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American Movie Archives (美國電影檔案)
- Title
- Operation Cue (1964 revision)
- Year
- 1964
- Abstract
- Study of a nuclear test in 1955 at Nevada Test Site.
- 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: 14:02
Audio/Visual: Sd, C - Keyword
- Atomic-nuclear: Weapons; Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense
- Theme
- Cue the bomb!
- Review
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There are two Operation Cues on this site, and since both of them are quite cimilar to another, thought I'd kill two birds with one bomb and review them together.
The two operation cues detail the bomb explosions that happened in Nevada. What starts off these films hilariously is the dismissal of these films at the very start of them. Like, this is an important film, but it's irrelevant now. A 'reporter' named Joan Collin (the name of the reporter is dropped in the later version) drops by before the blast and familiarizes herself with all the stuff that will be blown up into smithereens. I found it hilarious that the male narrator would come on basically after that and narrate the piece, and the woman would come on with silly female asides as 'being a mother and a house wife, I was quite interested about the food tests"
Soon, the bomb hits, and everything goes boom. 24 hours later of course, everything is fine, and they go trolloping around the site as if everything is hunky dory. The whole thing ends off, as it shoot with a cook-out. Why, who knows. A bizarre classic, and a must see on this site!
(Reviewer: Spuzz) - Location
- A/V room, 2/F