About Fallout (1963)

Discusses the physics, effects and defense against nuclear fallout. Describes the phenomena of natural radiation and the dangers of fallout. Explains the value of time, distance and mass in weakening the effect of residual radiation. Examines the effects of radiation on the body, food and water. Underscores adequate shelter and prescribed decontamination measures.
stock shots:
x-ray machine; hospital; animation of nuclear blast;
gamma rays; nuclear explosion in desert; animation of weather balloons; fallout shelters; hand washing;
sign: Fallout Shelter; suburban development; manuals to build a home fallout shelter; Geiger counter;
Shows man brushing off fallout dust.
symptoms of radiation sickness; woman with radiation sickness;
Voiceovers:
How to open food packages that are covered in fallout dust:
"If water for washing is in short supply, canned goods that may have been exposed to fallout may be handled safely with a piece of paper towel."
"There is another widespread legend, the fear that fallout spells death to all life on earth. The plain fact is that even if a great number of nuclear weapons were exploded, the resulting fallout would cover only a small area of the world's total land mass."
"The real concern is this . . . how do we protect ourselves?"
"If there is a nuclear attack and you survive the initial explosion, you will have at least a half hour to get to a public or home fallout shelter."
"If you're among those compelled to travel throughout a fallout area on essential errands, there are certain rules to follow. Protect your body with boots and rubbers, gloves headgear and outer clothing that can be removed before you enter the shelter."
"Recovery from radiation sickness is nothing new. Patients
who are treated by x-rays routinely experience this sickness and get over it."
"You can get over radiation sickness, just as you get over many others [sicknesses]."

[@NikThaStik22]

At my HS, before it was remodeled in 2000, my English teacher discovered a room 4 stories beneath the ground filled with various sports equipment. Upon emptying it found a fully stocked federal shelter from the 50s when it was built... very neat! He kept the Survival Biscuits too lol

[@festusbojangles7027]

english teachers have been known to tell tall stories

[@TheBestDog]

Do we need to be concerned about why your English teacher was seeking a dank, dark hole? 😝

[@frude45]

whoever made these animations is awesome, is quite the artist

[@thomascaldwell7004]

Glad this information is still around. For further reference, I would recommend a book called "Under the Cloud" which gives detailed history of the atomic testing in the US and how much of the country was exposed to radioactive fallout from those tests. By the by, washing off canned goods before opening them is good general food prep hygiene advice, especially if they are dusty from long shelf storage.

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

The illustrations starting at 4:17 are pretty awesome!

[@razvandobos9759]

Way ahead of their time.

[@MadelineWoe]

My late husband was in the USAF and retired just after Desert Storm. When he went to NCO Academy (in the 80's) he did a term paper on "The Feasibility of A Small Scale Nuclear Offense" His paper showed it as a favorable means in wartime. He got an A. Of course, my husband was just feeding the teachers what they wanted to hear...and that was "Hell yah Nuke them Frakers!"

[@vicostea]

I like the sound column of these old 60's training videos. Some of them share the same background music, performed by some full orchestra arrangement.

[@kguy6635]

This is actually pretty much accurate, some minor information is out of date or incorrect, but 99% of the video is perfectly true. People have just been over dramatised into fearing fallout through modern media which isn't accurate.

[@joangordoneieio]

this is what we watched at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in Florida. We built Bomb Shelters... I knew I remembered this stuff!

[@cpgvonc7568]

Comments are a bit harsh. I actually think it was quit informative, all things considering. Mostly factual things said, and advice for sensible precautions. Of course it's pretty optimistic about the whole situation, but what did you expect? That the department of defense told everyone: "In case of an attack, you are all fucked". I don't think any outright lies were said, and you have to remember the climate in which this video was made.

[@donlove3741]

You discount hysterics! Always more popular.

[@thedogbarked123]

@@donlove3741 Bro if climate change don’t get you, resource shortages wll.

[@donlove3741]

@@thedogbarked123 hysterical !

[@thetreblerebel]

For the time, it was the standard. Hopeful that Americans could form a defense against fallout, was a part of the nation's nuclear weapons policy. Civil Defense was also a bit of propaganda to show how strong and prepared America was. Is it likely, knowing Thermonuclear weapons radiate massive areas, I doubt anything lives for long after a nuclear war...

[@jc.1191]

Eating fallout was mentioned as ok. Completely known at the time to be false. Also, the absorption into plants is presented as insignificant. Not true, it's very significant.

[@certaindeed]

Very optimistic view of it...

[@k0namiman]

@dwarfer777 Actually, in 1963, it WAS the office of civil defense. The office of civil defense was an office set up for educating the population and dispensing disaster preparedness kits during the cold war. After the cold war ended, the office was disbanded. Also, it IS the "Department of Defense" because that is the more grammatically correct way of saying it.

[@-oiiio-3993]

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) was established in 1941 as an independent agency with no direct ties to the War Department. In 1961 OCD became an agency of the Department of Defense (formerly War Department). After having been re named the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency in 1972 it was abolished in July of 1979, its duties taken over by the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA).

[@effluviah7544]

The graphics and editing in this video are fantastic, especially for the era. You can tell some budget and effort went into this! Thanks for sharing! Edit: Oh god, the advice about the contaminated food, though. YIKES! It's interesting how little was known about non-human damages of radiation, or what effect radiation would have on non-living items.

[@salvatorepitea5862]

I gotta admit .. They have a rather positive outlook on it ... I dont think it would be this simple ..

[@Member_zero]

This is true. But I think it's a good practice. In a nuclear attack event, if it hits a decent city, you are looking at a huge death tool, no matter how you slice it. Following safety procedures would not guarantee survival. But it's all about increasing your chances. Taking shelter is better than doing nothing. If all people have the: "I will die anyway" attitude, the number of deaths would be significantly greater, than if they at least attempt at saving their lives. And to increase the chances of people following good principles of protection, positive note is a must in such presentations.

[@bluefaery1865]

This food has been sitting outside during fallout. Go ahead and have a big bowl of it!💀🙄

[@petaunotthoughtsintime]

Love the music.

[@waukesha398]

I watched this just to see the old street sweeper at 17:40.

[@rachaelfleming7132]

Love watching these videos ...they make me laugh but are very informative...thankyou for sharing....

[@antimatterXXXIII]

@tomicdesu Did you watch the film? Most fallout is harmless within weeks. The long-lived radionuclides from the bomb material itself are too dispersed to be of much immediate danger. It's the neutron-activated blast debris that is dangerous in the short-term, and almost all of this is gone within a month.

[@dannyobrian5957]

Terrifying . Thanks for sharing

[@BARRIEMOREBARLOW]

I'm seeing a bit of Picasso in the artwork.

[@sifridbassoon]

I've always wondered who composed/performed the background music for all these announcements, warnings, and other things. Was there central group of studio musicians who would contract to record the music.

[@soylentgreenb]

@NikThaStik22 Oh yes, because after a nuclear war what you're most worried about is a 5% risk of dying from cancer in 20 to 30 years and not the 50% risk of dying from exposure to the elements, starvation, infectious disease or violence in the next year or two.

[@whereswaldo5740]

Japan.

[@jc.1191]

Starvation and disease from collapse of modern society. I doubt violence is a big factor.

[@Zoomer30]

These are particles of radioactive fallout. This is a man who does not mind getting a cataract.

[@shauntheassassin]

Good Programme

[@diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754]

11:40 Today we know the radiation damages the DNA... But on that time they have not idea... But at least they figured out how to explain the "damage".

[@123graywolf3]

@Sp3ctr3Ki11er they are not "random laser beams" but rather the visualization of radiation given off by the particulate.

[@TomMcRand]

or we could, oh, i don't know....NOT drop bombs on each other? oh wait... that's silly!

[@johngerfalco3103]

Sorry, does anyone know if there are Italian translations of these documentaries, or transcriptions written also in English? Thanks!

[@Mwgedd]

Also, remember to always drink purified water and not soda, as soda is +1 thirst.

[@jc.1191]

Decaffeinated is fine. It's the caffeine.

[@ActiveStorage]

i wanna get my hands on one of those controllers around 5:00

[@shauntheassassin]

Interesting Documenrt

[@danschreffler1280]

15 Days to slow the spread

[@notyou1567]

This reminds me of the Jurassic park lab ride.

[@themagus5906]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like this film was narrated by Vic Perrin, the "control voice" from the old "Outer Limits" TV show.

[@patwiggins6969]

This really feels like a fake ad from the fallout series

[@OspreyKnight]

Well when people stopped believing the information given you have to shock them. The information in this video is actually very good. But people don't believe because they hear all sorts of stupid crazy shit with no basis in reality.

[@NikThaStik22]

it just pwns pittsburgh :(

[@paullacey2999]

Cant stop feeling I would rather perish in the blast than foraging for clean food and water in a desolated wasteland afterwards.We would be like cavemen all over again...

[@soylentgreenb]

@funnyasdeath Filtering water is neither necessary nor particularly useful. The fall out particles are like little specs of sand or glass and quickly sink and sediment out. They're not water soluble, there would only be a small amount of leaching of radioactive isotopes. If you had the means to filter water you would not be able to remove the radioactive salts formed through leaching without something like reverse osmosis(which is a waste of precious energy given the circumstance).

[@jc.1191]

An old army book says use 6 inches of thick clay in between a sandwich of cotton will filter the harmful stuff. Mentions grabbing from at least 6 inches deep in soil in a contaminated area.

[@stephenverchinski409]

We owe ourselves to make more peace

[@illuminatioracle]

where's the part where they talk about using the pip boy?

[@MichaelSHartman]

Probably created around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Before given they showed full shelves, and reminded to stock up. (Toilet paper reminder). To a potential nuclear winter, or post Chernobyl audience, it must seem naive.

[@altha-rf1et]

Wonder if there is a cut off switch for Neculur power plants in case something happens like a EMP or civil unrest and no one gets paid they stop coming to work?

[@stephenwhited1833]

Yes they have what is called the scram button. You push it and graphite rods move into place stopping any nuclear fission. It would also do it automatically if any number of conditions occur. Also all modern reactors are set up in concrete containment buildings to further enhance their safety. Chernobyl was a careless Soviet set up that had few safety features. There have been unbelievable improvements over 3 mile island. Nuclear is exceptionally safe.

[@Ccyawn123]

Yes, it's a toggle switched marked Necular on/off

[@TCGView]

Why don't you crawl out through the fallout back to me!

[@OspreyKnight]

You sir, win

[@NikThaStik22]

where was this shown

[@WorldwideWakeupCall]

Do we really want to use street sweepers or flush? Would vacuums not be better?

[@Techischannel]

How fast is it? Its at Fantastic Speeds. "Fantastic" is a word for speed XD

[@funnyasdeath]

Also, you HAVE to filter water. Any radiation is still radiation.

[@EricRSmyth]

00:28 the white blob on the far left looks like a face!

[@technologic21]

Normal clothing won't protect you from particles but Power Armor certainly will!!!!!

[@TheRealNewBlackMusic]

i think the voice over guy is the same guy from the original outer limits series.

[@almostfm]

I was thinking it reminded my of what Zapp Brannigan would sound like on tranquilizers.

[@roguedalek900]

Vic Perrin. Good friend of Jack Webb and a regular on the 50s Dragnet radio program and in the 1967 Dragnet movie.

[@dong6839]

Does it even pay to have this type of preparation today still? Or would we be SO screwed in the event of a modern nuclear attack that relying on the fallout lessons of the 1950's would be like keeping a box of Band-Aids handy whenever you use a table saw or gas powered chainsaw?

[@Rickyrab]

How many sieverts is a roentgen?

[@norclozapine]

Richard Rabinowitz A Gray equals 100 Roentgens. A Sievert equals 100 REMs.

[@adammcnally9679]

PUT it on your self isolating neutrality. DO Do It!

[@alexfesler7006]

"Water washes itself" you don't say!

[@AliasUndercover]

As long as it's running, that is.

[@donlove3741]

Oddly enough True.

[@-oiiio-3993]

'The solution to pollution is dilution.'

[@Lord_Shadowz]

How do I peel a Big Mac or a Whopper? I need to know how I decontaminate all of my favorite fast food in case of world war 3. The fast food chains better be training on this.

[@-oiiio-3993]

Have them wrapped in lead before exposure.

[@whereswaldo5740]

@@-oiiio-3993 It would still be more healthy than the radiation.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@whereswaldo5740 The fast food or the lead?

[@jc.1191]

@@-oiiio-3993 🤣

[@Inferno976]

and thus began Fallout dun dun dun.. great game... :)

[@whereswaldo5740]

Crawl out through the fallout baby.

[@alexfesler7006]

2:53 you don't say!

[@bdcrealestate]

Invisible unless u.use special glasses or meters

[@whereswaldo5740]

XRay Specs work !😵‍💫

[@OspreyKnight]

Because people don't actually live in the Chernobyl region currently. No not at all. Oh wait, they do. Yes they're exposing themselves to radiation, but they can still live there for decades. You're confusing dying at age 30 to 50 with completely unsurvivable That "shielding crap" is for the first few weeks so you don't get a massive amount of radiation all at once. Fallout is extremely radioactive /because/ it decays quickly. If you can survive the initial radiation you can live for years.

[@davidlamotta1994]

Not a bad presentation actually. I thought it was going to be all bullshit because it came from the government, and because it was from the 1960s. But it was actually pretty good. I don't know how informative the information is because I think a nuclear attack would be a lot worse and I don't know about radiation dissolving in water? And then there's the idea that my father put to me many years ago. A nuclear war is not something anyone would want to survive in. The conditions of survival would be appalling and horrendous and sanitation services would hardly even exist. Who would want to live in a world like that?

[@jordankristoff5406]

Maybe, you think of me

[@johnmalkowich491]

Just duck and cover. :P

[@CrystalJupiter]

This is not a very informative Let's Play.

[@itscrumbelivable]

The joke ------> You

[@CrystalJupiter]

Hah ohhhh man. Well, at least one person got it.

[@itscrumbelivable]

CrystalJupiter Kek

[@stoicvampirepig6063]

@Sernetz Mcoy r/whooosh

[@Killer286]

How odd, after a nuclear attack/War there would hardly be any water processing plants, they will just be abandoned, and the water will still be Radioactive no matter what, even in lakes, these old videos are slightly usefull, but the rest is not.

[@skindianu]

That and the EMP would likely render any electric water pumps useless.

[@certaindeed]

I love the classic excuse "radiation is something we deal with all the time." Clean background radiation like gamma and X, yes. Significant alpha radiation, internally ingested from contaminated food. Nope.

[@TaurionMartell]

eddie telleed wroooong. you forgot about radon gas. which kills alot of people a year. totaly clean and natural.

[@TimperialBroadcastingAgency]

+eddie telleed Gamma and x-ray radiation is still ionizing and harmful in high enough doses (even naturally occurring), just like small amounts of 'internally ingested' alpha particles from the natural potassium-40 in bananas is functionally harmless. You made the point even as you missed it: "significant." Yes, this is trying to downplay radiation risks, but that's because at the time everyone assumed (and most still do) that /any/ radiation will kill you stone dead. If they're reminded of natural radiation sources, then they start making illogical distinctions between 'natural' and 'artificial' sources based on the naturalistic fallacy, kind of like you did. It's the sum total of radiation exposure and exposure rate that one has to worry about. Radiation /is/ something we have to deal with all the time--just nowhere near the magnitudes associated with atomics.

[@SuperKedeWest]

If this is to happen how much for a pipboy

[@viktormichael821]

Rust In Peace.

[@TheBeyBladeNation]

@leipzchen water because that is ingested radiation =/

[@johnsinnott2076]

I remember this well was in 5 grade duck 🦆 and cover thank god this shit never happened but all the test we shot off and other contrey. Still the atom is flying all around us god help up all captain jack 🇮🇪🌎🇮🇪☘️

[@sezzo]

the game already existed in 1963?? *irony off

[@whereswaldo5740]

Born in 56. I’ve lived this my whole life. I like Iron Giant. Great show.

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

1959 movie, On the Beach There is no safe place from fallout after a full out nuclear exchange.

[@donlove3741]

Nothing like a NOVEL to base reality on !

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

@@donlove3741 Art imitates life. Reality is that the entire Earth has only one atmosphere and if it gets contaminated, it will spread over the entire planet. Why do you think they found DDT in polar bears? Why do think there is an ozone hole over Antarctica? Why do you think they measured radiation from Nevada Nuclear tests in South america during the 1950s and 60s?

[@donlove3741]

@@MichaelClark-uw7ex There has always been an ozone hole. DDT us a chemical not fallout. Using anecdotal evidence as you do.... Why are Hiroshima and Nagasaki inhabited today ? Background radiation is no higher than any other Japanese city . What happened to the fallout?

[@JimAllen-Persona]

Still haven’t seen this yet.. I keep forgetting to watch it.

[@MichaelClark-uw7ex]

@@donlove3741 Radioactive decay and those were 2 relatively small bombs, even the smallest of todays bombs are over 5 times as powerful and there would be hundreds if not thousands of them. Think about Chernobyl, it will be uninhabitable for a thousand years, imagine whole continents like that. BTW fallout is radioactive chemicals, it would spread just like DDT, probably easier because DDT is a large molecule.

[@adamant623]

Watch BBC movie: Threads...!!

[@MindMash5647]

It's a good movie, but it's really really depressing.

[@carlosroughdiamond]

MindMash5647 You got that right Mind Mash! I am going to redirect you though (by your leave). Depressing as the information is, it is also informative. Know the enemy and You might be saved! !!Survival is the priority in any circumstance!! Good luck, I'll see You on the other side.

[@themetroidprime]

Korea ? *ultimate facepalm*

[@SaturnEternity]

No

[@MakY19P3rU]

you mad bro!

[@MakY19P3rU]

thats what you think ! us did not win so before they retreat they just destroy whatever they could

[@lindaeasley4336]

About That Pesky Fallout

[@TheMetalHeaD256]

we never used nukes on Vietnam or Korea. we specifically avoided them.

[@kentcyclist]

TheMetalHeaD256 it was considered in Korea

[@BARRIEMOREBARLOW]

This is not ludicrous at all.

[@PMW3]

holy crap! according to that map we'll be screwed no matter how much we filter our water

[@cupcakexrider]

my pipboy has a rate meter hahaha

Fallout lasts a long time. Look at Chernobyl.

[@susieq8253]

One thing for sure, you don’t go outside after a nuclear fall out! Stock up now on food and water!!

[@kevinsedo6869]

i feel so much better now ...so you guys just go ahead and keep irradiating the planet 🤨

[@flyjet787]

Wow was this based on seriously poor science. Or perhaps the producers altered the truth to calm the viewers. Just hide under some wood for 2 weeks and get back to your normal activities. If only that were true.

[@bdcrealestate]

Wifi. Is radiation as well

[@gcopter1963]

Yeah?

[@booklover6753]

@@gcopter1963 Sure. It's called electro magnetic radiation.

[@ucirak]

HAHA primitíve americans propaganda.

[@lukek4851]

to víš že jo čobole

[@ucirak]

@@lukek4851 WTF your mongolian language demented

[@bdcrealestate]

4g 5g .etc.. Is radiation.

[@gcopter1963]

Yeah?