How to Build a Fallout Shelter at Home | Cold War Era Educational Film | 1960

● Please SUPPORT my work on Patreon: ● Visit my 2ND CHANNEL: ►Facebook: ►Twitter: ►Google : ✚ Watch my “Atomic Age“ PLAYLIST: One of the defining features of the Cold War was pretending everything was fine when it clearly was not. This cheerful educational film (originally titled as ‘Walt Builds a Family Fallout shelter’) on how to build a fallout shelter at home is perfect example. It was released in 1960 by the U.S. government’s Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM), working with the National Concrete Masonry Association. The concept of do-it-yourself projects took an interesting turn in the late 1950’s when it was accepted that adequate shelter would be needed for Americans to remain safe from the harmful effects of fallout radiation in the event of an enemy atomic attack. A new government agency, The Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, spread the mes