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Fallout 1955

Unsettling 1955 public-service civil-defense film on how to protect against nuke fallout...

Power of Decision - 1958 Simulated Nuclear War Documentary by USAF

This film was produced by the United States Air Force in the late 1950's for internal training purposes however it has now been declassified. The film depicts a simulated war plan action, in the event of an hydrogen bomb attack, which was executed at the Operation Control Room, Offutt Air Force Vase, Nebraska, and at the underground control room (location still classified), by the Strategic Air Command.

Footage includes pilots and ground crewmen scrambling; pilots boarding aircraft; B-47's, B-52's, and B-58's taxiing, taking off, maneuvering, and landing; and a KC-135 refueling a B-52. Also included are scenes of the launching of the Bull Goose, Rascal, Snark, and Thor missiles.

The source files for this film were made available courtesy the National Security Archive at The George Washington University. Further details at http://archive.org/details/AirForceSpecialFilmProject416powerOfDecision

Survival Under Atomic Attack, 1951

Nuclear Attack Preparedness Procedures, 1968

Nuclear Weapon Accident Exercise

The NUWAX-83 Nuclear Weapon Accident Exercise documents the Defense Nuclear Agency (now renamed the Defense Special Weapons Agency) directed response to a simulated nuclear weapon accident. Other agencies involved included the Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The simulated nuclear weapon accident involves two navy CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters carrying simulated nuclear weapons. Documents the entire DOD, DOE, FEMA, Commonwealth of Virginia and other local agencies interacting in response to a nuclear weapon accident.

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WWII adult-oriented :thumbsup: Navy toon urging re-enlistment...

I would have re-upped in a second if they told me this was going to be the gunner in my Navy rescue plane. :w00t:

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