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Colleen BeachAtomic (2005)

A montage of cold war educational films intermixed with footage and still photos from Japan after the bomb was dropped.
My first ever attempt at iMovie.


This movie is part of the collection: Open Source Movies

Director: Colleen Beach
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Keywords: atomic bomb; cold war; 1950; bomb; WWII; Hiroshima; Japan; Blind Boys of Alabama

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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Reviewer: norton67 - - October 28, 2008
Subject: ATOMIC
I can't help but think of all the AMERICAN lives that were saved.

Reviewer: Christine Hennig - - October 9, 2006
Subject: An Arms Race Has Consequences
This film features a montage of clips from cold war civil defense films, including Duck and Cover, About Fallout, and newsreel footage of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, while on the soundtrack a slow, soulful gospel song plays. At times, audio from the films plays over the music, which actually works, rather unexpectedly. The filmâs simple format works well in conveying its anti-war message. One of the better ephemera montage films Iâve seen.
Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: N/A. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ****.

Reviewer: CollieWolly - - February 22, 2006
Subject: Unseeable Quotes
Everything that has been built up, cultivated and grown, will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again. -Anne Frank

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -Albert Einstein