This is an educational short from the 1950s. There will be mild spoilers ahead:
What I'm going to write shortly probably isn't going to satisfy anyone, but that's life. Judged solely by its technical aspects and basic style, this is a nice little short well worth watching. Nice bits of animation are worth seeing.
As to the informational value, it's really not as good or bad as either its supporters or its detractors think. In some instances, the advice given would be very helpful. The best advice which could be given was, "Be in a good, solid structure not directly damaged by the blast and away from any exposure to the flash".
If you were sitting in a windowless classroom which was not seriously damaged in the blast, good for you. Your immediate survival chances were good. But if you were in a classroom with lots of open windows facing the blast, "duck and cover" under the typical desk found in a school room is of vanishingly little value.
There were Allied POWs being held in Nagasaki who were basically sheltered in a ditch with a tent covering them. Most of them stayed inside the tent with the flap closed. The few who went outside to have a look all died immediately. The ones in the ditch under the tent survived.
There's useful and not so useful information here for the time period. This isn't quite as ridiculous as it seems nowadays.
This short is on a number of PD DVDs as well as online and is worth watching.
What I'm going to write shortly probably isn't going to satisfy anyone, but that's life. Judged solely by its technical aspects and basic style, this is a nice little short well worth watching. Nice bits of animation are worth seeing.
As to the informational value, it's really not as good or bad as either its supporters or its detractors think. In some instances, the advice given would be very helpful. The best advice which could be given was, "Be in a good, solid structure not directly damaged by the blast and away from any exposure to the flash".
If you were sitting in a windowless classroom which was not seriously damaged in the blast, good for you. Your immediate survival chances were good. But if you were in a classroom with lots of open windows facing the blast, "duck and cover" under the typical desk found in a school room is of vanishingly little value.
There were Allied POWs being held in Nagasaki who were basically sheltered in a ditch with a tent covering them. Most of them stayed inside the tent with the flap closed. The few who went outside to have a look all died immediately. The ones in the ditch under the tent survived.
There's useful and not so useful information here for the time period. This isn't quite as ridiculous as it seems nowadays.
This short is on a number of PD DVDs as well as online and is worth watching.