Description: BOMB SHELTERS, COLD WAR IMAGES images, 1950's'IN TIME OF EMERGENCY': CIVIL DEFENSE FILM - FAMILY PREPARING FALLOUT SHELTER, SUITED MEN SPEAKING, PEOPLE ON PHONE, ETC; Film leader countdown (old and scratchy); INT John Davis, National Director of Civil Defense speaking from desk in patriotic room (US Flag, Bald Eagle emblem in BG); INT Z-OUT from 'In Time of Emergency' book to man in suit & tie speaking at desk w/ serious look on his face; DX/INT Dome/Sphere/Globe geodesic dome (like Epicot Center structure), int of globe has radar (shown in MS). Military officer at switchboard; DX Overhead shot of nuclear submarine. US Air Force cargo jet taking off from runway, fighter jets taking off from aircraft carrier; INT Fallout shelter sign, pan to serious guy speaking. Slow z-in of sandy desert ; Animated nuclear explosion, radioactive fallout sequence (cloud raining over desert, falling near house, etc), then back to guy; DX Pan down skyscraper or tall apartment building and z-in on 'fallout shelter' sign, & seen other var structures; DX POV driving down city & country street looking out passengers side window; DX Mailman (rural) delivers mail to house. INT-Woman picks up/opens letter that's fallen from front door mail slot & reads; INT White middle class man and woman talking in livingroom. Man and son building bomb shelter in basement/cellar; INT CU 'In Time of Emergency' book cover, OTS man reading book, animated sequence about nuclear fallout, bomb shelters); DX Men unloading boxes from back of truck, moving boxes down slides & conveyors. 50's/60's era women walk thru doorway; INT Child sleeping on fold out chairs. WS people in crowded shelter. CU hand taking radio, flashlight, opening door, taking medicine & food; INT Mother and daughter (cute as a button) stocking shelves with food. Father and son carry jugs of water downstairs; INT Woman opens cabinet, refrigerator. Pan up water heater. Water pipes. CU faucet knob/handle, hand turns it; INT Boy turns on faucet at bathroom sink. CU hand turns on faucet & fills bucket. Mother & daughter peeling apples at kitchen table; INT Woman makes condensed milk, girl drinks it (and doesn't gag!); INT The serious man in suit from earlier speaks about book; INT OTS cartographer drawing map. Couple looks at 'Plan For Survival' pamphlet, maps. Pan canned goods. Water jugs on shelf; INT quick shots of medicine cabinet, radio, flashlight. Man puts plastic bag in metal trash can, closes shutters & door & shades; INT Woman sprays windows with aerosol can, puts up tin foil over window; INT Man puts fire extinguisher on tool bench. Boy hooks up hose to faucet. Bathtub being filled w/ h2o (bath being drawn); Quick shots of businessman at desk, boy writing on chalkboard, mother & daughter walking down sidewalk carrying grocery bags; DX PA system/alarm horn. Old style steam whistle goes off (like work signal); Graphic safety sequence; DX girl listening to transistor radio. CU radio announcer speaking into microphone. Man listens to radio. CU old man's face; INT man w/ black rimmed glasses. Nurse tending to baby. Man at wall map. Track behind old men on phone; INT our serious friend from before speaks again ;
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