How to Build a Fallout Shelter at Home | Cold War Era Educational Film | 1960
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มี.ค. 2017
- ● Please SUPPORT my work on Patreon: bit.ly/2LT6opZ
● Visit my 2ND CHANNEL: bit.ly/2ILbyX8
►Facebook: bit.ly/2INA7yt
►Twitter: bit.ly/2Lz57nY
►Google+: bit.ly/2IPz7dl
✚ Watch my "Atomic Age" PLAYLIST: bit.ly/2IQudNe
One of the defining features of the Cold War was pretending everything was fine when it clearly was not. This cheerful educational film (originally titled as ‘Walt Builds a Family Fallout shelter’) on how to build a fallout shelter at home is perfect example. It was released in 1960 by the U.S. government's Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM), working with the National Concrete Masonry Association.
The concept of do-it-yourself projects took an interesting turn in the late 1950's when it was accepted that adequate shelter would be needed for Americans to remain safe from the harmful effects of fallout radiation in the event of an enemy atomic attack. A new government agency, The Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, spread the message of fallout protection while making it clear the Eisenhower administration had no intention of funding a public shelter program. Instead, an information campaign of literature and films was launched to push for privately built shelters in individual homes. The centerpiece of this campaign was a pamphlet titled The Family Fallout Shelter, which instructs readers on how to construct several different types of shelters both efficiently and economically. Walt Builds a Family Fallout shelter features this publication while offering a step-by-step demonstration on how erect a basic fallout shelter based on plans in the pamphlet.
When introduced, host Walter Durbahn is giving the neighbors a tour of his newly constructed home shelter, perhaps to dispel the belief that if aware of the shelter’s presence they would kick down the doors to occupy it. Describing the process he followed, Walt modestly remarks “I spent a few evenings on it (the shelter) and a couple of weekends. It’s not so hard, anyone who’s not all thumbs can do it. And here’s the way for anybody to do just what I did!”
Flashing back a few evenings and a couple of weekends ago leaves the viewer and Walt in an empty basement with a stable, windowless corner soon to be modified into a home fallout shelter. Walt makes it clear that the entire set of plans he followed were taken from the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization’s guide book, The Family Fallout Shelter, which provides material lists, measurements, and supply tips. He also references a much more obscure pamphlet entitled Mr. Atom and his Sinister Blanket. Exactly why this publication is presented is not discussed in further detail, but was likely one more source of getting information on fallout and its dangerous presence. Walt begins to demonstrate the techniques of shelter building from the ground up. Stressing extensive planning before permanently setting a single stone, Walt's shelter effortlessly rises.
Following the Masonic tradition of laying the corner stone first, the bespectacled Walt shows he has mastered more than a layman's knowledge of the contracting profession. In actuality, Walter Durbahn hosted his own television show, Walt's Workshop, where he walked audiences through a new woodworking project each week. Once the foundation is set, Walt takes a time out from his handiwork to present a promotion for concrete blocks as the most effective means of blocking radioactive rays, no doubt a stipulation added by the National Concrete Masonry Association.
Walt continues by supporting the ceiling of his shelter with heavy timbers and uses the leftover concrete blocks, already noted for their ability to block radiation, to further increase fallout protection. Walt urges the do viewer to build the shelter around the larger supplies found inside, such as bunk beds, shelving, or tables. His shelter complete, Walt signs off by lighting his pipe, and conceding that he must paint the outer walls to please his aesthetically minded wife.
To conclude the film, O.C.D.M. director Leo A. Hoegh speaks from his Washington office to explain that no home can be considered modern without a fallout shelter. Although federal agencies would continue to promote private fallout shelters throughout the Cold War, Walt Builds a Family Fallout Shelter would be declare obsolete by 1965, likely because it makes no mention of the National Fallout Shelter Program, which was the main objective of American civil defense policy in the mid 1960's.
How to Build a Fallout Shelter at Home | Cold War Era Educational Film | 1960
TBFA_0101
NOTE: SINCE THE VIDEO WAS PRODUCED DECADES AGO, IT HAS HISTORICAL VALUES AND CAN BE CONSIDERED AS A VALUABLE HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. IT HAS BEEN UPLOADED WITH EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. ITS TOPIC IS REPRESENTED WITHIN HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
![[TH] 2024 PMSL SEA W2D2 | Summer | โหดจัด ซัดไม่เลี้ยง](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TJa9d7tpSP4/mqdefault.jpg)
*Please consider supporting my work on my new Patreon page and choose your reward!* Find out more: www.patreon.com/TheBestFilmArchives
Thank you for your generosity!
First mistake never tell anybody you have a shelter
He never the movie “the divide”
First rule of shelter never talk about your shelter
When I was a child in 1977, I remember there being a contracting business in my town that you would pay to come to your residence and build you a nuclear fallout shelter. My best friend had one at his house and it was pretty damn big and deep. They had survival gear, cots, food and drink stored down in it. It took at least two to three people to open the heavy duty door to it because it was made to somewhat take the abuse of an atomic blast. Strange times back then. Then disco hit in 1978 and the world got even stranger. ;)
That company wouldn't have been named vault-tech would it? 😆
that’s someJive talkin’ ;)
@ME98878 I don't remember the name of the company but I remember that after the Cold War ended, that bomb shelter business converted to building storm shelters. I guess that proves that you have to roll with the changes if you want to keep in the money game.
Disco saved the world 🎉
"Well, folks, I'm glad you can come down to see my fallout shelter!"
This is the most peak Cold War thing someone could ever say lmao.
What are the vents for? If this is already underground then the blocks above are the most important shield. He didn't talk about any air filtration.
It seems like a good tutorial on building walls in general. For a house, a barn or something like that.
I saw this as a kid! And many others. Our neighbors built a bigtime fallout shelter in their backyard in 1959-60. It was creepy! We didn't have basements, so would have to dig one separate from the other house. Some had air filtration systems, food, water, radios, fully stocked for doomsday! Kind of like preppers now. Although they'll be well fixed for climate emergencies!
Technically this should still be a viable fallout shelter(not being in the blast radius) for protecting against radiation particles and penetration of materials? Alpha , beta, gamma, x-ray and neutrons. 24 inches of concrete should do it. But being in the basement already, you would have several materials already blocking partially.
It's insane that in 2023 I'm planning on doing just this in our basement. I guess the more things change the more they remain the same.
don't bother. it won't be worth it/
Lol don't bother it sounded funny
After this I'm gonna build myself a Fallout Shelter
I hope you built it bro.
Bonus points if you install solar panels outside so you can be playing Fallout on a console or PC during Nuclear Winter.
Hope you have finished. Only 100 seconds left.
Extra bonus points if you stock it with your friend's hot wife like Walt did.
Walt showing them this homemade fallout shelter he built in his basement is a vast improvement from last time...the last get together he showed em slides from his last colonoscopy.
no dislikes yet as of the 24th of march, this is possibly the longest a video on a channel this large has gone this long without one, congrats
also, 500 off from 100k
Some fawk tard ruined it. Still....1 dislike is not bad.
I just want a fallout shelter above ground to take the blast and stand for 1000 plus years and just put it in a trust for the family! This was pretty cool to watch again in black and white. :)
The way the world is going all of us are probably going to need this sooner rather then later.
kris guntner TRUE WE SHOULD ALL MAKE ONE RIGHT NOW
Poverty and government oppression is spreading.
😰 oh no you called it
Not really. People have been pandering the end of civilization for hundreds of years.
Just another load of bs.
@@Khronogi No actually it's not.
Whenever something of a threat,a pandemic for example,happens yes there are those who take advantage of it to scare people into doing what benefits THEIR agenda,usually money,but that DOESN'T change the fact there are things in both the natural world like volcano's,meteorite's,etc...that regularly happen and are deadly to us let alone the modern world that is proving itself to be increasingly FAR less stable then people thought just 10 years ago as the talk of civil war in the u.s or ww3 with china,who have been invading taiwanese airspace with fighters HUNDREDS of times in the last month and a half exhausting the smaller nations pilots in a show of intimidation,proves.
"This is the nuclear age" and queue to jolly music for the credits.
Talented old guy!
War... war never changes...
0:35 holy nukes... either the actors are really short or the ceiling of the basement is really high! If the actors are about 6 ft tall then that's about a 10 ft ceiling basement.
Also, where did they put the bathroom in the shelter? (Toilet... at least)
Only discrepancy I see in this is that you’re laying heavy concrete block on a slab. Code or not, it could lead to cracks in the basement floor. If possible saw cut the floor and put a thickened area of concrete underneath. The wall leaving an expansion joint for movement. Also, I’d be a little concerned about the dry blocks stacked on the ceiling. I’d prefer a poured concrete ceiling with rebar. This is also a great weapons vault if you put the right door on it.
I agree with you. I would be very concerned about the lack of a door as well as all that weight on that lumber. Remember even though it is not a blast shelter, it still needs to be able to take a shaking when there is a ground burst nuke used at a distance. There also needs to be something to pump out the water from the rain when the windows upstairs gets broken from the shockwave.
Thanks for the tips,
bill
Great timely video
All the dislikes are Soviet generals
The positive effect of building a shelter is the impression you are doing something to help protect your family and yourself.
Well it would actually help in protecting you from most of the nuclear fallout. Concrete is really good at protecting your from fallout, that plus the house above it would most likely block out almost all of the radioactive fallout.
I see your point, like wearing a mask to stop a viruses 🦠 If you believe it works, it will make it better or the vax or both…
Nice video.. but does someone still have the bulletin in digital format :)
*COMMENT, LIKE, SUBSCRIBE!* Thank you!
_If you want to get immediate updates for all my new videos that I am going to post in the future just click on this link and SUBSCRIBE:_ th-cam.com/users/TheBestFilmArchives
Remember, the most important item to stock in there is the neighbors wife… it’s gonna get lonely.
*SHARE this video with your friends on Google+, Facebook and Twitter!* Thank you!
►My channel: th-cam.com/users/TheBestFilmArchives
►Facebook: facebook.com/TheBestFilmArchives
►Google+: plus.google.com/+TheBestFilmArchives
►Twitter: twitter.com/BestFilmArch
Just go to Las Vegas Mr. House has got you covered
I would do the Entire one side of the basement that doesn’t have windows mine would be 12 x 40 with one small window at the end that you can cover with dirt
Alright, let's see it.
As a child of the late 60's and living in small towns in NS, I had never seen or heard of anyone building a fall out shelter.
love this
Does anyone has the shown "books" as PDFs by any means?
This should be replayed in 2020 with title Family Emergency Shelter. Sponsored by vault tech for your next moment of panic! People would have a level head and know they don't have to buy all the toilet paper.
The toilet paper was to make masks 😷
If Walt can build one, so can I.
Hey bud in your TH-cam picture the fallout is spelled fallaut. Just thought you would like to know.
Thank you very much Arteom. I have fixed it.
I'm typing whilst watching this... I absolutely love the fact that he used non powered hand tools (at least on camera) This man knows how to use a hammer. A seemingly lost or at least rarely known art.. I'm loving this... Unfortunately he can't paint for shit but neither can most people so it's not that big a deal... Sounds like there was a cosy deal going on between the C.D. and the concrete block manufacturers... It's unfortunate that there wasn't more of the presentation dealing with planning the layout and what minimum areas would be needed for say a family of three or four and for how long certain structures could be used. Also how to install or make use of existing plumbing or wiring... But still it's a video for another and supposedly less complex age. Great video... thanks for making it available.
shut the fuck up boomer
The presumption was that you would only need it for a maximum of 2 weeks, that water would likely be radioactive and that the power grid would be totally offline.
The national archive has several fallout shelter plans for different sized families and the book used for this video.
The focus of this video is construction. You can make your shelter as large or as small as you'd like using this information.
Anyone here in 2022!!
Yeah, in my bunker
No not really… you are here because hair sniffer is so weak
*Visit our brand NEW CHANNEL* dedicated to space exploration and aeronautics research: th-cam.com/users/TheBestSpaceArchives
It just needs the Bethesda Fallout guy to make it perfect
Sweet
Around 1:31, Walt looks his neighbor's hot wife in the eye and says, "Y'know, this room can be put to OTHER uses as well."
And you know damn well they did.
The most interesting thing about this film is if there is a need for a fallout shelter then there won't be a need for the concrete and masonry association ,,,
Now those places are filled with wipes/chains & restraining items. How times change.
Classic
Preparing for June 2020 be like
Came here to see the fallout comments and to add to em
👍👍👍👍👍👍
In the early days of fission devices this was a reasonable course of action. Thermonuclear warheads however, produce isotopes that linger for hundreds of thousands of years. The altitudes to which they are carried far exceeds that of the old atomic bombs, allowing them to spread worldwide within a couple of years. Sure, we tested some of these in the Pacific without killing everyone, but the shots occurred over a long period of time, thousands of miles away and the fallout had time to spread itself very thinly. Thousands of these things going off in one day, which would occur during a full scale exchange between superpowers, would be an entirely different matter. The shelters that are present for public and military officials are there only to ensure that they survive long enough to launch a counter strike.
Your full of it, none of that is true.
Stop watching hollywood movies, they're not real.
There are very large shelters in the world, even some that are like small cities under ground.
Time, Distance and Shielding
Remember to open your mouth when you hear the bang
Bu what about restroom?
Alternative EFG Trashcan
That’s what the holes in the wall were for
Can I complete this before the bomb drops?
In todays world our government will not tell us jack shit about protecting our self from nuclear weapons. And old man Walt will out work all of today's young men. Go Walt!!
My question is who in their right mind is putting their visiting grandkids in the fallout shelter as an overnight bunk area?
I know if my grandparents had one I’d be hanging out in there all the time as a kid
funny how these videos are resurfacing all of a sudden... nuclear war 2022?
Hey I found this guy's skeleton in Fallout 4...
Ok, why is the universe putting this in my recommended...
"Cold War Era?" Yeah, this was Cold War #1, but we are now in Cold War #2, and it is more dangerous than the first one.
Chew, What does "this" refer to? Do you mean "the current world condition?" Who determines the label for the current world condition? The AP globalists at Rockefeller Center? The dirty Trump-hating scumbags at CNN? The Russophobic bitches of the BBC? BOTTOM LINE: We are in CW2, and very close to WW3.
Chew, Thanks for your response. There are 200 nations in the world, and many of them are not on either side of the conflict between the US versus its adversaries. The US has built a world empire since WW2, so the world condition hinges on the perspective, policies, and actions of the elite who control the US gov.
Here are the sides for you: One side is the US and its NATO client states, combined with Japan, NZ, Australia, Israel, South Korea, and the Sunni Arab Gulf States.
The other side is every country that opposes US imperialist and colonialist policies. These nations include China, N Korea, Russia, Serbia, Pakistan, several central Asian republics, Armenia, Belarus, Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, South Africa (and several other African nations, including Eritrea, Angola, etc.), Nicaragua, Mexico, Cuba, etc.
There is a third group of nations that have hosted US bases, or have done a lot of business with the US, but which harbor suspicion and distrust of the US. Philippines, Greece, Hungary, Turkey, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, etc. Several of these are even (nominally) NATO members, but major portions of their populations would never support US regime changes and wars of aggression.
There is a fourth group of truly non-aligned nations that play all sides, to their benefit. Some of these are India, Switzerland, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, etc.
Cold War 2 is primarily between the US (and its NATO sidekicks) versus China-Russia-Iran-Syria-N Korea.
Hello Chew, I have worked with some Turkish engineers in the past, on HVAC projects. They were smart, reliable, and friendly. We did not talk much about politics, but they were both hoping that Turkey will eventually take back some of the territory that it lost at the end of WW1.
If Turkey wants to take back some of northern Syria, I have no problem with that, if the Turkish Army restores public order, maintains the rule of law, arrests all ISIS members, and executes any of them found guilty of capital crimes.
Yes, it is quite possible that Gulen was behind the failed coup attempt. We have to wonder if any one of SIXTEEN US security agencies played a role in this......
Yes, it looks like Turkey and Russia have renewed and strengthened their ties. They are natural trading partners. Many thousands of Russians love to vacation at Turkish resorts, and Turkish fruits and vegetables are welcome in Russia. Turkey is in NATO, but I doubt if it would support a US military intervention into Ukraine, Transnistria, Abkhazia, or Ossetia.
The US war against ISIS and against North Korea should keep the US military busy for awhile, but a confrontation with Russia is definitely on their menu, probably in 2018 or 2019.
Why does the old man from the thumbnail looks like Mark Rylance
It's sad that millions of lives are in fear because of a few leaders disagreements.
your screwed if your in an apartment
This would cost far too much money today for the average person, unless they built it over years. Great tutorial though.
Use sandbags. Less than $1 each when bought in bulk. About 400 should build a shelter this size.
@WB
Not true at all.
Cant believe americans lived in such dystopian state and just didnt notice
Video produced by National Cement company, create a story and let people buy your products.
JUST A HEADS UP THIS VIDEO IS MOSTLY ABOUT HOW TO MAKE A WALL
Hey Swamp Fox. I received your reply on my channel field dressing video. I see where they deleted my original reply to you. Do me a favor. Resend your reply you just made several hours ago, but, minus the off-color words ("F"... "hell", etc.). I'd like to start a conversation on this stupid issue of censorship by TH-cam. You're the first hunter that brought it up. If you write back, clean it up abit, so I can publish it. Hope you know what I mean. I don't get it... these city people think meat in the grocery store is grown there.... or what? If you have any advice to help fight this, let me know. Keep in mind, also, they can also cancel our channels on a whim. Rick
If a thicker wall is better, and blocks are cheap (were, I know they're not anymore), then why lay the blocks lengthwise along the wall? Turn those sideways. It'll take more blocks, but the wall will be twice as thick.
Soil is an even better shield of radiation. It's typically denser and often has water content. Water is a very good shield against radiation. Concrete blocks are for building the shelter and having something that looks and feels like a dwelling, a floor, walls and ceiling.
Ideally, you make it 2 feet thick with concrete or 3 feet with soil. Sandbags work well for this, especially if you use rebar. In this video, the roof is not nearly thick enough on its own. Nearly a foot of concrete with two blocks. The ceiling is supplemented by the mass of the house above. Concrete is very heavy. More supports should be used for peace of mind to help prevent collapse.
In 2023, the average American can't even push a thumbtack into a wall straight. Could you imaging the typical homeowner doing all this blockwork without it collapsing over? 🤣Back in those days, the typical person was much more skilled than the desk jockeys of today.
Jjj
Too bad radiation will go through that wooden floor/roof.
Wow the wall looks so weak that British bricks home all having a double walls build it a joke 🤣 🤣 😁
Hey walt this gives me an idea I'd like to die slowly to
I don't think this would protect anymore
Depends, if it is one warhead 10 miles away our an all or full scale nuclear attack. All out attack, the human race is doomed regardless. If a rogue groups used one, it might save your life until help from all over the Nation arrived. Tornados also...
@@laser31415
Wrong.
Walt real nice man...bet he get drunk whoops shit out Ruth in the " shelter".
I have a space for my neighbor Sheila in my cellar. Sometimes you have to grab the hoe by the braids and lay the smackdown.
Later that night Walt said to his wife.
"It puts the lotion on the skin or else it gets the hose again"
so you stole the video from the us national archives and watermarked it? lol k
Walt strikes me as the kind of guy who wouldn't loan his tools to you .
Just saying.
He was loaning something else to his friend"s hot wife....Look at her eyeing Walt up at 2:11. When Walt said the room could be used for a lot of other activities, he wasn't kidding. 🤣
Top 1000 reasons why fallout 76 failed
2023 and we are in a affordable basic housing crisis.
Just a big grave
The saddest part of this all is the fact that it is all a farce.
Yeah. I know. A good Fallout Shelter would be a mile underground with self sufficient resources to survive years on end. (A vault from fallout)
+Lucian Donohue I also think that lead lining the fallout shelter would also help a great deal to protect from radiation.
Wow 0 dislikes, hmm should I?? Na I would never cause I'm not a bitch ass troll.
It's not a complete farce... it would work as a guest room.
true! But the idea to tell Americans this shelter is viable against a nuclear bomb is just crazy.
No concrete curing, virtually useless 🤷🏻♂️
No concrete ceiling, virtually useless 🤷🏻♂️
it is ironic that this film is as relevent today as ever .
Thats some nice generation loss
Here because of Putin and his BS…
The US has been poking the bear for decades.
@@marks4374 I think it's been the bear poking the rest of the planet.
who's here because we're getting closer to the division because of corona virus
Anyone else here in 2022 because of Russia?
A Fallout Shelter- A place to stay while awaiting a slow, painful, agonizing death.
Sickly American s
It’s funny because he looks like a dad from stepbrothers 😂🤣