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Duck & cover & more. Vol. 3 / J.C. Kaelin, Jr.
LIBRA DVD 017 746
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946.
- Nuclear weapons--Nevada--Testing.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Nevada.
- Testing.
- Nuclear energy.
- Nuclear physics.
- Civil defense--United States.
- Civil defense.
- United States.
- Radioactive fallout.
- Genre:
- Newsreels.
- Educational films.
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Duck and cover and more. Vol. 3
- Place of Publication:
- [Bayonne, NJ] : EarthStation1.com, [2010]
- System Details:
- DVD-R, region-free.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- (Joe Bonica presents the movie-of-the-month : Atom bomb) A compilation of footage showing tests which were meant to gauge the effects of atomic weapons on large military targets (Operation Crossroads, 1946) and on civilian targets (Operation Teapot, 1955).
- (The News Magazine of the Screen : Atomic energy) The first part of this film deals with atomic power as a weapon, and the second part of the film deals with atomic science as it is studied in medicine, agriculture, and other non-military applications.
- (The News Magazine of the Screen. Vol. 2, issue 6) A nuclear test in Nevada, and other newsworthy events of 1952.
- (The News Magazine of the Screen. Summer review, 1955) Among the news items covered in this newsreel is a country-wide nuclear attack drill.
- (Operation Crossroads) Black-and-white footage of the preparations for, the detonation, and information-gathering in the aftermath, of the aerial atomic bomb test and the underwater atomic bomb tests held at Bikini Atoll in 1946.
- (Operation Cue) In this color film, a reporter views an atomic bomb blast set off in Nevada to gauge the effects on buildings, food, humans and more.
- (Operation Cue (Revision - 1964)) An update of the previous film, incorporating text and voice-over about the Increased destructive power of nuclear weapons since the original film.
- Contents:
- Joe Bonica presents the movie-of-the-month : Atom bomb / released by Movie Newsreels, Hollywood, California (7 min.)
- The News Magazine of the Screen : Atomic energy / produced by Pathé News (21 min.)
- The News Magazine of the Screen. Vol. 2, issue 6 / produced by Warner Pathe News (23 min.)
- The News Magazine of the Screen : Summer review, 1955 [i.e. vol. 5, issue 10] / produced by Warner Pathe News (21 min.)
- Operation Crossroads : Able and Baker day tests, Bikini Atoll, summer, 1946 / Commander, Joint Task Force One presents ; (27 min.)
- Operation Cue / a presentation of Federal Civil Defense Administration (15 min.)
- Operation Cue (Revision - 1964) / presented by Department of Defense, Office of Civil Defense (14 min.).
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of seven short films produced in 1946 (Operation Crossroads), 1952 (The News Magazine of the Screen, vol. 2, issue 6), 1955 (The News Magazine of the Screen, Summer review, 1955, and Operation Cue), 1955 or later (Joe Bonica presents the movie-of-the-month : Atom bomb, and The News Magazine of the Screen : Atomic energy) and 1964 (Operation Cue (Revision - 1964)). Joe Bonica presents the movie-of-the-month : Atom bomb, and News Magazine of the Screen : Atomic energy are films edited from newsreel footage.
- Joe Bonica presents the movie-of-the-month : Atom bomb has production date on the container of 1946, but contains footage shot in 1955. The News Magazine of the Screen : Atomic energy has production date on the container as 1950s, but also contains footage shot in 1955.
- Contains:
- Joe Bonica presents the movie-of-the-month : Atom bomb
- Atom bomb
- News Magazine of the Screen : Atomic energy
- Atomic energy
- News Magazine of the Screen : Summer review, 1955
- Operation Crossroads
- Operation Cue
- Operation Cue (Revision - 1964)
- OCLC:
- 712067090
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