After watching *_this film,_* I have no fear of a _"Nominal Atom Bomb"_ dropping on my city centre, especially on a cloudy rainy day. I live 7 kms away from the centre, so my house and pet dogs will be fine asleep on my bed. They may be deaf as a result of the blast, but they never follow verbal instructions anyway, so it's no big deal. The noisy 4 engine bomber's propellers can be heard from miles away, and with 1950'a radar, it will show up easily, giving the Bomb Warning Street-Wardens plenty of time to blow their whistles so I can pedal my bicycle to the nearest solid brick bomb shelter. I will feel safe and happy that I've followed the instructions shown *_in the film._* [ Those who've read this far, but don't understand British Humour will assuage me with *Boring Modern Facts* ]
Well since the Advent of ICBMs and SLBMs, cruise missiles. Nukes are far more scary than they where when this was made. However logic has prevailed since the 60s on the usage of Nuclear weapons mainly as a deterrent.
Very informative, now quadruple the distances for the nukes we have today and instead of wearing light color clothes and heavy wool jackets we need to wear lead suits.
This film is quaint and helpful for its time. Perhaps the warning of an atomic attack was greater at the time this film was released to allow some of the time consuming prep work presented, i.e. painting of window pains, dampening of draperies, etc. Today, May 2021, this vid is useless with the types of nuclear weapons in the 21st century arsenal and the very short time from launch and delivery to target.
After watching *_this film,_* I have no fear of a _"Nominal Atom Bomb"_ dropping on my city centre, especially on a cloudy rainy day. I live 7 kms away from the centre, so my house and pet dogs will be fine asleep on my bed. They may be deaf as a result of the blast, but they never follow verbal instructions anyway, so it's no big deal.
The noisy 4 engine bomber's propellers can be heard from miles away, and with 1950'a radar, it will show up easily, giving the Bomb Warning Street-Wardens plenty of time to blow their whistles so I can pedal my bicycle to the nearest solid brick bomb shelter. I will feel safe and happy that I've followed the instructions shown *_in the film._*
[ Those who've read this far, but don't understand British Humour will assuage me with *Boring Modern Facts* ]
Bombs are much bigger these days. 20kt bombs don't exist.
No hydrogen bomb in the stockpile in 1952.
These days both your house and dogs are turned to atoms.
That’s the spirit! Pip, pip!
Go to this nuclear simulation site and see how well you would fare in an attack.
Well since the Advent of ICBMs and SLBMs, cruise missiles. Nukes are far more scary than they where when this was made. However logic has prevailed since the 60s on the usage of Nuclear weapons mainly as a deterrent.
What a difference between the bombs back then, and the ones they have now. Thank you very much for this very interesting video 👏
A few moments later: **
Also it is so cute how all these films artificially constrain themselves to just a single bomb per target.
The most frightening aspect of this film is the flat delivery of the narrator. Just another day at the office doing a voice-over.
Very informative, now quadruple the distances for the nukes we have today and instead of wearing light color clothes and heavy wool jackets we need to wear lead suits.
This film is quaint and helpful for its time. Perhaps the warning of an atomic attack was greater at the time this film was released to allow some of the time consuming prep work presented, i.e. painting of window pains, dampening of draperies, etc. Today, May 2021, this vid is useless with the types of nuclear weapons in the 21st century arsenal and the very short time from launch and delivery to target.
Thanks, Periscope and I like the Brits version a lot more that the scare tactics used here and it seems a lot more informative as well! Thanks again!
Boy im glad this instructional video was never put to use.. alot more people would have died...the understanding of fallout was very naive...
What bullshit,
Film's misunderstanding or ignorance of alpha and beta residual radiation.