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It is a Cold War era educational film produced in 1951 by America's Federal Civil Defense Administration. The film explains the dangers of the atomic bomb, the effects of radiation and what the individual should do to protect oneself if caught in the open or in the home. It shows families how to prepare their homes for atomic attack. This, out of most of the civil defense films, is one of the few most informative and realistic ones ever produced.
In 1949 the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear explosive. After it, every American citizen, from children to the elderly, had to practice to be ready in the event of nuclear war. During the 1950s and 1960s, all sorts of civil defense educational films were made and released to try to teach people how to survive through (and after) a nuclear attack.
The film was narrated by Edward R. Murrow.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND / CONTEXT
After the United States dropped the first atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, most Americans were simply happy that the World War 2 had ended. But as more was learned about the power and effects of atomic bombs, worry spread. When the Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb in 1949, worry turned to fear and panic. In January 1951 - in an attempt to protect American civilians - President Truman created the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA), the Homeland Security Department of its day. To ease Americans’ fears, the FCDA produced educational films, radio segments and distributed brochures explaining the true nature of atomic bombs and demonstrating techniques for surviving an atomic attack. (Besides the preparation, the forging of national spirit was also an unstated but undeniable aim.)
Many Americans, fearful of nuclear war, still looked for ways to prepare for survival. Civil defense pamphlets gave instructions on stocking basements with water, canned goods, and flashlights. In the suburbs, some families built backyard bomb shelters — underground bunkers in which they could take shelter from a blast and wait out the worst effects of radiation.
Fears of a nuclear World War 3 persisted until the Cold War ended in the 1980s.
Survival Under Atomic Attack | Cold War Era Educational Film | 1951
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