Our Cities Must Fight (1951)

Civil defense film admonishing U.S. city dwellers to stay and fight in case of enemy invasion, rather than evacuate. Filmed in New York and other cities.

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• Civil
• defense
• film
• Invasion

[randy95023]

You'll wind up like the Chinese civilians who "stuck around" in Nanking in the late thirties...

[Grifter207]

Damn miracle anybody survived Cold War 50's and 60's propaganda.

Saying that an area is safe 90 seconds after an atomic bomb blows up is pretty stupid, by any standard.

[DandDskeeto]

I'm 40. Among other things, the trouble with youth today is none of these kids ever woke up knowing a warhead was pointing at them. It think it built character in our generation and those before u

[WatugaConfederation]

Gamma radiation will. Alpha and Beta particles are a different matter and weren't well understood in the 50's.

[kno3rocks]

thats when the immediate danger is gone after an hour to call it stupid if you dont know the faacts

[wiley207]

Bah, I wish the people of Portland knew about this! Look up "Day Called X 1957" in the search bar here to see what I mean.

Incidentally, this film was made by the same company that made the infamous (though public domain) "Duck and Cover," but this film was more serious and not meant to be shown in classrooms like "Duck and Cover" was.

[SoCalJoe2]

"Danger from an atomic blast lasts, oh, only a minute and a half" Talk about blowing smoke up the people's asses.

[GeneralBerger]

they were saying that debris will be done falling and onto the ground after 90 seconds.

[MPizzal]

Yeah, being safe is for pussies

[NotTheAntichrist]

So... Radiation will disperse in less than a minute? No.