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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- About Fallout (1963)
- Year
- 1963
- Abstract
- Optimistic vision of fallout and civil defense countermeasures.
- Notes
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Produced: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense
Run Time: 22:25
Audio/Visual: Sd, C - Keyword
- Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense
- Theme
- Fallout can be delt with
- Review
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Fallout (radioactive dust and debris) is the main culprit in today's terrorist dirty bomb..though only the big A bomb was the concern at the time this film was made. The radioactive dust produced by these weapons is the thing that will contaminate you if you don't get killed in the blast fragment of todays dirty bomb (a regular explosive with a radioactive item packed with the explosives). Of course the blast from a mushroom cloud creating A bomb will roast you if you are near it. And yes, you can dust off (better to wash off) the fallout or cover yourself with clothing (and stay inside)to keep it off your skin if you are not killed by the blast or hit by radiation from the blast.
Of course if you are within 20 miles of a real atom bomb explosion you are probably going to get atomized...or if you don't die you will probably be severly burned. But if you are several miles downwind, and not in the blast area...you can reduce your exposure by staying out of the fallout dust and move out of the path of the dust clowd.
Entertainment value ***
Usefullness of info ***
(Reviewer: Chuck B) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F