Atomic Attack - PT1: 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.
Simple Title Card reading "Atomic Attack"
DO NOT USE: Credits
GV exterior large suburban house obscured by tree foliage in FG, a superimposed title appears over image reading "A Westchester Suburb of New York City".
MS domestic scene of Eisenhower Era family (mother, father, teenage & grade school daughters) seated at table having breakfast together (talking, laughing, sipping coffee, buttering toast). MCU youngest girl seated at table w/stuffed animal horse.
MS domestic scene of Eisenhower Era family at the breakfast table bickering & being a "normal family", father stands to leave for work, mom stands & gives him a hug, there are squeezes for the girls & then mom rushes everyone out of the room.
Exterior GV as father & teen daughter exit house, mother follows behind w/grade school aged girl, mom pats younger girl on the bottom as she runs out of frame, mom gives a big old "good-bye" wave from the back stoop. (family, domestic)
MS pan mother walking into house passing through the kitchen. MS as woman enters dinning room, she unties her apron & grabs a bit of leftover food from the breakfast spread, pan as she walks over to table & grabs a bunch of laundry, pan as she rushes to answer ringing telephone, zoom to MCU of woman talking on the phone while holding laundry. (domestic, chores, housework, housewife)