Author Archive: Retro

This subject will give rise to unrestrained laughter and will infect your entire audience with the jovial microbe. A learned man is seen in his laboratory studying microbes. His friend enters and after exchanging salutations the visitor is proclaimed to be full of microbes. Through a microscope the victim is permitted to view the many microbes with which he is infected and as each microbe is displayed to the view of the audience its exhibition creates wild applause. The microbes shown are as follows: Political Microbe, Functionary Microbe, Mother-in-Law Microbe, Chauffeur’s Microbe. The poor man faints and the doctor of science laughs at his terrified friend.

It is an animated Cold War preparation short film about what Fallout is and how to protect yourself against it. While the information provided might actually be somewhat useful in case of a reactor accident (e.g. Fukushima), it is also fun to watch as the harms of nuclear fallout are smiled away by an animated person and the encouraging voice of a typical 50′s narrator.