"The Day the World Ended" (1961)

Before the days of global warming, there was the Cold War to worry about. Here is another movie from my early years. The film begins with a mad scientist, played by Pat Walsh. Later, John Hopkins reads a newspaper headline warning of the danger of nuclear war between JFK and Krushchev. Moments later jets are heard overhead and theres a nuclear explosion. John, along with buddies Robert Beck & George Eng must now face the future in their bombed-out home. Yuk, is cannibalism in their future?
The film was shot in Poughkeepsie, NY with a Kodak Brownie II 8mm camera. Music & sound fx have been added for YouTube viewers. Enjoy my cold war movie.
Filmed: October 1961

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Kerry
• Decker
• John
• Hopkins
• George
• Eng
• Robert
• Beck
• Pat
• Walsh
• Poughkeepsie
• 1961
• JFK
• 8mm
• cold
• war
• nuclear

[KKD1247]

Yup..some old 8mm stock footage I had. Thanks!

[jeffbob4343]

That's pretty cool Kerry. I was 6 years old then and remember the duck and covers in school. You shoulda conked your one pal though who couldn't get the smirk of his face. LOL!!!

[KKD1247]

Thanks. Yeah...I did conk him. It was the first film he did & I still remember when the camera rolled...he started to laugh. I had to kill him off early!

[bellydancerocks321]

ew

[Atomicflash500]

How did you do the fade in of the ghost friends ?

[tock101]

The vid of the nuke going off in the ocean is not a nuke. It was the power source to a saucer that crashed in Area 51. They moved it to a ship in the ocean before they tried to open it to find out how to work it and it went boom!

[IstvanN1961]

This was cute, thanks for sharing.

[Adom]

Wow. Were the letters for the titles those white ceramic ones that went on the black board with the little pins? I had a set up like that for years that my grandfather gave me. He had more stuff for me, but it was stolen along with an old projector when someone broke into his house.

[50esscee267]

Really liked the music!

[Arashieatssweets]

LOL THEY ATE THE ASIAN KID

[MsSouthernman]

It was kind of funny.

[Petemonster62]

I like the use of the attic with the underside of the pitched roof representing a collasped wall. What was the reaction of your parents & other people who viewed the film at the time? I could imagine 1961 was a tense year with the Berlin wall going up, the Soviets testing the Czar bomb, & the start of the public fallout shelter program....

[USAsoldier1955]

Thank God for the Bomb! :)