- Title: V-5920
- Summary: YOU CAN BEAT THE A-BOMB: INSTRUCTIONAL FILM INSTRUCTS UPON PROPER PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW BEFORE, DURING & AFTER AN ATOM BOMB ATTACK. DEMONSTRATES SAFEST SPOTS IN & OUT OF DOORS, AND WHAT POSITIONS TO ASSUME WHEN THERE. SHOWS HOW TO DISPOSE OF FOOD & CLOTHING CONTAMINATED BY RADIATION. POINTS OUT HOW THE FLASH, THE BLAST AND THE RADIATION MAY EACH IN ITSELF BE DEADLY. CIVIL DEFENSE. THE UN. PURE PROPAGANDA!
- Description:00:58:00 - ANIMATED SPINNING GLOBE 00:58:10 - AVALANCHE 00:58:14 - ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE, MACHINE PICKING UP & DROPPING DOWN USING MAGNETIC FORCE 00:58:28 - SCIENTIST USING GEIGER COUNTER TO DETECT CUSTODIAN'S RADIATION LEVEL 00:59:03 - CU CHEST X-RAY. HS DOCTORS IN SURGERY, OPERATING ROOM OPERATION. MEDICAL SCIENCE CIRCA 1950 00:59:10 - CU BARREL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL BEING CAREFULLY HANDLED 00:59:19 - MS DOCTOR & NURSE IN HOSPITAL LAB MIXING LIQUIDS 00:59:22 - MONTAGE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES 00:59:32 - ENGINEERS DISCUSSING STEEL PLATES, WIDTH REQUIREMENTS, RADIATION LEVELS, ILLUSTRATION ON BLACKBOARD SHOWING GAUGE REGISTERING AMOUNT OF RADIATION 01:00:11 - ATOMIC EXPLOSION, BLAST MUSHROOM CLOUD 01:00:40 - GOVERNMENT METER MAN RADIOLOGICAL MONITOR USING POINTER ON GRAPH, PICKS UP MACHINE USED TO REGISTER RADIATION (NOT GEIGER COUNTER) ION CHAMBERS 01:01:11 - CIVIL DEFENSE ATTACK WARNING, SIREN WITH CITIZENS WALKING INTO AIR RAID CENTER 01:01:21 - EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER, SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR PLUGGING IN & TAKING OUT LINES 01:01:24 - FIRETRUCKS LEAVING FIREHOUSE EMERGENCY WORKERS FIREFIGHTERS 01:01:26 - AMERICAN RED CROSS TRUCK 01:01:30 - MEETING, MEN DISCUSSING ATOMIC BOMB, RADIATION & IT'S EFFECT ON HUMAN BEINGS. SOUND BYTE: "NO THE ATOM BOMB WILL NOT BLOW UP THE WORLD" 01:02:25 - MS MINIATURE ATOMIC BOMB SHOWING THREE WAYS BOMB EXPLOSION: FIRE, BLAST & RADIATION 01:02:40 - GOVERNMENT WORKER CHECKING BUILDING FOR RADIO- ACTIVITY AFTER BOMB 01:02:48 - ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING HOW RADIATION CAN BE STOPPED WITH EARTH, CONCRETE & STEEL. SHOWS 3 STAGES OF ATOMIC BLAST 01:03:09 - CITIZENS RUSHING TO AIR RAID SHELTER FALL OUT SHELTER 01:03:16 - BUSINESSMAN AT HOME CLOSING WINDOWS, GIVING ORDERS TO FAMILY MEMBERS PREPARING HOME FOR ATOMIC BOMB. GOING INTO BASEMENT FALL OUT SHELTER CIRCA 1950 01:04:28 - MS WOMAN IN WHITE PROTECTIVE JUMPSUIT BEHIND SAND BAGS LOOKING THRU BINOCULARS, CROUCHES DOWN BEHIND SAND BAGS 01:04:33 - FAMILY IN FALL OUT SHELTER BASEMENT GATHERED AROUND RADIO FATHER ASSURING FAMILY OF SAFETY KIDS LYING UNDER TABLE 01:06:29 - ATOMIC BLAST SEEN OUTSIDE FAMILY'S HOME 01:06:34 - CU WRIST WATCH 4:20 01:06:39 - FATHER CHECKING WATCH, FAMILY LEAVING SHELTER, CHECKING HOUSE AFTER BOMB. 01:07:58 - MAN WALKING ON CITY STREET AS ATOMIC BLAST GOES OFF, CROUCHES, RUNS TO CURB LAYS ON GROUND 01:08:20 - MAN ON STREET RUNS FOR SHELTER IN BUILDING ENTRANCE. HOLDS HANDKERCHIEF OVER MOUTH TAKES OFF OVERCOAT 01:08:40 - LS APARTMENT BUILDING, INSIDE RESIDENTS IN NORMAL ACTIVITIES, HOUSEWIFE COOKING, HUSBAND READING, MOTHER VACUUMING FLOOR. ATOMIC EXPLOSION LIGHTS UP ROOMS, PEOPLE DUCKING FOR COVER. WINDOWS SMASHING, LIGHT FIXTURES FALLING 01:09:05 - FAMILY CHECKING HOUSE AFTER EXPLOSION 01:10:00 - YOUNG SON COMES HOME AFTER BOMB, CONCERNED FAMILY TAKING CARE OF SON. MOTHER CRYING WORRIED ABOUT RADIATION. FATHER GIVING ORDERS TO THROW OUT EXPOSED FOOD 01:12:03 - NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE FROM HARBORFRONT, SHIPS GOING UNDER BRIDGE 01:12:10 - LS GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE 01:12:15 - ATOMIC EXPLOSION MUSHROOM CLOUD 01:12:40 - CU WRIST WATCH 01:12:51 - FAMILY IN FALL OUT SHELTER BASEMENT, FATHER TEACHING FAMILY WHAT TO DO AFTER ATOMIC BOMB PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION. REMOVING CLOTHING THAT MAY BE CONTAMINATED. WASHING HIMSELF 01:15:31 - H-BOMB HYDROGEN BOMB EXPLOSION MUSHROOM CLOUD 01:15:54 - FAMILY PREPARING HOME FOR BOMB 01:16:02 - CITIZENS GOING INTO AIR RAID SHELTER 01:16:09 - FAMILY IN BASEMENT FALL OUT SHELTER WAITING FOR EXPLOSION, FATHER LOOKING AT WATCH 01:16:12 - MAN ON THE STREET AGAINST BUILDING WALL FOR PROTECTION. TAKING COVER 01:16:14 - CIVILIAN DEFENSE MEETING, SPEAKER USING POINTER ON MAP GRAPH ILLUSTRATION 01:16:19 - LS UNITED NATIONS BUILDING, VARIOUS NATIONS FLAGS 01:16:22 - INTERIOR U. N. MEETING 01:16:27 - EXTERIOR UN BUILDING CIRCA 1950 01:16:33 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-5920