British Pathe

Didcot Atom Village (1947)

Interesting story about villagers of Didcot who are wary of new atomic research centre nearby.

Civil Defence Exercise (1968)

Civil defence emergency exercise and evacuation carried out at BP House, London.

Doom Town AKA Down Town (1955)

Britain's biggest mobile defence training centre stages atomic warfare for National Servicemen.

Selected Originals - Atomic Research AKA Atomic Bomb Aftermath - Atomic Medicine (1953)

Material relating to newsreel story "Atomic Research" - 53/24.

Cuban Crisis (1962)

Newsreel item of aerial shots, OAS and UN meetings, Cuban demos and US evacuation of base.

News In Flashes (1960)

Preparation for nuclear attack, three wheeled car, barrel lifting contest, and David Ben Gurion.

Anti-Polaris Demo At Dunoon (1961)

Michael Foot takes part in anti-Polaris demonstration at Dunoon, Scotland.

Battles Of Two Kinds (1961)

Anti-Nuclear Demonstration in Trafalgar Sq. on the same day as Battle of Britain celebration.

Cnd (1960)

Members of the Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament taking direct action against nuclear base.

Cnd March (1969)

CND demonstrators march through London to rally in Trafalgar Square.

H Bomb Or Sanity (1958)

Pathe and Commander Sir Stephen King-Hall look into Unilateral Nuclear Disarmament

Hiroshima - Date With History (1943)

Documentary covering the decisions surrounding the dropping of the first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Versus NATO (1971)

Unusual film exploring images of war and peace - some nice footage - a hippie feel to the film.

War And Society - Part 3 - Protest For Peace (1960)

Series for schools about war - this episode covers protests against nuclear warfare and Vietnam war.

Civil Defence Corps - Trailer (1950)

Recruitment film calling for people to join up to the Civil Defence Corps.

Civil Defence At Leicester (1951)

A civil defence rescue exercise takes place in Leicester, Leicestershire.

700 Practice Civil Defence (1963)

London's biggest exercise of kind shows preparations against nuclear attack.

Archbishop Sees Civil Defence (1964)

The Archbishop of York is shown Civil Defence School with training going on.

Atom Power 'on The Grid' AKA Cooking By Atom Power (1955)

The USA switch on its first atomic power plant in New York State.

Atomic Milk (1957)

Emergency at Windscale atomic plant - milk form surrounding farms contaminated.

The Atomic Age (1946)

Documentary warning of the "menacing shadow" of the atomic bomb.

Home Built With Fallout Shelter (1959)

Home in Denver built with a fallout shelter.

Want A Fallout Shelter? AKA Fall-Out Shelter (1962)

Construction of nuclear fallout shelters for families in Kent.

Atomic Bomb - The Big Test (1945)

Atomic bomb tested in New Mexico desert.

Atomic Research AKA Atomic Bomb Aftermath (1953)

Famous scenes of model house being destroyed by atom bomb tests.

Big Leeds A.F.S. Test (1952)

Big Civil Defence exercise in Leeds - 500 volunteers involved.

Bristol Trains To Beat A-Bomb (1951)

Bristol civil defence and military jointly stage and fight A-bomb attack.

C.D. Get New Gear (1955)

New one-man packs of rescue gear are used in Civil Defence H-bomb exercise.

C.D. Headquarters (1955)

Birmingham opens its new underground Civil Defence Headquarters.

War And Society - Part 2 - Fighting Words (1939)

Series for schools about war - this episode covers the Second World War.