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This Civil Defense films shows the results of atomic testing on houses at Yucca Flats, NV. Although the purpose of the film was to inform viewers of what rooms of the house to avoid in case of atomic attack, the film's failure to mention the dangers of radioactive fallout caused the government to have it pulled from circulation in 1959 and declared obsolete.

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This Civil Defense films shows the results of atomic testing on houses at Yucca Flats, NV. Although the purpose of the film was to inform viewers of what rooms of the house to avoid in case of atomic attack, the film's failure to mention the dangers of radioactive fallout caused the government to have it pulled from circulation in 1959 and declared obsolete.

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