Atomic Alert (1951). Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, for civil defence use. Held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
Atomic Alert
A schools film on radiation, contamination and what a child should do between the flash and the all-clear.
- Year
- 1951
- Made by
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, for civil defence use
- Directed by
- No director credited
- Free to use because
- In the public domain — no licence terms attached
The note
Made for classroom projectors and distributed widely through civil defence channels. It is more technical than Duck and Cover and stranger for it: children are taught to reason about fallout. Public domain.
Atomic Alert, 1951. Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, for civil defence use. Directed by No director credited. This is the film’s soundtrack: narration, score and location sound, streamed from the Internet Archive’s master. No picture — the audio is the work. In the public domain; no Creative Commons or non-commercial terms apply.
The soundtrack