Transmission
1 January
1951
Atomic Alert
Atomic Alert
Network
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, for civil defence use
Running time
10 min
Atomic Alert (1951). Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, for civil defence use. Held by the Internet Archive;
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.