| Edition |
Collector's edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (188 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Credits |
Edited by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty ; music coordinator, Rick Eaker ; archival research, Pierce Rafferty. |
| Note |
Bonus disc features eight government propaganda films from the Preminger Archives in their entirety. |
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Originally produced by the Archives Project in 1982. |
| Summary |
One of the defining documentaries of the 20th centry, this film offers a darkly humorous glimpse into mid-century America, an era rife with paranoia, anxiety, and misapprehension. Whimsical and yet razor-sharp, this timeless clasic illuminates the often comic paradoxes of life in the "Atomic Age," while also exhibiting a genuine nostalgia for an earlier and more innocent nation. |
| Contents |
Bonus disc (100 min.) : Duck and cover (1951) -- Our cities must fight (1951) -- House in the middle (1954) -- Self preservation in an atomic attack (1950) -- Operation Crossroads (1946) -- Operation Cue (1955) -- Survival under atomic attack (1951) -- Birth of the B-29 (1945). |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Nuclear warfare -- Social aspects.
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Nuclear energy -- Government policy -- United States.
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Nuclear warfare in motion pictures.
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Cold War.
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Propaganda, American.
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Atomic bomb -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Atomic bomb -- Political aspects -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Propaganda films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Rafferty, Kevin, 1947-2020. Producer. Director.
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Loader, Jayne, 1951- Producer. Director.
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Rafferty, Pierce. Producer. Director.
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Docurama (Firm)
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New Video Group.
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| ISBN |
1422921042 |
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9781422921043 |
| Standard No. |
767685134405 |
| Music No. |
NNVG134401 New Video Group |
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