Federal Civil Defense Administration

A reporter is given a tour of the Nevada Test Site before witnessing an atom bomb detonation, part of the Operation Teapot series of nuclear tests in 1955.

Short film that emphasizes the importance of keeping a tidy home when facing an atomic bomb.

This Civil Defense films shows the results of atomic testing on houses at Yucca Flats, NV. Although the purpose of the film was to inform viewers of what rooms of the house to avoid in case of atomic attack, the film's failure to mention the dangers of radioactive fallout caused the government to have it pulled from circulation in 1959 and declared obsolete.

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1954 civil defense short film describing the threat of an impending nuclear attack.