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Masco, Joseph (Author)

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Volume: 64, no. 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 23-31
Publication date: 2008
Language: English

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Description The article discusses government produced films on nuclear warfare and its impact to public opinion on the effects of nuclear weapons. The author outlines several films concerning nuclear warfare made during the era of nuclear above ground testing. These include “Exercise Desert Rock (1951),” produced by the U.S. Defense Department, “Operation Cue (1951),” produced by the Federal Civil Defense Agency, and the “Special Weapons Orientation: The Thermonuclear Weapon Part VI (1956),” which was produced by the U.S. Air Force. (Abstract from: http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/33011569/target-audience)

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