1963NUCLEAR POWER/CIVIL DEFENSE
COLD WAR PARANOID PROPAGANDA SCARE FILM THAT PROPOSES WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WERE HIT BY NUCLEAR ATTACK.
PHYSICS, EFFECT & DEFENSE AGAINST NUCLEAR FALLOUT. PHENOMENA OF NATURAL RADIATION AND DANGERS OF FALLOUT. WEAKENING EFFECT OF RESIDUAL RADIATION. EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON BODY, FOOD AND WATER. SHELTER AND DECONTAMINATION MEASURES.
PHYSICS, EFFECT & DEFENSE AGAINST NUCLEAR FALLOUT. PHENOMENA OF NATURAL RADIATION AND DANGERS OF FALLOUT. WEAKENING EFFECT OF RESIDUAL RADIATION. EFFECTS OF RADIATION ON BODY, FOOD AND WATER. SHELTER AND DECONTAMINATION MEASURES.
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CU TWEEZER PICKS UP TINY PARTICLE OF RADIO ACTIVE FALLOUT FROM SMALL GROUP OF PARTICLES ON SLIDE. MS SCIENTIST PLACES SLIDE UNDER MICROSCOPE, CU ENLARGED PARTICLE, AND OTHER PARTICLES. AS SEEN BY SCIENTIST, UNDER MICROSCOPE.
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HAND OF SCIENTIST DUMPS PARTICLES ON TABLE WHICH ARE JOINED BY MILLIONS OF TINY PARTICLES FALLING ON TABLE EMITTING STREAKS OF DANGEROUS RADIO ACTIVITY THROUGH THE AIR.. VOICE OVER SAYS BILLIONS OF THESE RADIO ACTIVE PARTICLES WOULD FALL FROM SKY, SETTLE TO EARTH AFTER NUCLEAR ATTACK.
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TITLE: "ABOUT FALLOUT" WRITTEN STATEMENT ABOUT FILM.
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PAN OCEAN TO BEACH WITH PEOPLE ENJOYING SURF, SUN.
MS YOUNG COUPLE ON BEACH, TILT DOWN ZOOM IN LITTLE GIRL PLAYING IN SAND WITH PAIL AND SHOVEL. VOICE OVER SAYS, "RADIATION IS SOMETHING WE LIVE WITH EVERY DAY". |
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ANIMATED MILKY WAY, AND SUN, A RAGING NUCLEAR FURNACE. EMITTING STREAKS OF RADIATION, STREAKS STRIKE WANDERING ASTEROIDS AND PLANETS SUCH AS OUR OWN. CU SUNGLASSES REFLECTING SUN RAYS.
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MS YOUNG WOMAN IN SWIM SUIT, SUNGLASSES RELAXING ON BEACH, LISTENING TO SMALL PORTABLE RADIO . (ANIMATED) STREAKS OF RADIATION POUNDS HER AND BEACH. MS GIRL PLAYING WITH SAND PAIL IS POUNDED BY RADIATION STREAKS. AS VOICE OVER TELLS, SHOWS HOW RADIATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH US.
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MCU YOUNG MAN IN SWIM SUIT WALKING ON BEACH TOWARDS CAMERA. KNEELS ON BLANKET WITH GIRL IN SWIM SUIT, CHATS WITH HER. BOTH ARE BOMBARDED BY STREAKS OF RADIATION.
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CU MECHANICAL ARMS OPEN VIAL OF RADIO ACTIVE LIQUID IN PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURE. SCIENTIST OUTSIDE ROOM HANDLES MECHANICAL ARMS. CU SIGN WITH RADIATION INSIGNIA, "CAUTION, RADIATION AREA".
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LS A-BOMB BLAST. PULVERIZED DEBRIS IS SLOWLY PULLED UP INTO MUSHROOM CLOUD. THIS IS WHERE RADIO-ACTIVE FALLOUT IS FORMED, CONTAINING BILLIONS OF RADIO ACTIVE PARTICLES, WHICH FALL TO EARTH AFTER STRONG WINDS ALOFT BLOW IT IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
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ANIMATED VIEW BILLIONS PARTICLES FALLING TO EARTH.
CU ANIMATED VIEW MORE DANGEROUS HEAVIER PARTICLES THE SIZE OF TABLE SALT, WHICH FELL TO GROUND, GIVING OFF STREAKS OF RADIATION. |
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ANIMATED VIEW OF CLOCK AT 12:00 O'CLOCK ALONGSIDE ROUND CIRCLE, WHICH IS SIZE OF RESIDUAL FORCE OF RADIATION. AS TIME PASSES THE CIRCLE GETS SMALLER, SHOWING FORCE OF RADIATION DECAYS WITH TIME. ANIMATED MAPS SHOW RESULTS OF FALLOUT ON UNITED STATES OVER 48 HOUR PERIOD, CONCLUDING, WITHOUT SHELTER, MILLIONS WOULD FACE DEATH.
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ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOW THAT THE FURTHER YOU ARE FROM BLAST THE LESS RADIATION YOU RECEIVE. DRAWING OF MULTI-STORY BUILDING SHOWS YOU WILL RECEIVE LESS RADIATION FROM FALLOUT IN MIDDLE FLOORS OF BUILDING THAN YOU WILL GET FROM UPPER AND LOWER FLOORS.
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ANIMATION ALSO SHOWS THAT MASS WILL ALSO PROTECT YOU FROM FALLOUT. THEREFORE YOU CAN SHIELD YOURSELF FROM THE MOST DANGEROUS PERIOD BY USING SHEER WEIGHT OF ANY MATERIAL.
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LS FAMILY OF THREE EXITING BUILDING WITH TREE BETWEEN THEM AND FALLOUT WILL NOT BE PROTECTED.
ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS THAT FIVE FEET OF WOOD, TWO FEET OF EARTH, 1 1/3 FEET OF CONCRETE OE 1/2 FOOT OF STEEL WILL PROTECT THEM. THOUGH THICKNESS OF MATERIALS VARY, THEY ALL WEIGH THE SAME. |
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VARIOUS VIEWS FALLOUT SHELTERS INSIDE AND OUT.
BUNK BEDS IN ROOM WITH SURVIVAL PROVISIONS. PAN TILT DOWN MULTI-STORIED APARTMENT HOUSE. WITH RADIATION SHELTER EMBLEM AT FRONT ENTRANCE. PEOPLE ENTERING. |
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MAN, FACING CAMERA, STANDING BY PROTECTIVE WALL BEING BOMBARDED BY RADIATION STREAKS, AS VOICE OVER HOW INVISIBLE RAYS OF RADIATION, WHICH CANNOT BE FELT, CAN BE SO DAMAGING. WALL IS REMOVED AND MAN'S BODY IS BOMBARDED BY RADIATION.
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ANIMATED DRAWING OF HUMAN CELL DIVIDING AND THEN BEING BOMBARDED BY RADIATION SHOWS DAMAGE CAUSED TO CELLS. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS PROCESS.
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LS CONVERTIBLE AUTO CIRCA 1965 RIDING DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET, CU DRIVER, BACK TO CAMERA, STEERING WHEEL IN HAND, CU SPEEDOMETER AND ROENTGENS METER. CU FINGERS HOLDING PEN TYPE OBJECT CALLED A DOCIMETER. WHICH MEASURES RATE OF RADIATION IN ROENTGENS AS SPEEDOMETER MEASURES RATE OF SPEED IN MILES.
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MS CONVERTIBLE PULLS TO STOP IN FRONT OF CAMERA DRIVER WITH SUNGLASSES LOOKS UP AT SUN. CU SUNGLASSES, ZOOM IN REFLECTION OF SUN. VOICE OVER TELLS OF NO. OF ROENTGENS MAN IS ABSORBING FROM SUN IS NOT ENOUGH TO AFFECT HIS HEALTH. CU ANIMATED DRAWING OF SUN RADIATING RAYS, CU DOSIMETER SHOWS NO. OF ROENTGENS BEING MEASURED.
VOICE OVER SAYS, "AS WE GO BEYOND 300 ROENTGENS, THE DANGER OF DEATH INCREASES RAPIDLY". |
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ANIMATED DRAWING OF CROSS SECTION OF SHELTER WITH PWEOPLE IN BASEMENT BEING PROTECTED BY SHIELDING OF BUILDING. LS MAN STROLLING ALONG TALL BRICK WALL. MAN RUNNING IN OPEN AREA AS IT RAINS.
ENTERS APARTMENT ENTRANCE, , REMOVES, RAIN COAT, RUBBERS AND HAT, VOICE OVER TELLS OF LIMITED PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION AFFORDED BY ORDINARY CLOTHING. weather |
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YOUNG HOUSEWIFE IN KITCHEN PEELING POTATOES. VOICE OVER TELLS OF CONTAMINATED FOOD IS EASILY DE-CONTAMINATED BY EVERY DAY FOOD PREPARATION..
BUT STILL TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS, BECAUSE LITERALLY NOTHING CAN DESTROY RADIO-ACTIVITY. |
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CU HOUSE WIFE'S HANDS WASHING FRUIT IN BOWL OF WATER. CU WATER IN BOWL BEING POURED DOWN DRAIN
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CU WATER OF RIVER RAPID FLOWING DOWN STREAM. STILL WATERS OF RIVER. ANIMATED DRAWING SHOWS HOW PARTICLES SETTLE TO BOTTOM IN STILL WATERS, WHILE OTHERS MAY LAY SUSPENDED FOR LONG TIME, TAKING LONG TOME TO DISSOLVE..
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ANIMATED DRAWING WATER TREATMENT PLANT. PAN TO HAND POWERED WATER PUMP OVER WELL. ANIMATED DRAWING OF RESIDENTIAL HOME AND CROSS SECTION SHOWING FAMILY IN FALLOUT SHELTER UNDER HOUSE.
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ABOVE VIEW POLICEMAN ON 3 WHEEL MOTORCYCLE SLOWLY ROLLING DOWN RESIDENTIAL STREET MEASURING ROENTGENS ON GAUGE AND CALLING IT IN TO HEADQUARTERS.
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CU STREET SWEEPING VEHICLE SWEEPING CURBSIDE TO REMOVE RADIO ACTIVE PARTICLES.. CU WATER FROM POWER HOSE HELD BY TWO FIREMEN WASHING CURB AND STREET DRAIN TO REMOVE REMAINING PARTICLES
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MONTAGE SHELVES IN SHELTERS, SUPER MARKETS AND FOOD STORES PACKED WITH CANNED FOODS AND OTHER ITEMS. LS HUGE SURPLUS FOOD STORAGE SILOS.
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FARM TRACTOR IN FIELD RIDING TOWARDS CAMERA. HUGE VEHICLE COLLECTING COTTON IN COTTON FIELD. HUGE PLOW TOWARDS CAMERA PICKING COTTON
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ANIMATED DRAWINGS SHOWS THAT RADIO ACTIVITY FRO SOIL TO PLANT IS EXTREMELY LOW.
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MLS FARMER AND TRACTOR IS SILHOUETTED BY SUN AND HORIZON AS HE RIDES ACROSS FIELD. R TO L.
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MONTAGE ANIMATED DRAWINGS MILKY WAY PAN TO BRIGHT STAR. MUSHROOM CLOUD. CLOUDS ROLLING BY DROPPING FALLOUT OTHERS AS VOICE OVER SUMMARIZES.
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