Dispels many of the common myths and fallacies about radioactive fallout. This film drips Eisenhower; promoting a cozy, nuclear-war-isn't-so-bad approach, as opposed to the more frenetic drumbeat of the Truman years. As long as we "know the facts" and "act intelligently," the narrator assures us, we'll be able to weather any nuclear firestorm that blows our way. "The key to survival is adequate shelter," we are told. "The fallout shelter is the best defense. Without shelter, millions would face death." To ensure that we understand this, we are shown an animated map of the U.S. after its been hit with about 1000 nuclear warheads, all ground bursts, and we see a terrible cloud of resulting fallout that quickly covers the entire country. It's a bone-chilling graphic, but this is, after all, a motivational movie.

 

Selected for the 2004 National Film Registry of "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" motion pictures.

Famous Civil Defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack.

 

Operation Cue was the name given the Nevada test in 1955, Designed to explore the effects small Nuclear Weapons upon buildings, towers, and equipment of many kinds. Study of a nuclear test in 1955 at Nevada Test Site.

Points out the contrast between the Nevada test in 1955 and present nuclear devices.

Film on nuclear fallout and its potential for damage in the event of an attack on the United States.

Freakishly dramatic music. Picture of people going about their daily activity is occasionally colored red to illustrate contamination of radioactive fallout.

Starts with explaining how the victims of the two nuclear explosions in Japan had little or no permant damage from radiation and all recovered in good time (obviously a small white lie), Also "Explains" the dangers of the atomic bomb, the effects of radiation and how to protect oneself if caught in the open or in the home.