Unseen for years and made public for the first time by the National Security Archive, the film depicts the U.S. Air Force’s implementation of war plan “Quick Strike” in response to a Soviet surprise attack against the United States.
Continue readingEven though The Long Loud Silence wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, I’m still happy to have read it, and to be able to cross it off my list. If you happen to come across a copy for a good price, I would definitely suggest you pick it up.
Continue readingTime Enough At Last by Lynn Venable – The short story from 1953 that served as the basis for the classic Twilight Zone episode.
Continue readingA Day Called X is a dramatized CBS documentary film set in Portland, Oregon, in which the entire city is evacuated in anticipation of a nuclear air raid.
Continue readingA series of audio dramas released as part of a campaign to convince the American public to accept a plan to put all nuclear weapons under United Nations control.
Continue readingFail Safe aired on CBS on April 9, 2000, as a live teleplay, broadcast in black and white to call back to the time it takes place. It was the first live drama aired on CBS in almost 40 years, and the occasion called for a cast of notable actors. Richard Dreyfus as the president, with George Clooney, Harvey Keitel, Don Cheadle, Brian Dennehy, Sam Elliot and Noah Wyle rounding out the performers.
Continue readingReleased in 1946, One World or None is regarded as the first “atomic scare” film, and portrays the horrors of the use of nuclear weapons.
Continue readingThis “what-if” episode imagines what would happen in the event of a nuclear strike on Los Angeles.
Continue readingAnother very early (1950), and overly optimistic, film downplaying the dangers of a nuclear attack, but stressing the importance of being prepared.
Continue readingReleased in 1952, Invasion U.S.A. begins when a mysterious stranger engages a diverse group of Manhattan bar patrons in a discussion on the best way to beat Communism. Suddenly, a real Red Alert is declared and enemy parachutists by the thousands begin landing on American soil! Soon atom bombs are dropping. Through it all, a suave, street-smart reporter and a beautiful debutante desperately try to find time for romance amid the chaos…
Continue readingThis official U.S. Civil Defense film describes the dangers of an atomic bomb blast, and instructs the public on how to prepare for, and survive, an atomic attack. From 1951.
Continue readingAtomic Attack, based on Judith Merril’s 1950 novel “Shadow on the Hearth,” aired live on the ABC network program Motorola TV Hour on May 18, 1954.
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