A Day Called X (Parts I & 2 of 2 + HD) (Sep57) 'A warning from the past'

"I remember one day at 08:04 hours local when my red phone lit & rang, from the other end came the monotone 'Command Center' voice, "Stand By ...Stand By ...  We have entered Defcon 2 at zero eight zero four hours.  Stand By to acknowledge."  After hitting the red button on the 'War Clock', starting its count from zero, I turned to the war book as sirens and klaxons rang outside .."  "Well, suffice it to say, appeasement didn't work then and it won't work today."  ~ rfh

It was filmed in September 1957 and aired December 8 of that year.  (Wikipedia re "Operation Greenlight")

Part 1 of 2: http://www.archive.org/details/DayCalle1955

Part 2 of 2: http://www.archive.org/details/DayCalle1955

alt HD src:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueEl7A7KaHA

Dramatized atomic evacuation of Portland, Oregon. This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: CBS Television Network

Sponsor: N/A

Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W

Keywords: Atomic-nuclear: Civil defense; Cold War; Oregon

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

related: The Doomsday Clock is at 5 minutes to midnight (17Jan09)

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