One World or None (1946)

Directed by

Philip Ragan

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

10 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After the atomic bombings of Japan, this short film explains the dangers of nuclear weapons. It argues that international control is needed to prevent a future atomic war.

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What happens

One World or None (1946) is an instructional documentary short film produced by the National Committee on Atomic Information in conjunction with Philip Ragan Productions. Made just months after the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is considered the first postwar "atomic scare" film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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