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Retro Propaganda Film (1954)”The House in the Middle” (Video Report)

Featured Image: Atomic Explosion. SOURCE: Dept. of Energy (Public Domain). 

You slobs better get out there and clean up your house or else! . . . EDITOR

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Uploaded on Aug 28, 2009

Atomic tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds (later the Nevada Test Site) show effects on well-kept homes, homes filled with trash and combustibles, and homes painted with reflective white paint. Asserts that cleanliness is an essential part of civil defense preparedness and that it increased survivability. Selected for the 2002 National Film Registry of “artistically, culturally, and socially significant” films.