" SELF-PRESERVATION IN AN ATOMIC BOMB ATTACK " 1950 MILITARY TRAINING FILM CIVIL DEFENSE 70265z
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"The Armed Forces Special Weapons Project: Self-Preservation in an Atomic Bomb Attack" is a 1950 military educational film designed to instruct soldiers on the steps to follow if an atomic bomb is detonated in the United States. Many of the guidelines were also viewed as applicable and instructive for a general audience and civil defense. In the film, simulations help illustrate what to do in such an event. Animations also assist viewers in understanding what radiation is and how to properly shield themselves from radiation, whether they be situated indoors or outdoors during the blast. Note: this film was made in an era prior to the testing of the first h-bomb in 1951. The hydrogen bomb made most if not all of the advice shown in the film instantly obsolete.
The film was produced by Cascade Pictures of California, Inc. in 1950 and is one of a series of motion pictures produced for general information on the subject of atomic weapons defense.
The Armed Forces Special Weapons Project was responsible for the military's nuclear weapons from 1947 to 1959. In addition to supporting testing and field operations, the agency supported training and preparedness efforts.
(04:45) In a simulation, a soldier is off-base when he hears the warning siren for an atomic bomb go off. He is advised to seek protection underground or if need be in an enclosed room.
(05:49) Footage of London residents in underground bomb shelters during World War II.
(06:35) Damage caused by World War II bombings.
(07:06) A drawing demonstrates how to use heavy material such as reinforced concrete to shield oneself from an atomic bomb blast and heat.
(07:20) The animation shows that this also helps protect against radiation.
(07:47) A demonstration of the different thicknesses of wood, steel, and concrete are needed to shield against radiation.
(08:13) Animation of how radiation scatters and bounces, like a basketball off the backboard.
(08:22) As a result, an ideal shelter would protect people from the top and sides.
(08:34) A soldier asks what to do if caught out in the open.
(08:45) The best strategy in this case is to lie face-down on the ground, as demonstrated by a soldier.
(09:55) The spot directly below the blast is called "ground zero" and is completely destroyed.
(10:04) Anywhere within a mile of the blast, very few structures survive.
(10:39) A model demonstration how hills can shield buildings from blasts
(12:23) The soldier demonstrates how he leaves his shelter once a few minutes elapse after the blast. He will have military duties to perform.
(12:41) The officer warns that an atomic bomb could be quickly followed by another type of bomb, such as a submarine bomb.
(12:54) A simulation shows a blast from a submarine bomb
(13:22) It can cause radioactive, fast-moving fog and mist
(13:44) People should seek shelter to avoid radiation
(14:04) The fog overtakes the city and contaminates everything it touches
(14:31) Once time elapses the radiation becomes less dangerous but soldiers should still cover themselves as much as possible.
(15:44) Radiation detection monitors use devices to detect radiation
(16:04) Clothing might be contaminated as could food and water.
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"dangerous, like a woman" lol, the lines from this are hilarious
At 11:51 "the bomb shot it's big wad" LOL
Deadly! Which is even worse! 😱🤦♂️🤦🤷♂️
In elementary school during the 1960's they would have us crouch under our flimsy wooden desks during air raid drills. Kept expecting to emerge from underneath to view a charred and blasted landscape with nothing but my stunned classmates and our battered desks to be seen for miles.
Indicator of the school being a establishment of indoctrination. Institutionalized human beings are predictable assets to be used for evil deeds. All on behalf of family but twisted into cruel sadistic and horrifying isn't it.❤
Indicator of the school being a establishment of indoctrination. Institutionalized human beings are predictable assets to be used for evil deeds. All on behalf of family but twisted into cruel sadistic and horrifying isn't it.❤
Those desks aren't built like they used to be.
"Duck and Cover!"
Hiding under the desks was just supposed to make it easier to locate the bodies…
In Canada we were a tad behind in this Atomic stuff. In 1962 we had a school assembly never to be forgotten. I was 5 years old. We were shown a similar film but the main topic was "Atomic Fallout. I was in morning Kindergarten. Upon return for lunch, my grandmother prepared an outdoor patio meal. I refused to eat, convinced that we were all going to die!
That Anthropocene ain't no joke, brother! I always knew Mom was trying to get me all those years. This confirms it!
That's some impressive air raid siren for an entire brass section to blare out.
I'd laugh at this, but then I remember scenes from "When The Wind Blows" and just start crying.
Remember to study your Vault-Tec provided materials…
Don't forget dogmeat...
Prepared for the Future!
Run to nearest bottled soda factory, you will be really rich in the future 😅
"Do the wrong things and you've got a future like an ice cube in a Hot Toddy"...lol, absolute gold.
14:45 "This is the weirdest production of 'On The Town' ever!" - Tom Servo
😂
Forward a copy to.the State Department- they need to see this..lol
Very timeless information. Thank you.
Mad Max is coming
Love the incredible upbeat music playing at the beginning. Kinda weird for such a serious subject.
The whole point was to make people think that a nuclear attack was no big deal.
the dialogue is hilarious. sarge is a beatnik. maynard g. krebs usmc....
An NCO conducts an effective, no BS presentation without the "aid" of PowerPoint; the more things change, the more they stay the same! LOL
It's just a dugout that my dad built
In case the reds decide to push the button down
We got provisions and lots of beer...
@@jamesrogers47 We've got to have some girls here on the new frontier. I remember a scenario like that back around 1970. Great album.
A little bit
A touch of Tuesday Weld.
You've got the right dynamic for the new frontier
I thought this would be stupid but the advice wasn't bad for non fusion weapons with forewarning and a lot of luck. The model and special effects/overlay were pretty great.
Cream puffs and hot stuff. You got to love the lingo. Much better than what Hollyweird has been producing lately which has been a Goose egg a bunch of nothing.
"Автомат при ядерном взрыве надо держать на вытянутых руках.
Чтобы расплавленное железо ствола не капало на казенные сапоги!"
Okay Mr. Goofy, whatever you say. 🙂 I don't think you'll be concerned about holding anything! Unless the translator is wrong.
@@roostercogburn3771 it's an old soviet army joke
@@roostercogburn3771 It's a joke, man. Maintain
Я хочу мира.
So do I@@archlich4489
I believe that's Don Haggerty dishing out the advice, which after the H-bomb appeared became entirely meaningless.
Veteran Hollywood tough guy and former boxer Hal Baylor, too. He's the one showing off at the shooting gallery at 4:06.
Yes wen when a school desk could save you if you hid under it
Can you imagine going to see a movie or the TV with your family and friends and this came on but today's version of it?? What would happen? What would you do or say?
This should be teaching in the school's.
un beleivable
This should not be funny but it is lol
In my area we still have Civil Defense sirens used for tornado warnings.
Wow, he fails to tell them about the fallout ash and where it lands… tells them to go about their business, saying it’ll be safe shortly afterwards…
Exactly. They GREATLY underestimate the dangers of fallout that will travel for tens, if not hundreds of miles and remain deadly for up to a couple weeks. You will be t*ts up if you’re not sheltered from it
I was told to lie down in a ditch for a bit and then once the blast has past you can get on and carry on as normal. They wouldn't lie to me would they 🤔
We went from this to On The Beach, then Dr Strangelove to Fallout today. Has anyone seen a fallout shelter sign on a building in years?
In Hudson, NY there's an old fallout shelter sign on a small cinema
Yes, they still exist in a few places. I wouldn't trust the stored biscuits though.
On The Beach terrified me.
@@brazillady5119 The fear of The Bomb was real and pervasive. On The Beach seemed not just real but also had of sense of being inevitable. Fred Astaire was jolting and the feeling of oncoming death was scary. People watching today cannot understand. Having the cast of stars elevated the story and having the world’s destruction left to each persons imagination was brilliant.
@@williambowman2326 , oh, so true. I think On the Beach was one of the more realistic movies about atomic war.
Back when you actually had a chance to survive it. Today, probably not even hiding tens of meters under in metro or bunker won´t save you against thousands of strategic monsters on both sides.
Terrifying! 💣
Leave the watches and coins on other words don't steal
And remember... duck! & Cover... (so we can easily identify your body later)
"DUCK and COVER"
Still using the one bomb, one city formula. Also warheads measuring kilotons. At the time, maybe relevant. When bombs were "small" and rare. Soon though we'd have more and bigger bombs. Then, after accidentally nuking half of the Pacific due to a miscalculation, we figured out that fallout really was a thing and could be very bad.
I wonder how long they pushed the "It was just an air burst" myth?
😉👍
So, Wally Cleaver went and joined the military.
Yeah, he was a Marine in Adam 12. Believe he was also on Hawaii Five-O, the original, as a Marine or Army guy.
It's hard to believe people brought into this B.S.
Don't forget the paper sleeping bag.
🤐
The thinking of the time was based upon SINGLE bombs dropped...DROPPED, from a plane.
Fast foward to today...multiple land based missles, sub based, drone delivered, cruise, E T C.
Survival? For what?
To eat all those decades-old crackers in ancient bomb shelters. Somebody has to do it.
Except that radiation lingers a LOT longer than this video lets on.
The city is cleared of radiation after a few minutes, lol 😂
Particles of dust, soil, ash and everything sucked up in the mushroom cloud become radioactive and travel downwind, for even hundreds of miles
All of this advice is academic if you're too close to ground zero.
"Be orderly about it." Nope.
Delusional 😂
Exactly!
1950 slang. They thought they were cool.
In 2094 people will think 2024 slang was stupid.
They were cool. No squares in this film.
Oh. In hindsight the film content is naive. 😮
Yes, it did not fully understand the differing results of air-blasts and ground strikes and radiated debris. Still, it was a first step in understanding that there are options.
Fear propaganda
It was actually the opposite, was poorly done and relied heavily on public naivety. During that era, the last thing the Civil Defence and DoD wanted was for the public to know how truly unprepared they were for dealing with the emergency consequences of a nuclear exchange. This has only gotten worse over the intervening years.
@@skateboardingjesus4006 You beat me to it.