Summary

Self-Preservation in an Atomic Bomb Attack

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: Self-Preservation in an Atomic Bomb Attack
File Number: PA-0315 Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Educational Industrial
Year: ca. 1950s
Subjects: Safety
Description: Self-Preservation in an Atomic Bomb Attack Project 5003 (Project 5003) pan over destroyed city of Hiroshima VS destroyed buildings Military audience watching film: film has broken, is being repaired Discussion of how the atom really is our business Soldiers and sailor joke about what they would do if caught in an A-bomb Model of target city (3-D), camera moves over it to show ships, railroad, factories, houses, downtown area Lots of wisecracking It s deadly. It s like a woman. I mean, never underestimate its power. Soldier shooting at target shooting kiosk on midway CU klaxon horns blowing air raid signal People running for cover as air raid sirens blow People rushing into basement on wooden stairs People sitting around on benches along wall of basement Man shutting window and drawing blinds, hiding behind filing cabinet VS historical footage of shelters in London Blitz VS people in London Underground during Blitz VS German bombers over England and bombs dropping (indefinite location) VS sleepers at Underground station platform VS aftermath of bombings in London Burning buildings, WWII Cloud of smoke Animated drawing showing how a wall shields people from blast and radiation effects Character beaming radiation out of evil-eye (good) Simulated blast over city model small mushroom cloud over city Model buildings burning with model flames (good) Pan over destroyed model city Sailor on grass against background of nuclear explosion he gets up, looks at explosion, brushes self off and gets moving LS freighter coming into harbor past other ships VS underwater explosion (Bikini blast footage) Shot from under mushroom cloud rising out of water fog, mist and water coming down Cloud of fog and mist advancing over model, over Los Angeles streets, over streets of city (Hollywood set) (good) Soldiers duck into movie theater Model city engulfed in radioactive fog (good) CU model skyscrapers with smoke clearing around them Soldiers leaving theater, walking down street while breathing through handkerchiefs (good) Soldiers with handkerchiefs over nose and mouths walking through city Military radiological defense monitors pull up in jeep, stop, check soldiers for contamination (good) CU burying clothes in pit Men showering (to remove radioactive fallout) Bombed-out landscape, possibly Hiroshima, with train moving in background through destroyed city
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