| Civil Defense: US Cities Gird For Atomic Bomb Attack | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1555 |
| Catalog #: | 351037 | |
| Clip Number: | 351037-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 024-423-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:43:19 - 00:45:34 | |
| Location: | New York, NY | |
| Year Shot: | 1951 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | COMMUNICATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York MILITARY: Air Force, USA (USAF) MILITARY: Army, USA PERSONALITIES: Truman, Harry SAFETY: National Defense WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Defense WEAPONS: Guns, Anti-aircraft | |
| Description: | Civil Defense: US Cities Gird For Atomic Bomb Attack New York, and other big cities, gird for atomic bomb attack. Protected by anti-aircraft guns and fighter planes, New York begins recruiting civilian volunteers to help man its defense set-up. In central defense headquarters, an entire city can be alerted and controlled, with fire-fighters and rescue crews dispatched to the scene of danger. Long New York city scenic shot. MLS Anti-aircraft guns manned by the army military. MCU Air force pilots go into action getting in their planes. MLS Two army military men on top of a roof with a radar unit. MLS Ground, jets flying overhead. CU All-Weather Wing Alert Unit. MCU Communications unit and a woman walking taking the written messages. MCU Shelter Zone, people are being directed to go inside. POV New York's buildings. CU Animated explosion and a shot of a destroyed building. CU Military man with a plastic bomb radius measuring device showing just where bomb damage would be done. MCU Civil Defense workers. MCU Disaster bomb hospital drills. MCU President Truman signs the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. MCU New York streets filled with people, men walking in a march or parade with shovels, pix axes, sledge hammers and picks. | |
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