Summary

01:26 Excerpt from Duck and Cover, an educational film advising how to react to an atomic bomb blast 03:41 Back to Normal by Jonathan Letchinger Shot in San Francisco about a week after the devastating earthquake that occurred on October 17, 1989, this video chronicles San Francisco's reactions to the quake Some are angry, others still in shock 11:55 Alternatives Festival A short interview with Mark Johnson, founder of Alternatives Festival, a gathering of punk rock musicians in Washington DC that formed to help young people work for change in society 14:22 We Have The Force by Youth Force '88 and Branda Miller A short documentary about an inner city youth group that organized an effort called Take Back the Park Their efforts included demonstrations to evict drug dealers and drug addicts from a park in New York City 18:40 Henry Moore Sculpture A teacher talks to teenagers about the first self-sustained nuclear chain reaction while standing at the site where it occurred on the University of Chicago's campus As we know, the course of mankind - of the world - has been changed as a result of what took place at this spot on December 2nd, 1942 19:15 Disarmament Survey by Skip Blumberg A boy in New York discusses his fear of world nuclear proliferation 20:20 South Africa and the Bomb by Globalvision and South Africa Now A short segment in which American scientists and analysts discuss the threat posed by South Africa's clandestine nuclear weapons program Includes 1977 footage of South Africa's former prime minister Johannes Vorster threatening the world to stop meddling in its nuclear plans: If these things continue and don't stop, the time will arrive when South Africa will have no option - small as it is - [but] to say to the world 'So far and no further Do your damnedest if you so wish!' A South African scientist warns, The free world hasn't got any way of assessing what South Africa is doing in the nuclear arena 24:10 Dr Helen Caldicott discusses toxicity and carcinogenic nature of plutonium in this 1970's video Access only 26:07 More from Duck and Cover 36:02 Excerpt from Ambassadors of Cabrini by Lilly Ollinger Documentary about the Jesse White Tumblers, a gymnastic group made up predominantly of kids from the Chicago Housing Authority 's Cabrini Green In this clip, we watch the Tumblers perform in the hallways of Cabrini and hear them talk about disadvantages they have suffered growing up in the projects We can do the stuff that [the white kids] do They can do it a little bit better because they have more money 37:19 A segment about the I Have a Dream Program in Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project This program offers college scholarships, job training, and placement to inner city children in Chicago 40:37 Sociology professor Bill Sampson discusses the failures of Cabrini Green and public housing in general 45:08 Hudson River by Educational Video Center Residents discuss the waste polluting New York's Hudson River 51:13 Excerpt from Adland George Lois, chairman, Lois, Holland, Callaway, New York, explains the power that comes from commercial production - Poom! It's like poison gasPoom! That's sensational Oh yeah, that's great 52:38 More from Duck and Cover