Friday, April 11, 2008

Atomic Bomb culture


Sorry, had a link wrong, had to re-post


Here's a link to a page about an early Film addressing Atomic issues, The Beginning or the End?

This is a great example of early Hollywood/pop culture responses to the atomic bomb.







This is the IMDB page from another classic atomic-era Hollywood film, Them!. This movie is about radioactive ants destroying the country. Reflects fears of radiation at the time.

Pictures of the movie cover are especially awesome.



http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/spinthariscopes/ring.htm
Here is a site about 'atomc bomb rings' for kids found in Kix cereal in the 40's. Shows how Americans tried to incorporate the bomb into everyday culture. Also would probably be a pretty sweet cereal box prize.

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