Free Vintage Nuclear War Safety Movies Tonight!
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2006, 8PM
FREE MONDAY MOVIES
NUCLEAR WAR NIGHT!
Tonight Tom Robinson will show A Day Called ‘X’ (CBS, B&W, 1957, 30 mins.), a dramatized CBS documentary filmed in Portland, Oregon in which the entire city is evacuated in anticipation of a nuclear air raid. It details the activation of the city's civil defense protocols and leads up to the moment before the attack (the ending is left intentionally unknown). It was aired December 8, 1957 and was presented by Glenn Ford.
Its local rebroadcast in 2004 attracted interest among local history buffs due to its extensive outside shots of the city, and the use of non-actor participants (local officials and broadcasters). Whenever one of these individuals is heard uttering warnings or statements regarding attack, the words "An attack is not actually taking place" are superimposed over the picture.
Other films we will show tonight:
Disaster Control Radioactive Fallout (Air Force, 1956, B&W, 30 min.)
Operation Scat (Mobile Alabama Civil Defense, 1954, B&W, 10 min.), not to be confused with the porn video of the same name.
Monday Movies happens every Monday night at Old Town Pizza in NE Portland.
ALWAYS FREE! ALL AGES!
FULL BAR AND MENU!
9 PM HAPPY HOUR!
Upcoming Monday Movie schedules are available at www.myspace.com/mondaymovie.
Old Town Pizza
5201 NE MLK (in Vanport Square Center)
Between Alberta and Killingsworth
#6 and #72 bus, ample free parking for bikes and cars
http://oldtownpizza.com
503.200.5988