The House in the Middle (1954)
1954 · Ephemeral film · 12 min
- Documentary
Synopsis
Short film that emphasizes the importance of keeping a tidy home when facing an atomic bomb.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Studio
- National Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up Bureau, Federal Civil Defense Administration
- Released
- 1954-12-31
- Awards
- 1 win
- Running time
- 12 minutes
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · The bomb is coming! tend to your garden! · Spuzz · 2016-02-07
I'm sorry. I just don't buy the so serious message in "House In The Middle" that you can help protect yourself from the bomb by CLEANING YOUR HOUSE is too farfetched. Narrated by an unnamed person in an office so farfetchedly decorated, the film has us believing that the best way to protect our homes from burning is to collect trash and remove unsightly newspapers lying around (and we're not talking in a newspaper stand, get rid of it all together! It will burn!) Bombs are tested (wasted?) on 3 test examples of houses, some of which look fine, but those newspapers on the table will burn your…
