COLD WAR CULTURE
Cold War Society
The Lost Border:
Photographs of the Iron Curtain
The Authentic History Center: Music About The Atom Bomb: 1944-1964 (excerpts)
Unpopular Front: American art and the Cold War, from the New Yorker Magazine (10/17/05)
Newseum: The Berlin Wall
This site, created by the Newseum, a museum of news set to open in Washington, DC in 2008, provides a history of the Berlin Wall, an interactive exhibit that explores the news and how it differed in East and West Berlin, and an exhibition about the falsification of photographs in Stalinist Russia.
Trinity Atomic Website: Civil Defense
Shows examples of bomb shelter as depicted by the Civil Defense Program.
Atomic Bombing: How to Protect Yourself
This web-based document recreates a classic 1950 book detailing the dangers posed by an atomic bomb and the precautions that one may take to minimize the risk of contamination and death.
Civil Defense Films
Duck and Cover with "Bert the Turtle" (1951)
The movie Duck and Cover was produced in 1950, during the first big Civil Defense push of the Cold War.
Survival Under Atomic Attack (1951)
House in the Middle, The (1954)
Atomic tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds show effects of a nuclear blast on well-kept homes, homes filled with trash and combustibles, and homes painted with reflective white paint. Asserts that cleanliness is an essential part of civil defense preparedness and that it increased survivability. Produced by the
National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association
About Fallout (1963)
An optimistic vision of nuclear fallout and civil defense countermeasures.