-paranoid mindset of the Cold War which I lived through. It is truly amazing how such madness (paranoia and intolerance of someone who dares to exercise REAL freedom of speech, of which examples are clearly shown) was accepted in those times.
The "Bert the Turtle" sequence cracked me up. I REMEMBER doing this "Duck and Cover" idiocy! When I was in grade school, we had Civil Defense drills: we were taught to leave the classroom, go out in the hall, face the wall, lean against it and cover our faces with our folded arms. Never you mind that the wall that was behind us consisted mostly of window glass! A shockwave hitting it would have blasted the shards into our backs. It would have looked like the St. Valentine's Day Massacre!
A great film.
The "Bert the Turtle" sequence cracked me up. I REMEMBER doing this "Duck and Cover" idiocy! When I was in grade school, we had Civil Defense drills: we were taught to leave the classroom, go out in the hall, face the wall, lean against it and cover our faces with our folded arms. Never you mind that the wall that was behind us consisted mostly of window glass! A shockwave hitting it would have blasted the shards into our backs. It would have looked like the St. Valentine's Day Massacre!
A great film.
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- Douglas_Holmes
- Jan 5, 2003
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