Public Shelter Supplies: What Does The Government Supply
1963 ยท 13m ยท Documentary
Training film for shelter managers. Food, water, sanitation, medical, and radiation detection systems are explained.
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1956 ยท โ 2.5
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1950 ยท โ 3.3
An educational short film about correct speaking methods.
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After the Big One: Nuclear War on the Prairies
1982 ยท โ 6.5
This film deals straightforwardly with the consequences of a nuclear attack for the Canadian Prairies. The Prairies are singled out because of their proximity to huge stockpiles of intercontinental ballistic missiles located in North Dakota. Scenes include a visit to a missile base and to an emergency government bunker in Manitoba. A doctor, a farmer and a civil defence coordinator provide different perspectives on nuclear war. Although the film focuses on one region, it provides a model for people everywhere who would like to know more about their own situation but don't know what questions to ask.
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The Atomic Cafe
1982 ยท โ 7.3
A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.
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Beyond the Ruins
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1947
A Czech public information film, sponsored by the Ministry of Health, on the perils of alcohol and STDs.
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LSD-25
1967 ยท โ 7.5
The dangers of LSD are driven home to teenagers in this classroom training film, which is "narrated" by an LSD tab. The "tab" tells kids that he is "a depth charge in the mind!" and various teenagers are shwn babbling about their LSD experiences. "Experts" are presented who warn that LSD makes kids "paint themselves green" and has various other horrible side effects, the most serious of which is that it gives users a police record, and that there is "no known way of getting your fingerprints out of a police file once they're in there."
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1991 ยท โ 8
Describes how to resist the deception and pressure used to recruit members into cults and keep them there. It also provides advice on how to resist these tactics. The video is designed for young people, parents, educators, counselors, clergy, law enforcement officials, and others.
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Rich Media, Poor Democracy
2003
Robert McChesney lays the blame for the US's current state of affairs squarely at the doors of the corporate boardrooms of big media, which far from delivering on their promises of more choice and more diversity, have organized a system characterized by a lack of competition, homogenization of opinion and formulaic programming.
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Another Side of the Forest
1974 ยท โ 7.5
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The Day Called X
1957
Portentously portrays the evacuation of Portland, Oregon, when threatened by a nuclear attack on its state-of-the-art civil defense system.
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