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The Trinity test had been
executed in New Mexico.

The people from Trinity

had arrived in the Marianas

and they had with them
at that particular time

color photographs of
the Trinity explosion,

so we got the gang together

and we show them.

We didn't use the words "atomic bomb",

we did not use that, but we said:

Okay now, this is the bomb,

this is what will happen

when we make our flight tomorrow

and release it, this
is what we're gonna see.

So with this preliminary indoctrination

we got into the airplane and took off.

Once through we're ... in the air

I then left the pilot
seat of the airplane

and I crawled back into the back,

where the enlisted men were.

I got them all together back,

then we pour some coffee
out of the thermos jug

and I told them actually
what we were doing,

what we are carrying at that time,

and the weather being
clear at our primary,

which was Hiroshima,
there was no decision left,

I mean, we were on
the way to the primary,

so that part of it
was perfectly routine,

as we came in from our initial point

to the bomb release point,

it was again routine.

There we were bothered not in the least

by any kind of either
opposition, no flag.

We didn't see anything
that causes any concerns,

so we're able to concentrate

strictly on the bombing problem.

The bomb was released.

We executed a turn around
as we had been directed.

The bomb blast hits us.

It hits us in two different shockwaves,

first being the stronger.

This essay was a perfectly unexciting

and routine thing up until the point

of taking a look at the
damage we had been done,

that was kinda a little
bit hard to realize,

it was kinda inconceivable

as to what we were looking at there.

We pass comments back
and forth in the airplane,

we took pictures and by
the time we had done that

I became concerned that

we better quit be in sight seers

and get out of there.

We were gone and off to the coast

in a matter of about 20 minutes

from the time that
the bomb was released.

We have spent more
than two billion dollars

on the greatest scientific
gamble in history,

and we have won.

The Navy Department says
that it's too early yet

to tell what effect the atomic bomb

will have on Japanese morale

and that we may have
to destroy 4 or 5 cities

before they actually
believe we have such a bomb.

Having found the atomic
bomb, we have used it.

We shall continue to use it

until we completely
destroy Japan's power

to make war.

Only a japanese

surrender will stop us.

It is an awful responsibility
which has come to us.

We thank God that it has come to us

instead of to our enemies,

and we pray that He may guide us

to use it in His ways
and for His purposes.

Captain Beahan,

what was your most
outstanding experience

on this historic flight?

I suppose it was when the clouds

don't pull out over
the target, at Nagasaki,

so it was pretty as a picture.

I made the run, let the bomb go.

That was my greatest thrill.

There was no atheists in the hole

and men that had never prayed at all

at the time they watched at the heaven

and beg the Lord that ended up the war

They told Him of their
mothers on the homeland

They told Him that
they wanted to be there

I think the bomb that stroke Hiroshima

was the answer to our boys' prayers.

Hey, did you see that city

where the first atomic bomb was dropped?

Yes, Fred. We flew over Hiroshima

for about half an hour.

- It was a shamble down.
- A shamble?

It looked like Evans field

after a doubleheader with the Giants.

The group had been told to select

some targets in Japan
that had not been bombed.

In other words, they
wanted virgin targets,

and the reason behind it,

even though not given to
the group at that time,

the reason behind it
was that they wanted

to be able to make bomb blast studies,

or bomb damage studies on virgin targets

once the bombs were used.

There are definitely military targets,

there was no question about that,

and they offered such a...

Well, you can almost say
a classroom experiment,

as far as being able to determine later

the bomb damage.

I have been subjected
many times to criticism,

I have been accused of being insane,

being a drunkard,

being everything that you can imagine

a derelict to be,

as a result of a guilty
conscience for doing this,

and as I said, no one's
ever comes to my defense

in that regard.

I look at it this way:
that my part in this thing

may well have been
something that later or now

the U. S. government might be looking

at someone with a guilt complex,

and their feeling could be
that the less said about it

by the United States
government the better.

June 30 1946, almost time.

Another five seconds...

two...

17.30.

A spewing column of smoke
9 miles high in the sky,

blinding light stronger than the Sun.

Bikini Atholon, present site

of Operation Crossroads,

and the fourth atom bomb explosion.

Bikini Atholon, where 200 warships

will be anchored, 140 planes, 200 goats,

200 pigs, 4,000 rats.

How will this fourth bomb affect you?

What do you know of this atom bomb?

The bomb will not start

a chain reaction in the water,

converting it all the gas,

letting all the ships on all the oceans

drop down to the bottom.

It will not blow out
the bottom of the sea

and let all the water run down the hole.

It will not destroy gravity.

I am NOT an atomic playboy,

as one of my critics labeled me,

exploding these bombs

to satisfy my personal whim.

The natives expressed to the people

of the United States their welcome,

despite the fact that
the Atholon of Bikini

may be utterly destroyed on July 1.

But the natives, in their simplicity

and their pleasantness
and their courtesy,

they're more than willing to cooperate,

although they don't understand

the world of nuclear energy

anymore than we do,

and all they have no
way of understanding

what the test is all about.

Scene 26, take 2.

Well, James, tell
them that the commodore

will explain the atomic bomb.

All right. Now, James,
will you tell them

that the United States government

now wants to turn this
great destructive force

into something good for mankind,

and that this experiments here at Bikini

are the first step in that direction.

Now, they have heard of our plan

for their evacuation.

Will you ask King Judah
to get up and tell us now

what his people think,

and if they're willing to go.

Yes, very good, they are willing to go

and everything is in God hands.

Well, you tell them and King Judah

that everything being in God's hands,

it cannot be other than good.

American officials discuss plans

with the Bikini natives

for the evacuation of the atholon.

The natives are nomadic groups,

and are well pleased
that the yanks are going

to add a little variety to their lives,

and here, by the way,
you hear them singing

a Marshallese version
of "You are my sunshine".

They are in time.

I just have been in the ...

The boys in the control seat...

The pilot have it under his control.

No one can stop it,

the atomic bomb is about to drop.

20 seconds.

42,000 men are here watching.

All the observers, ten seconds!

All the observer ships in
position in the open sea,

were about 10 miles away.

Three... two... one...

In the background was
the growing struggle

between two great powers

for shape the post-war world:

Soviet Russia was
expansively stabbing westward,

knifening the nations left empty by war.

For orders from the Kremlin,

Russia had launched one
of history's most drastic

political, moral and economic wars:

a cold war.

The United States was
obliged to help Europe

safeguard its traditional freedoms

and the independence of its nations.

Gone was the spirit of wartime unity

that reached its peak on
that historic afternoon

in April 45 at the
Elbe River in Germany.

Here two worlds actually met,

but this coalition
was to be torn asunder.

Already an Iron Curtain
had dropped around

Poland, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria.

"But this is Europe", you say.

But let's see what can happen elsewhere,

in the small town of Mosinee, Wisconsin.

Peaceful, isn't it?

But the red punching falls

and the chief of police
is hauled off to jail.

Next, public utilities are seized

by fifth columnists.

Watch carefully what
happens to an editor

who operates under a free press.

He goes to jail too and his newspaper

is confiscated. Exit freedom of thought.

Yes, this is life under

the Soviet form of government.

The little town of Mosinee
made this experiment

for 24 hours of public
service to all America.

It can't happen here?

Well, this is what it
looks like if it should.

Fortunately we can move the clock back.

The time is not yet.

Let us pray that it never
happens in our country.

Before we meet the members

of the American Legion Post 279,

who helped make this picture possible,

I just like to say that gives me

a great deal of satisfaction

to present two outstanding

shopping centers in California,

Shopping Hub of the San Gabriel Valley

in West Arcadia

and the Whittier Quad Shopping Center

in Whittier, California,

because they are concrete expressions

of the practical idealism
that built America.

When you visit these two
fine shopping centers,

you will find more than four score

beautiful stores, the
sparkling assortments,

an attractive atmosphere, and of course

plenty of free parking for all the cars

that we, capitalists, seem to acquire.

Who can help but contrast the beauty

of the practical settings

of the Arcadia Shopping Hub

or the Whittier Quad

with what you'd find under communism.

It's not sane to hope for the best

without preparing for the worst.

Our object is not aggression.

We need not become militaristic,

but we must keep our army, our navy,

our air force at ready steam.

We must back up our team for security.

Well, I guess there's nothing for us

to worry about.

We're the ones that have the bomb.

The atom bomb explodes again

in the headlines of the world.

In Washington, the chairman

of the Joint Congressional Committee

on Atomic Energy, senator Brian McMahon,

gives his reaction to

the Russia's possession of the bomb.

This is no time for hysteria,

this is no time for panic,

this is a time for a calm reflection

on the political and
military implications

of this transcendent event.

Everybody is worried

about the atomic bomb

but nobody's worried

about the day my Lord will come

when He hit, the Lord Almighty,

like an atom bomb

when He comes, when He comes

This suit is made of this material.

Inside this layer is a shredded led

that resists against atomic rays.

Okay, Richard, go with this antirray jumper.

Everybody is worried

about the atomic bomb

but nobody's worried

about the day my Lord will come

One immediate effect of the announce

of the Russian atom blast

is the tight of security regulations

of all atom installations.

At Hanford, Washington,
where 200 million dollars

have being spent in the ever expanding

atomic government empire,

the door is being locked, but tight.

The guards are get on their toes

by constant targets practices,

and they have orders to shoot to kill

at any suspicious thing.

A highly trained, well
equipped North Korean army

swarmed across the 38th paralell

to attack unprepared
South Korean defenders.

Caught off guard they
were all overwhelmed,

until the United Nations

took its historic vote to intervine.

The end of the war seemed in sight

as the Allies pushed north towards

the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

Then it happened.

The Chinese Red Army starts bring

hundreds of thousands,
swarmed over the frontier

against thinly held
United Nations positions.

Confronted by overwhelming numbers,

UN army were forced to
an inevitable retreat,

while men wondered whether Red China

detach off World War Three.

Will the atom bomb be the answer

to the Chinese hordes?

President Truman said that

it was under consideration.

If the United Nations ...
to the forces of agression,

no nation will be safe or secure.

If the agression is successful in Korea

we can expect it to spread

throughout Asia and Europe

and to this hemisphere.

We are fighting in Korea
for our own national

security and survival.

It's time for the Longines Chronicle.

Our distinguished guest for this evening

is the honorable James E. Van Zandt,

United States congressman
from Pennsylvania.

It's my opinion that
we should fight the war

to win in Korea, rather
than try to settle

at the diplomatic table,
which is impossible

when you're dealing with Russia.

Would you extend your will to win so far

as to include the atomic bomb?

Very definitely, dr. Peterson.

I've always been a firm believer

that we should use the atomic bomb

not only on Korea,

but north of the yellow
river in Manchuria.

Does that mean that you believe

that it could be
effectively used as a weapon

in the Korean theater?

Yes, I think that there
are several targets

in Northern Korea we could use,

that we could destroy
with the atomic bomb,

we could strong contaminate them.

And then, of course, there are targets

in Manchuria that should be destroyed.

This is the destructive
power we pray God

we will never be called upon

to hurt at any nation,

but should if become necessary.

That it's not hesitate,

because it is foreign to our nature

not use the power
which has been given us.

I propose the president
of the United States

invite at the commander

of the north korean troops

to withdraw his forces
beyond the 38th parallel

within one week, or use that week

to evacuate civilians
from a specified list

of North Korean cities

that will be subjected to atomic attack

by the United States air force.

There will soon be uneven

to this cold an wicked war

when those hard headed comunists

had got what they're looking for

Only one thing that will stop then,

and their outrageous fun,

if General MacArthur

drops the atomic bomb.

There'll be fire clouds and metal

flying all around

and radioactivity will
burn until the ground

If there's any commies left in

...

if General MacArthur
drops the atomic bomb.

I ask you, the American citizen,

to let your Congressman
know how you feel

about this proposal.

I really don't know what to do.

But do you feel the Korean situation

affects us more than anything else?

Yes, I feel that we should
get out our boys home,

they've been over there long enough

and it doesn't seem to be

any end to this situation.

Hear what my mom said about

how bad things are back home.

"Everybody's hoarding.

Properties are getting fat contracts.

Neighbors say that politicians are using

the war to their own advantage.

All our chief atomic
scientists are spies."

And a lot more.

I just take it with a grain of salt.

Let me tell you how the commies

plant propaganda back home.

Sometime ago Mack, Johnny and I

managed to get our last leave

together in a big city.

We must get rid from that atom bomb!

These poor boys will
shed their innocent blood

in a war that this country is provoking!

Get a load of us.

Asiatic people all want

the peaceful establishment
of native regimes

without the interference

of the United States troops.

Communist don't want war.

War would be world suicide.

Only communist countries
can guarantee you peace!

Why don't you go live

in a communist country then?

You're going to talk on
a street corner there?

You look pretty well, sister,

to be tearing down the country

that gives you freedom of speech.

We're living in the country

that's the finest place on Earth,

but some folks don't appreciate

this land that gave them birth

I hear that up in Washington

they're having an awful fuss

'cause communist spies

are making monkeys out of us.

The question is:

have you ever been a member

of the Communist Party?

You refuse to answer that question,

is that correct?

I have told you that I
will always ... my beliefs,

my affiliations and anything else...

to the American public,

and they will know where I stand,

as they do from all my writings.

The witness stay away!

I wrote of Americanism
for many years, and I...

Stay away from the stand!

...for the Bill of
Rights you are destroying.

Stay away from the stand!

The bureaus and departments

have been busy night and day

They're figuring out just how

we gave our secrets all away

and Congress has appointed

a committee, so they said,

to find out who's American

and who's a low down red

I'm holding in my hand a microfilm,

a very highly confidential secret

State Department documents.

These documents were fed out

of the State Department
over ten years ago,

by communists who were employees

of that Department,
and who were interested

in seeing that these documents were sent

to the Soviet Union, when the interests

of the Soviet Union happened to be

in conflict with those
of the United States.

I'm no communist, I
tell you that right now!

I believe a man should own

his own house and car and cow

I like this private ownership

and I want to be left alone

Let the government run its business

and let me run my own

Our education is proceeding a pace

as to how Russia operates

and how they got the atom bomb,

not by independent
research, but from America,

from traitors within our own ranks.

This is a special broadcast

on the scene as Sing Sing prison,

where the Rosenbergs
have just been executed.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

have gone to the electric chair.

The first to go into the death chamber

was Julius Rosenberg.

He walked with an impassible

expression on his face.

He walked in slowly.

He was preceded by a rabine

who was singing the 23rd salm,

which everyone knows very well.

He proceeded immediately
over to the chair.

He didn't say a word to anyone,

he didn't see to anyone.

He sat down on the chair,
straps were applied,

and the first jolt of electricity

was sent through his body
at 20.04 of the night.

She died a lot harder.

When it appeared that she had received

enough electricity to
kill an ordinary person,

and have received the exact amount

that killed her husband,

the doctors went over

and pulled down the cheap...

prison dress a little dark green

pulled the ... and place the steps...

the steples... I can say it,

place the stethoscope... to her

and then looked around,
looked at each other

rather dumbfounded and seemed surprised

that she was not dead.

Believing she was dead,

the attendants had taken off the ghastly

strappings and electrodes
and black belts.

These had to be readjusted again,

and she was given more electricity,

which started again and
a ghastly plume of smoke

that rose from her head

and went up against
the skylight overhead.

After two more of these jolts,

Ethel Rosenberg had met her Maker.

She'll have a lot of
explaining to do to.

Immediately after the execution,

the corpses, the bodies were taken away.

There is nothing much to report

at this particular time.

There's don't be no demonstrations.

The heat here has been extremely intense

with a heavy fog in there,

and had been a bit tension

about this whole proceeding up here,

but it is all over,

the news men had been left first,

and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

have gone to the electric chair.

That was an on-the-spot
report of the execution

tonight at Sing Sing prison

of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.

Now The Great Day Show,

as we join Red Benson and The Gang

in the marine barracks
in Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The program is already in fact.

The question before us is this:

should the hydrogen bomb be build?

All the world knows we Americans

are constructive, not destructive.

However distasteful this maybe to us,

there is no choice in the matter:

let us build the bomb.

Is my decided opinion

that the United States of America

should immediately begin

the construction of the H bomb.

I feel we must make the H bomb.

Is my personal opinion
that we should manufacture

and produce the H bomb in quantity.

The Russians will try it anyhow,

and should they learn the
secret of its manufacture

before we do, the life and security

of all freedom loving
people will be in danger.

I would like to add however

that the United States of America

should not necessarily use this bomb,

but rather look upon it
as a peaceful guardian

and protector of the
basic American doctrines

of liberty and democracy

against the obstacles of red fascisms,

materialistic and atheistic philosophy.

If the communist blocK does attack,

our radar sites and observers
will sound the alert.

Giant bombers will take to the air.

Jet fighters will scream aloud.

Fighters will account
for some of the enemies,

but some will get through to your home.

In times of social crisis and tension,

in times when changes
come so thick and fast

that the individual can no longer

place himself in his group,

when he knows that something is wrong,

but doesn't know what,

when he feels himself a pawn,

in times like these,

most men become highly suggestible.

They listened eagerly for any voice

which sounds authority.

They listen eagerly for anyone

who can tell them what is wrong

and what to do right,

who can diagnose their trouble

and prescribe a cure.

Eisenhower, the man of the moment

Ike, Ike, we like Ike!

Ike, Ike, we want Ike!

We like the shine of your smile

We see the future in your eyes

You led our men to victory

You are the one we idolize.

I don't mean to say, and
no one can say to you,

that there are no dangers.

Of course there are risks
if we are not vigilant,

but we do not have to be hysterical.

We can be vigilant, we can be Americans,

we can stand up and hold
up our heads and say:

America is the greatest force

that God has ever allowed to exist.

As such, it is up to
us to lead this world

to a peaceful and secure existence,

and I assure you: we can do it.

Now, if we first take a look

at the strength of America,

you and I know that is

the most productive nation on Earth,

that we are richer, by
any standard of comparison,

that any other nation in the world.

We know that we have

great military strength,
economic, intellectual.

But all in all, this
total strength of America

is one of those things we called,

and the world calls, unbelievable.

Now, by then, with all his strength

should we be worrying at times

about what the world is doing to us?

Actually we see threats
coming from all angles,

the internal and external, and we wonder

what's going to happen to us

individually and as a nation.

Now, perhaps I can
illustrate some of the reasons

for this concern of today.

Now, only a year ago

hydrogen bomb was
exploded in the Pacific.

Last month, another series of ...

Now this transfer of power,
this increase of power

from the musket and the little cannon

all the way to the hydrogen bomb

in a single lifetime is
indicative of the things

that have happened to us.

They'd rather indicate how far

the advances of science

had outrace our social conscience.

How much more we have
developed scientifically

than we are capable of

handling emotionally and intellectually.

So that is one of the reasons

that we have this great concern,

of which the hydrogen bomb

is merely a dramatic symbol.

- Dad, I finished.
- Ok, ok.

Me too. The new puzzle, where is it?

- In my bookcase.
- Thanks, daddy.

Kenny, put the news,
it's about that time.

- Oh, dad.
- You can watch that show tomorrow.

- Ok.
- Thanks.

Anyone of intelligence and information

is hoping and praying that we won't have

a third world war,

because in this age of atomic weapons,

war would be... a third world war

would be a catastrophe for all mankind,

and then finally, and
this is quite significant,

about sixty percent
of the american people

reviewed in the study which we made

through the University
of Michigan a year ago,

that they believed that
the military could stop

the atomic bombs from falling

upon the United States.

Well, I'm sorry to have to tell you

that the military will
tell you that today

they cannot stop a
successful Russian attack.

That can be corroborated
rather dramatically

and we didn't plan
it this way, governor,

but the floor manager has just handed me

a bulletin saying that the Russians

had just exploded a hydrogen bomb.

We must learn to live in a world

where we have the hydrogen bomb

and the enemy of freedom
has the hydrogen bomb.

It can destroy any city,
that means Fort Worth

and Dallas, Houston,
San Antonio, Amarillo,

El Paso, yes, Johnson City.

Every dollar I make
goes for taxes and bill

Perhaps they've discovered
the cure for my ill

Ho, hai, ho, the hydrogen bomb

God bless it all for let it fall

Ho, hai, ho, the hydrogen bomb

Oh, God, have mercy on me

The problem this time
is especially acute

because this entire area of the Pacific

is subject to radiological fallout,

and this area is inhabited
by some 20,000 people.

The meteorologists had
predicted a wind condition

which should had carried
the fallout to the north

of a group of small atollons

lying to the east of Bikini.

The wind failed to
follow the predictions

but shifted south of that line,

and the little islands
of Rongelap, Rongerik

and Utirik were in the edge of the path

of the fallout.

The task force commander
rapidly evacuated

all the people from these islands.

They were taken to
the island of Kwajelin,

where we maintain a naval establishment,

and there they've
placed under continuous

and competent medical supervision.

I visited they there last week.

Today, a whole month after the event,

the medical staff on
Kwajelin have advised us

that they anticipate normalness,

except, of course, diseases which may be

hereafter contracted.

The 236 natives appeared to me

to be well and happy.

The survey aircraft
carefully searched the area

and reported no shipping.

A Japanese fishing trawler

appears to have been
missed by the search,

but based on a statement

attributed to their skipper,

that in effect he saw
the flash of the explosion

and heard the concussion
six minutes later,

it must have been well
within the danger area.

At the time of the explosion

the tuna ship had been
sailing far outside

the designated safe
area of a 75-mile radius.

Three hours after the H
bomb had been detonated,

a downpour of radioactive ash

descended on The Fortunate Dragon

and it's crew of 23.

None of them knew the
nature of the deadly stole.

It was three days for before the ship

and it's contaminated
crew and fishing catch

sailed into port.

By that time the men suffered

from the beginning symptoms of deadly

radiation poisoning.

By the time their illnesses

have been properly diagnosed,

the hot fish brought back in their holes

had been sold in the
markets all over Japan.

A panic ensued.

Midnight burials of recent catches

in the vicinity of the h-bomb explosion

took place all over Japan.

The bottom had dropped
down the fish market,

and the Japanese people chose to do

without the staple food

for a long time after the tragic affair.

Another byproduct of the stupendous

mid-Pacific blast
unfolds in San Francisco,

where tuna fish, supposedly

made radioactive during the tests,

are scrutinized by federal agents

armed with Geiger counters,

for signs of contamination.

Hot tea anyone?

That's not an invitation, it's a problem

for the Coast Guard and customs

by the arrival in Brooklyn of a cargo

of japanese tea slightly radioactive.

Final conclusion: the
tea's radioactivity

is within safety limits,
not too hot to handle.

Warm.

Yeah. June in January that's what I say.

If you ask me, I think

it's because of those atom bombs.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

They've done some
cockeyed ... of the world.

I think they got the
south in the Equator.

Just like I keep saying,

everybody's so uncertain
about everything.

They don't seem to know
what's gonna happen.

Bourbon, straight.

Well, as I was saying,

I wouldn't be very eager as much

about the atom bomb.

if it were to kill you right out.

What scares me is that awful gas

that deforms you.

- Yeah, that would be bad.
- Yeah.

It's the drink you don't pour

Now when you take one soup

you won't need involved

You're small as a
beetle or big as a whale

Bum... atomic cocktail

Corporal, give me your
name and hometown address.

My name is corporal George Morland,

I'm from Elmhurst, Illinois.

I'm tech sargent George Portell

from Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Jerry Snyder, from Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Sargent Weaver.

Where are you from, Sargent Weaver?

Columbus, Georgia.

- Where you from?
- Portland, Oregon.

- Where are you from?
- I'm New York City.

Little Rock... Kansas City...
Missouri... New Jersey...

Gentlemen, I want to welcome you

to Camp Desert Rock.

This will be your last briefing

before you go up out to the firing area

and take part of an atomic detonation.

The tactical situation behind

troop test "Smokey" is this:

the mythical enemy, which has landed

on the coast of California,

has made a deep penetration
close to supplys,

special weapons storage

and missile launching installations

in the vicinity of Las
Vegas and Hoover Dam.

The tactical commander
decided at this point

to use an atomic weapon

in this assault on the enemy.

The mission of these men is to move

as quickly as possible
into the blasted area

and exploit the breech
in the enemy lines.

You are here to participate
in an atomic maneuver.

This is not a hap hazard maneuver.

Careful planning for
it started months back.

Watched from a safe distance,

this explosion is one
of the most beautiful

sights ever seen by man.

You're probably saying:
So it's beautiful.

What makes it so dangerous?

Basically there are only

three things to think about:

blast,

heat...

and radiation.

Radiation: this is the one new effect

obtained by the use of an atomic weapon.

Truthfully, it's the least important

of the three efects,

as far as the soldier on
the ground is concerned.

You can't see radiation,

feel it, smell it or taste.

Film badges and dosimeters issued to you

enable the radiological safety monitor

in your unit to read the
amount of your exposure.

The radiation level may be high,

but if you follow orders,
you'll be moved out

in time to avoid sickness.

Finally, if you receive
enough gamma radiation

to cause sterility or severe sickness,

you'll be killed by blast,

flying debris or heat anyway.

Well, that's the story.

Don't worry about yourselves.

As far as the test is
concerned, you'll be okay.

Well, we knew now exactly

where we'd be for the big show.

All we had to do is wait.

Now that it's so close

it makes you feel kind of restless.

You wonder if everything's
gonna turn out alright

and filled your mind

no matter what you were doing.

What seems to be the trouble, soldier?

You look a little bit worried.

Well, I am, caplain, just a little bit.

Actually there's no need to be worried

as the Army has taken

all of the necessary precautions

to see that were perfectly safe here.

Sir, have you been on
one of these shots before?

Yes, I've had the opportunity to see

a number of the atomic tests.

I feel that as a chaplain,

it is my responsibility
to be with my men.

What's it like, chaplain?

First of all, one sees a
very, very bright light,

followed by a sharp wave,

and then you hear the sound of the blast

and then it seems as
there's a minor earthquake,

and then you look up
and you see the fireball

as it ascends up into the heaven.

It's a wonderful sight to behold.

30 seconds.

15 seconds.

10 seconds.

5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

The blast shock passes
in a matter of seconds

and the heat and blast effects

you can see and feel.

You cannot sense the presence

of nuclear radiation effects.

Alpha and beta particles,

because of their low penetrating power,

are stopped by most
surfaces, even a soldier skin.

They are a hazard only

when materials emitting these particles

get into the body
through breaks in the skin

or through the nose or mouth.

Didn't keep your mouth shut

and you get a mouthful of dirt.

I got my mouth filled with dirt.

Hey, young, did you wear any type

of protective clothing
or just what did you wear?

None, just the regular war cloth.

We see on your lapels
here this white badge.

Can you tell me what that is?

That's a tin badge to
determine or to take

the amount of radiation
you received in the area.

They can tell commander

if you received a lethal dose.

That's right.

If you were driving from Los Angeles

to Salt Lake City on US Highway 91,

you would pass through St. George, Utah,

just a short way from
the Nevada Test Site

140 miles to the west.

Ladies and gentlemen,
we interrupt this program

to bring you important news.

Word has just been received

from the Atomic Energy Commission

that due a change in wind direction

the residue from this
morning's atomic detonation

is drifting in the
direction of St. George.

It is suggested that
everyone remain indoors

for one hour or until further notice.

There is no danger,
this is simply routine

Atomic Energy Commission
safety procedure.

Parents need not be alarmed

about children at school.

No recesses outdoors will be permitted.

And as the people of
St. George took cover,

it was natural that some of them

have questions about atomic tests.

What is the atomic bomb?

Why do we have to test bombs?

A little of the amount of radiation

will cause how many mutations?

Never before have so many know so little

about a subject so big and so important.

the capabilities of most weapons

are pretty well understood,

but when it comes to atomic explosions

the guessing game starts.

Alright, let's take a
few minutes right now

and get acquainted with the A bomb.

Mean Test Able.

A submarine bomb exploded in the harbor

might affect the city.

The affected area would
be a poor picnic site,

but might be able briefly
to pass through quickly

with a varying degree of risk.

Risk is something the military

doesn't have the monopoly.

Occupational hazards are accepted

in a matter of fact
manner in civilian life.

Risk is part of the
pattern of daily routine.

Some of the falsehoods circulating

about radiation effects

are trivial but upsetting.

They've being drive to one self esteem

and will eventually result

in a race of bold headed people.

Just imagine it. Imagine
yourself with no hair.

They'll call you all
skinhead, all cone dome.

And that's not all
radioactivity will do.

It will...

Enough exposure to radiation

will cause loss of hair.

The treatment, if you insist,

would be symptomatic: a toupee.

But the condition
would only be temporary.

Your hair would come back,

same color, same quality.

Which puts the finger squarely

upon one of the major fallacies

in the public attitude
toward atomic weapons:

it's the fallacy of devoting

eighty-five percent of
one's worrying capacity

to an agent that constitutes

only about fifteen percent

of an atomic bomb destroying potential,

and that's unsound, doesn't fit.

There are those few who love to maintain

that there is no actual threat

to the free world at all,

certainly none that can justify

either nuclear testing
or nuclear armament.

The opposite viewpoint holds that

the development of our nuclear power

has been absolutely necessary protection

against communist hostility
and nuclear threats.

In this view, the fallout
casualties, if any,

will be seen as those
of unidentified soldiers

in the service of humanity,

unknown soldiers in a
war which is not started.

We're going to be talking
about nuclear energy

and the kinds of
things that could happen

with an atomic emergency,

and we do this not to worried you,

nor to frighten you, but
really we've got admit

that we live in a atomic age,

so exist an atomic bomb,

so we have to be aware of this,

and know what to do in
case an emergency happens.

If there will be a need to spend

two weeks in a fallout shelter,

we have had our survival kit.

For the food supply
packed variety of croods,

soups, evaporated milk,
vegetables, napkins.

The purpose of our demonstration today

is to show you the actual preparation

of one of the meals which was prepared

in a modern day key.

One new meal consists
of the following food:

canned chicken, peas,
dry potatoes, tomato juice.

My poster treats defenses against fallout,

and if you're far outside

during a nuclear explosion

decontamination may be necessary.

You have to burn or bury
all your clothes and food

afterwards you should wash thoroughly.

John, let me interrupt
you here just a moment.

I have some film here that I think

would describe what might happen,

will describe a little about the atom,

so John, why don't you catch the lights

- and we'll try?
- Good.

There was a turtle by the name of Burt

and Burt the Turtle was very alert

When danger threated him,

he would never get hurted

He know just what to do

He duck and cover

Duck and cover

Now, you and I don't have shells

to crawl into like Burt the Turtle,

so we have to cover up in our own way.

Paul and Patty know this.

no matter where they go or what they do,

they always try to remember what to do

if the atom bomb explodes right then.

It's a bomb! Duck and cover!

Here's Tony going to
his cub scout meeting.

Tony knows the bomb can explode

anytime of the year, day or night.

Duck and cover!

Atta boy Tony, that
flash means "act fast".

Sundays, holidays, vacation time,

we must be ready every day all the time

to do the right thing

if the atomic bomb explodes.

Duck and cover!

And that's the first thing
to do: duck and cover.

First you duck, then you cover.

You duck and cover.

Duck and cover under the table.

It's a bomb! Duck and
cover! Duck and cover!

Duck and cover yourself.

He did what we all must learn to do

you and you and you and you

you and you and you and you

you and you and you and you

you and you and you and you

Duck and cover

Remember what to do, friends.

Now tell me right out loud,

what are you supposed to do

when you see the flash?

Duck and cover!

- Question.
- Yes?

How far we have to be from the blast

for get through it?

Well, let's take a 20
megatons surface burst.

You would have a good
chance of surviving

if you're more than 12 miles

from the point of detonation.

A bomb equivalent to
20 million tons of TNT

would cause an intense
fire, called a firestorm,

in an area about 2,000 square miles

around the center of the blast,

and in such an area
it would be futile,

desperately futile,

to construct what are
called fallout shelters.

This man,

like thousands of others
around the country,

is suffering from a dread

disease called "nucleorosis".

The symptoms: nuclear blindness.

All you can see is a mushroom cloud.

He's blinded from the fear of it,

deaf from the sound of it,

and there is a short
circuit in his brain.

He can only think on the awful threath

of the nuclear bomb.

We ought to learn something

from the Second War
World at this respect.

The bombing there,

even by Second World War bombs,

on Hamburg, on Tokyo
and on other cities,

showed that such shelters became

centers for incinerating or asphyxiating

the people who are in them.

A fallout shelter in your basement

will give adequate shielding

from radioactive fallout.

Finally getting the message.

Are you?

A new housing development near Denver,

Colorado, shows the nation's first model

homes with built in fallout shelters.

The room is designed with
an atomic war in mind,

but behind each eight inch

thick reinforced concrete wall

it may prove to be just what

the herring housewive is looking for:

one life with the kids gets too hectic.

You don't think that
shelters are deterrent

to a nuclear war either?

On the contrary, I believe
that psychologically

they will push both us and the Russians

into thinking more of having the war.

There are some instances

where you may be ahead of us,

for example in the
development of your...

the thrust of your rockets

for the investigation of outer space.

Maybe in some instances,

for example the color television,

we are ahead of you.

In order for both rise...

No, in rockets we've passed you by...

We'll show you our success

in you show the actual
possibilities of America,

and we will be able to say:

"Here are the possibilities of America".

How long does it exist? How many years?

Three hundred years?

150 years of independence?

Then we will say that America exists

150 years and this is its level.

We are 42 years not quite.

Another seven years we'll be

in the same level of America.

Then in the future we will go ahead

and wait for you in the crossroad.

That increasing communication

will teach us domething,

and it will teach you some things too,

because after all you
don't know everything.

Yes, I don't know everything

and I would say that you know

absolutely nothing about communism,

nothing except fear of it.

Let's say you've got your
family in your shelter,

the attack is on.

A question might come up of admitting

anyone over and above the number

for the home shelter was design.

I'd say we should rely

on the best prudential judgment

that the father,

or the one responsible for the shelter,

can make under circumstances,

but I say let him think twice

before he admits the needy stranger

if admitting the needy stranger

is going to cut down
the chances of survival

of the group it's already there.

And then that final point:

can a man have protective devices

in order to protect his family

once they are in the shelter

from, let's say,
strangers that try to use

a crowbar to get in?

I'd say from what I
have been talking about,

the matter of self-defense.

It would be wise for a man to at least

consider the possibility of putting

some protective devices in the shelter

together with the other elements

of the survival kit.

Alright, you've been down
there eight to ten days.

You come out and you find

that half or three
quarters of Los Angeles

has been destroyed,

but how you going to continue to live?

Well, the first thing
we have to recognize

is that half of Los
Angeles is destroyed,

maybe eighty, ninety
percent of the people

will be dead and there will be

fewer mouths to feed, and those of us

who'd survive, we'll
have more water and food

to divide out.

Last night I was dreaming

dreaming about the H bomb

Well, the bomb went off and I was caught

I was the only way on the ground

There were 13 women

And only one man in the town

13 women at all

And only one man in town

And as funny as it may be

The one and only man in town was me

Thirteen women

and me the only man around.

I had two girls every morning

Seeing if I was well fed

And believe you me, one sweetened my tea

While another one buttered my bread

Cheese, macaroni, instant potatoes...

Something exploded down inside

and rushed tears up in my eyes

Oh, yes, I hava that funny feeling

I guess it's my atomic love for you

Our artillery and our Tactical Air Force

in the Pacific, are now
equipped, at this moment,

with atomic explosives which can

and will be used on military targets

with precision and effectiveness.

It's just...

On the steps of the nation's Capitol

the bell announces the opening

of Mental Health Week.

It's rung by Vice President Nixon,

and the Senator Smathers of Florida.

Characterizing mental health

as the nation's number one problem,

the Vice President says

that the ringing of the bell

throughout the nation

will be a reminder of
suffering Americans.

Atom bomb baby, little atom bomb

I want her in my wigwam

She's just the way I want her to be

They're gonna live live
live in my fallout shelter

It was a 50 megatons atom jump

Like a radioatomic bomb

By all means provide some tranquilizers

to ease the strain and monotony

of life in a shelter.

A bottle of 100 should be adequate

for a family of four.

Tranquilizers are not a narcotic,

They're not habit formers.

And by the way, do you know exactly

what your family would
do if an attack came,

say, at ten o'clock tomorrow morning?

It's a good question, isn't?

- There were meant, dearest.
- George.

I make a toast
to my bride-to-be.

Darling.

Darling and I toast the most

wonderful man in all the world.

Why, Lucy, your eyes
are filled with tears.

My heart is filled with gladness.

Oh, look, the orchestra's getting ready.

Dance with me, George!

George, I wonder if we thought this too.

I'm afraid for you, George.

Oh, nonsense, my silly.

Yes, George, afraid.

My fianc�e, Luther Marshall...

We interrupt our normal program

in the interest of security

and civil defense measures

as requested for the
United States government.

Attention, attention!

This is an official
Civil Defense warning.

This is not a test.

The United States are
under nuclear attack.

Take cover immediately

in your nearer nuclear shelter.

Repeat: the United States

are under nuclear attack.

This is an official
Civil Defense broadcast.

Enemy aircrafts are over Canada

and headed this way.

The United States are
under nuclear attack.

Take cover immediately

in the shelters of your area.

We repeat: the nation
is under nuclear attack.

This is an extreme emergency.

You must stay in calm.

Go to your designated
shelter without delay.

This is an official
Civil Defense broadcast.

This is not a test.

The United States is
under nuclear attack.

Take cover immediately

in the nearer fallout shelter.

Repeat: the United States

are under nuclear attack.

Take cover immediately

in your nearer fallout shelter.

Now children, I want that you sit down

here against the wall.

That's it.

Now go get against it.

Now listen, kids:

If they'll drop an atomic bomb

it may take off any second now.

Whatever happens, I'll give the signal

that's all right for us to get up.

If there's any explosion,

we'll wait about a
minute after's all over,

then we'll go upstairs
and took a look at all.

See if all's right to clean up.

Children, you better
clean up the broken glass

and all these debris.

All an all, let's say we've been

very lucky around here.

Nothing to do now but...

wait for orders from the
authorities and relax.

The sun goes down

And leave me sad and blue

The iron curtain falls

On this cold war with you

'Cause you won't speak

And I won't speak, that's true

Two stubborn people

With a cold war to go through.

Why, oh why, should love ever come

To couples like you and me

Whose cold, cold wars are never done

And whose hearts just can't be free?

So let's do right

And let's just say we're through

I just can't stand another

Cold, cold war with you.

Why, oh, why should love ever come

To couples like you and me

Whose cold, cold wars are never done

So let's be right

And let's just say we're through

I just can't stand

Another cold, cold war with you.