Summary:How good housekeeping and home maintenance can save your home in a nuclear attack.
Description:The film (which is an extended version in colour of the TV version (USA 121)) uses footage from three experiments in the Nevada nuclear proving ground to demonstrate how clean, tidy, well-maintained homes are less likely to suffer from catastrophic fires when caught in a nuclear explosion. The tests show wooden fences in various states of repair, two typical domestic rooms, one neat and tidy, the other cluttered, and finally three miniature houses, one old and surrounded by junk, one badly weathered, and the one in the middle clean and freshly painted. On site cameras record the results of a nearby nuclear explosion and the onset of fires in each case. The presenter urges the viewer to clean up and tidy up.
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Colour:Colour
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:USA 132
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1945-1989
Production Date:1954-1954
Production Country:American
Production Details:Federal Civil Defense Administration (Production sponsor)
National Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up Bureau (Production sponsor)
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Physical Characteristics:Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details:16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 438 ft; Running time: 12 mins
