Cold War Cinema

Operation Ivy, 02/02/1954

National Archives description: "Summary: Hydrogen bomb firing under Operation Ivy at Eniwetok Island on 2 February 1954. Narration by narration by motion picture actor Reed Halley.  Reel 1: 1) MS ...

The Lost Missile (1958)

The Lost Missile is a 1958 science fiction film directed by Lester Wm. Berke . Originally intended to be directed by his father, William Berke , the film became his son’s project after William’...

ALCF James Kilgore Films Clip 5221

This clip (5217) is part of  The James Kilgore Film Collection: Four Decades of Innovative Amateur Filmmaking.  The collection includes amateur narrative films and home movie footage shot by Nash...

The Real Miss America

1952 RKO Pathe recruiting newsreel for women, produced for the DOD. "' The Real Miss America is interesting, moving and highly  effectual . . . Should prove most helpful in informing the public of...

Family Action -- Civil Defense Home Preparedness Workshop Filmstrip 5 of 5

"Family Action" A filmstrip presentation produced in 1960 by the U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization for use in the "Home Preparedness Workshops" held in local communities. Target audienc...

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL 1951 trailer

This print is sharper than the existing IA copy. A truly iconic film and one of the all-time great science fiction dramas with a superb background score by Bernard Herrmann. The inclusion of real n...

Communist Propaganda

An overview of soviet and communist block propaganda in the early '50s. Examples of hamfisted Russian film propaganda make it more amusing than most US government films. Release date circa 1953.

Bikini Radiobiological Laboratory, 1949

No description at National Archives but listed in AEC 16mm film combined catalog (1966) : "BIKINI RADIQBIOLOGICAL LABORATORY (1949). 22 minutes, color.  Produced by the University of Washington an...

Family Fire Safety -- Civil Defense Home Preparedness Workshop Filmstrip 3 of 5

"Family Fire Safety" A filmstrip presentation produced in 1960 by the U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization for use in the "Home Preparedness Workshops" held in local communities. Target au...

Occupying a Public Shelter

An overview of the procedure and expectations of using a public fallout shelter. Department of Defense Civil Defense film CD 20-234 Can states: "OCCUPYING A PUBLIC SHELTER" CD 20-234 B/W B-WIND FGM...

Civil Defense Public Information

Civil Defense informational film with animated and live action sequences that detail steps the public can take toward preparedness for nuclear fallout. Sequences outline basic radiation principles,...

Oppenheimer's Manhattan Project: The real thing! Splendedly A.I restored and colorized (1945)

This film shows original B&W footage about the activities in the New Mexico dessert to develop an atomic weapon.  The film footage has been meticulously restored, enhanced and colorized to give a ...

Desert Rock (Can 2)

Reel assembled from three rolls. Order as follows: 1. "Desert Rock: Doomtown" 2. "Desert Rock: Atom Soldier into Ground Zero" 3. "Desert Rock: Wilson at Airport" Can states: ""DESERT ROCK" DOOM TOW...

Mata Hari trailer

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Shoot First

Title: Shoot First Summary: A retired U.S. Army Colonel living in England stumbles upon a spy ring when he shoots buckshot at a poacher during a hunt. Directed by: Robert Parrish Actors: Joel McCre...

Notorious (restored, colorized) (1946, film noir, imdb score: 7.9)

Notorious is a 1946 American  spy   film noir  directed and produced by  Alfred Hitchcock , starring  Cary Grant ,  Ingrid Bergman , and  Claude Rains  as three people whose lives become i...

One Week in October

U.S. Department of Defense Civil Preparedness Film DDCP 20-223 about the Cuban Missile Crisis, Oct. 16-29, 1962. "(For Nationwide Exhibition) Story of the Cuban crisis--aerial photos of missile bas...

Responsibilities of American Citizenship, The

 Shows that citizens should understand the American way of life, communism and socialism and their propaganda techniques, public education and government.

Operation Doorstep

"The effects of an atomic explosion on two average frame houses are shown in Operation Doorstep, film story of the atom firing at Yucca Flats, Nevada during the March 17 civil defense demonstration...

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) Trailer HD

http://thedukemitchell.uk/ for more weird videos plus strange film nights in London. HD trailer for the 1965 cold war espionage thriller The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, directed by Martin Ritt, ...

The Steel Ring (AA Defense of US)

Miscellaneous Film MF 45-8562 "Vulnerability of the US to sneak atomic attack--Radar and AAA defense centers composing the complicated defense perimeter known as the "Steel Ring"--Specially trained...

Casino Royale

Spy Smasher (1942)

A former reporter has become a masked vigilante battling a gang of Nazi saboteurs, who are secretly spying on the Commissioner of Naval Intelligence, his brother's future father-in-law. Based on th...

A Sharper Sword and Stronger Shield

Miscellaneous Film MF 20-9040 "Modernization of army for defense -- new pentagonal organization and flexible structure -- new tactical concepts -- new weapons and equipment (39 min--1959--Distribut...

Pickup on South Street (restored, with intro and outro commentary) (1953, film noir, imdb score: 7.6)

Pickup on South Street is a 1953 American spy film noir written and directed by Samuel Fuller , and starring Richard Widmark , Jean Peters , and Thelma Ritter . Widmark plays a pickpocket who unwit...

Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943)

An American secret agent travels to Morocco (not quite Darkest Africa) to thwart a Nazi spy ring, unaware that a German officer has taken the place of the most influential local Arab chieftan. 15-c...

King of the Royal Mounted (1940)

Dave King of the RCMP discovers that a German spy ring is operating a fake hospital in Canada in order to obtain a medical compound whose unusual magnetic properties will make the ships re-supplyin...

Michael Elam-Fallout

A free download of this song is available at: http://www.archive.org/details/AtomicFireball Mash-up Music video for 'Michael Elam-Fallout' (2009 Blue Harvest Records). Featuring public domain foota...

The Armor Soldier on the Nuclear Battlefield

Training Film 17-2826. As listed in Index of Army Motion Pictures Film Strips Slides and Phono-recordings: "Effects of nuclear bursts--Protective measures in combat for armor units--Cover, concealm...

Highlights of 1956

Content warning: documentation of explosions and other disasters, graphic images of human remains. Universal-International newsreel review of the year 1956. Title cards read: Universal-Internationa...