ATOMIC ATTACK: MILITARY NUCLEAR PROPAGANDA (VOLUME 2):


• DUCK AND COVER (1951 School Educational Film) Famous Civil Defense film which Bert the Turtle demonstrates for our children how to protect themselves during an atomic attack. This is one of the most famous of the Civil Defense films that were ma in 1951 after the Soviet Union began nuclear testing. (USA/9:15 minutes)
  
  
• ABOUT FALLOUT(1955 Department of Defense) 1955: U.S. Department of Defense film, which was made during the peak of the Cold War to instruct the public on how they can survive a nuclear attack. The film was made to reassure the nuclear family that they could protect themselves and survive fallout as it is no big deal. (USA/8:20 minutes)
  
  
• ABOUT FALLOUT (1963 Department of Defense) 1963: An updated optimistic color version which on how to survive fallout.
  (USA/22:25 minutes)
  
  
• RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (1961 Office of Civil Defense) A great nuclear fallout scare film showing the damage that would occur during an atomic attack on the United States. With an intense musical score, dramatic narration and eerie atomic graphics.
  (US Office of Civil Defense/26:17 minutes)
  
  
• HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE (1954 Office of Civil Defense) Nevada Proving Grounds Atomic tests show the effects on well-kept homes, homes filled with trash and combustibles, and homes painted with reflective white paint. The film asserts that cleanliness is an essential part of civil defense preparedness and that it increases survivability. (US Federal Civil Defense Films/12:09 minutes)
  
  
• SELF PRESERVATION IN AN ATOMIC ATTACK(1950 Armed Forces) A Military training film, using some very good special effects for the time period, depicting a nuclear attack occurring on a coastal city and how the military will need to perform their duties to assist with the countries survival. (Armed Forces Presentation/17:41 minutes)
  
  
• CIVIL DEFENSE SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS (1965 Rural TV Spots) Public television service announcements using marionettes to inform farmers of what to do to protect themselves and their livestock during a nuclear attack. (U.S. Civil Defense Office/11 minutes)