About Fallout (1955)

★★★★★ · This film was released in 1967! · Tkjns · 2012-05-14

The full title of this film is Briefly About Fallout. It came out in 1967, not 1955, and is a trimmed version of the longer About Fallout from 1963. The National Fallout Shelter Program, heavily promoted in the film, did not come around until late 1961.

★★★★★ · The Atomic Age part 2 · op712 · 2003-01-03

Excellent coverage of the condition of fallout from an atomic attack. Remember, in 1955, this was the height of the Cold War, with the USSR being our greatest enemy. Ol' Nikita K. wanted to get rid of us and bad, but he knew that we had atomic weapons also, so this kept him in check at all times. (Wargames) This film, being as informative as it is, is what the Civil Defense Department knew best, and once again, in 1955, things were completely different than they are here in the 21st century (are you listening mr.spuzz?). My friend had a friend whose parents actually built their home on a rock…

★★★★ · Don't Worry, Be Happy. · Spuzz · 2002-12-10

The calming voice in 'About Fallout' doesnt want you to worry. If the bomb comes, Fallout is no big deal. Many hilarious propositions are made on what you should and can do. Did you know that being in the middle of a building protects you better then on the ground? That eating food (after washing it with no doubt radioactive water) is FINE? and that you just need 2 WEEKS in the shelter before everything's back to normal? No? No? No?

★★★★ · fallout · grog · 2003-07-01

this film is pretty good with some comical advise, but if it was me i wouldn't want to eat any exposed foods even if i did "use simple food washing methods" you would think their would still be a small amount of radiation even if you did wash it. and just for the record radiation dose not rapidly just go away, it takes millons of years for it to "go away." in japan there are small amounts of radiation still today, harmless but still there.

★★★★ · Why be cynical? · drmonth · 2004-06-19

Why must everyone be so incredibly cynical with the old Civil Defense nuclear films? Nothing in this film was overtly wrong, although the information in it was extraordinarily oversimplified. While two weeks after a nuclear blast it *would* probably be safe to leave a fallout shelter, it *would not* be safe to remain in that particular area for any extended period of time. And here's something to think about for Spuzz and his ilk: while I know government disinformation is to this day alive and well, why would the US government knowingly kill off millions of its own people by giving them…

★★★★ · About Fallout · dust and scratches · 2008-12-19

One thing we have to remember about all these old films. The people that made them were doing the best they could. Life isn't always one big conspiracy. Just because you're sitting at a keyboard in 2009, typing your comments from a 21st-century point of view doesn't make you God. Give history a break. How is History going to "judge" you and your work?