“ DAMAGING FACTORS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS “ 1970s COLD WAR ERA SOVIET CIVIL DEFENSE FILM XD23955

Join this channel to get access to perks: “Damaging Factors of Nuclear Weapons” () is a color PSA-style film commissioned by the Civil Defense Division of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to educate the public on the damaging effects of nuclear weapons. The film opens with archival footage from Hiroshima and Nagasaki and includes animated diagrams and segments explaining the dangerous effects of nuclear weapons and subsequent protective measures. Film opens, title page and credits (0:06). Plane takes off (meant to emulate Enola Gay Superfortress), Japanese family at home during early morning hours (0:16). Mushroom cloud explosion (0:34). Devastation (ruins of buildings, burnt corpses) at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (0:45). Family of Hiroshima victims gathering at perhaps induction ceremony of Hiroshima Victims Memorial Cenotaph (1952) (1:08). Procession of American troops, U.S. Army Band (1:31). G