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Operation Doorstep (1953)

Operation Doorstep (1953)

Documentary
Release Date: 1953, December 16
Countries: United States of America
Production: Federal Civil Defense Administration, Federal Civil Defense Administration, Office of Civil Defense, Office of Civil Defense, Byron, Byron, Byron

Overview:

This Civil Defense films shows the results of atomic testing on houses at Yucca Flats, NV. Although the purpose of the film was to inform viewers of what rooms of the house to avoid in case of atomic attack, the film's failure to mention the dangers of radioactive fallout caused the government to have it pulled from circulation in 1959 and declared obsolete.