# “ MEDICAL SERVICES IN AN ATOMIC DISASTER ” 1949 US ARMY RADIATION AND FALLOUT EFFECTS FILM 71992

The US Army (:08) presents an instructional training film detailing the role of medical professionals in organizing the community in order to deliver medical service in the event of an atomic disaster. It details actions which should be undertaken in order to prepare for such an event. It features a medical society meeting during which a speaker reviews the issues. A film within the film details how a well prepared city may handle an atomic bomb. The invention and subsequent use of the atomic bomb sent tremors through the globe; anxiety and paranoia erupted over further use of such a massive tool for destruction. An opening note warms viewers the atomic bomb was here to stay following the close of the war (1:13). A group of female card players discuss the idea of being hit with an atomic bomb (1:27). The Daily Sun runs a story about food costs dropping (1:37). Another article details the fear of atomic war (1:40). Business men at the barber shop discuss the topic (1:59). A pamphlet appears from the UN over the international control of atomic energy (2:37). A meeting appears of the Medical Society Committee on Atomic Medicine (3:10). The speaker addresses the role of doctors (3:30) using an example city with a population of about a quarter of a million (4:43). He proceeds to detail the rate of casualties which would be expected (5:26) and the number of actual cities in the US with the same population (6:06). He also notes how easily the atomic bomb can penetrate a city’s…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/71992U.S.ArmyTheMedicalEffectsOfTheAtomicBombPart3)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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