About Fallout

Year Published: 1963

Creator: United States. Department of Defense.

Complete Record: Red dots on a glass slide, scientist at microscope, blobs magnified under microscope, people at beach, girl plays with bucket and shovel in sand, man in swimsuit walks toward camera (crotch-level view), graphics of light rays bouncing in space, illustrations of animals and plants interlocking in a collage-like pattern, mushroom cloud, camera zooms into fallout region, mechanical arms operated by scientist, animation of dots against clouds representing ‘fallout’, animation of fallout patterns over the continental US, family (man, woman, girl) walks out of bank-like building, interior of a fallout shelter, A high-rise that has a sign on the door indicating it is a fallout shelter, two people walk in, man in overcoat walks into shelter, puts his hat on wall rack, woman peels potatoes in kitchen, CU water going down drain, police officer on 3-wheeler uses CB radio, street cleaning machine moves down road, street cleaners hose down gutter, tractor tills the soil, moves past the rising sun, over-the-shoulder man driving on road, ECU man wearing wide black sunglasses, zoom into one of the lenses. Attempt to dispel many common myths and fallacies about radioactive fallout. Uses animation and live action to illustrate the nature of fallout radiation, its effects on the cells of the body, food and water, and what steps can be taken to guard against its dangers. Descriptors: Atomic/nuclear, Civil defense,  Cold War