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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Atomic Alert (Elementary version)
- Year
- 1951
- Abstract
- Frightening civil defense procedure film aimed at Cold War-era elementary school students.
- Notes
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Produced: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Sponsor: N/A
Run Time: 10:13
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W - Keyword
- Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense
- Theme
- Atomic Alert
- Review
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This is Encyclopedia Brittanica Films' answer to Duck and Cover. As you would expect, its somewhat more staid than the other film, but it has its moments. The opening graphic is quite cool and disturbing, with an atomic symbol superimposed on the iris of a human eye. The rest of the film, though, is a lot more prosaic, though it does have an incredibly sarcastic-sounding little sister character, and a scene where a boy doesn't know where to go when the siren goes off, and rather than go to one of his friend's houses as he is encouraged to do, he takes refuge in the home of a total stranger (with the blessing of the narrator––this just begs to be msted). As usual, the atomic threat is laughably minimized.
(Reviewer: Christine Hennig) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F