Testing on You and Yours

In this clip, soldiers are assembled to watch a nuclear bomb explosion close up. Directly after the explosion, the soldiers are instructed to march into the blast area, 1/2 mile from ground zero.



This clip is beyond bizarre - a nuclear explosion, followed by a look and see at how the bomb affects different housing structures, clothing, roast beef(!), and a variety of objects all to the wonder bread equivalent of pleasant, innocuous, and consequently unthinkable 1950s string music. This civil defense film was for real.



Here's a cheery little atomic bomb clip. Good luck.