Atomic Attack - PT8
Atomic Attack - PT8
Atomic Attack - PT8: Great 1950's melodrama about what an atomic bomb attack could do to a typical middle-class American family. Taking its cue from "Duck and Cover", this film suggests that not only can an atomic bomb attack on 12 major cities in the US be fought and survived, but that the quiet New York suburb where this story takes place (only 70 miles from ground zero), can be almost totally unaffected and back to normal within days after such an attack.
Atomic Attack - PT8
Title card reading: "The Tenth Day". CU portable radio, pan out to see teen aged girl and elderly man listening intently to the radio broadcast, the news is of retaliation & destruction. MCU/MS elderly man talking about the futility of war.
Atomic Attack - PT8
MCU/MS woman and older man seated on the back patio sorrowfully reminiscing about all they have been through since the bomb attack, the sadness, the courage, the hope.
Atomic Attack - PT8
MS as women enters the kitchen, she is greeted by her teen aged daughter who informs her that one of their bomb refugee boarders will be leaving. MS as mother & daughter enter living room to see their guest packed & ready to leave. MCU exchanges between the women, it appears that the guest has been stricken with radiation poisoning, a civil service man dressed in jumpsuit arrives to take the woman to the hospital. MS woman & civil service man exiting the house, zoom to MCU mother & teen daughter standing at door, with a sadness in her voice the daughter acknowledges that the woman is going to die.
Atomic Attack - PT8
MS grade school aged girl seated at the kitchen counter with a plate of food & a glass of milk in front of her, she appears distant in thought as she rubs her face & head, she takes the plate of uneaten food & empties it into the garbage can, then exits the room. MS woman in her bedroom seated at dressing table brushing her hair as her young daughter walks in, woman begins brushing her daughter's hair but the girl begins crying saying that it hurts, woman looks at the brush to see that the girl is losing her hair in clumps, the girl admits that she hasn't been feeling well & has lost her appetite, the woman hugs the girl tightly & carries her to the bed, she fears that her daughter is experiencing radiation poisoning. MS as woman runs into the hallway, she asks her teen aged daughter to fetch the doctor.
Atomic Attack - PT8
MS elderly male doctor seated on bed w/grade school aged girl as he puts bandage on her finger after drawing blood, the doctor suggests that that the girl lie down. MS doctor in hallway talking to girl's mother & older sister, the mother becomes stressed out fearing the worst, mother sends the teen for additional help.
Atomic Attack - PT8
MS younger male doctor seated on bed w/grade school aged girl as he puts bandage on her finger after drawing blood, he picks up his doctor bag and exits the room. MS man walking down hallway with doctor bag into living room. MS as doctor talks with the girl's mother, questioning her about an earlier blood draw, the woman fumbles with words as the older doctor enters the room, he hands the new doctor the results of the previous test. MS exchanges as the woman & teen girl try to protect the "wanted" doctor they have been hiding in their home, the younger doctor explains that the older man isn't wanted as a fugitive but as an expert. MCU exchanges between woman and older man as he confesses that his own blood tests have come back with high levels of radiation.
Atomic Attack - PT8
MS grade school aged girl in doctor's office with doc and nurse. MCU exchanges between doctor and mother as they discuss the girl's condition & curse of treatment, the radiation poisoning is destroying her bone marrow. (Doctor played by Walter Matthau)
Atomic Attack - PT8
MS teenage girl in living room with elderly man, they stand listen to radio. MS as woman walks into house with her grade school aged daughter, the teen and elderly man greet them, asking to relay the health condition of the little girl. MS exchanges as female border (bomb refugee) comes into living room, telling her host that she and her daughter will be leaving.
Atomic Attack - PT8
MS woman taking a seat at the dinner table with her two daughters as they listen to news of war on the radio. MSs as woman reassures her children that the USA is going to win.
Atomic Attack - PT8
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