U.S. AIR FORCE NUCLEAR ATTACK PREPAREDNESS PROCEDURES ATOMIC WARFARE 27204

“Nuclear Attack Preparedness Procedures: Survive to Fight” is a 1968 US Air Force training film dramatizes activities at an Air Force Base following a nuclear attack. As a siren blares, pilots are shown being taken to their aircraft (mark 00:40) while command post operations unfold. An eerie silence follows until a “nuclear flash” fills the screen at mark 02:24 and a fiery mushroom cloud races upward. The narrator explains the sheltered command post personnel review the status of their base and its operational capability, including assessing and reporting damage (mark 03:55), dispatching vehicles, clearing runways, and abandoning some buildings. A flashback series starting at mark 05:18 details some of the work involved in preparing a base for just such a nuclear attack before returning to some of the organized chaos of the exercise near mark 07:00. Medical personnel assist in exposure control and treat patients (mark 10:05) and upon an assessment of radiation, begin radioactive fallout procedures (mark 12:18