The rise and fall of the American fallout shelter

Whatever happened to fallout shelters? And would they have actually worked?
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In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox's Phil Edwards looks at the history behind one of the Cold War's more unusual legacies - the fallout shelter. Of course, any history of the fallout shelter has to include nuclear proliferation, civil defense, Presidential politics, and a turtle named Bert.
The video above serves as a condensed history of the Cold War’s fallout shelter fad, from the kookily cheerful propaganda videos to the hobbled Federal agencies that tried to administer Civil Defense. Yes, it includes the classic Cold War film Duck and Cover, in which a bomb-fearing turtle named Bert teaches kids that hiding under their desks could be sufficient protection from nuclear annihilation.
Any history of fallout shelter culture (and Cold War propaganda) becomes an indirect history of Cold War nuclear escalation, from Hiroshima-sized bombs to hydrogen behemoths. As the nuclear threat increased in magnitude, the absurdity of civil defense amped up simultaneously.
This video (and a day spend trawling the Internet Archive for darkly humorous videos) provides a more intimate portrait of Cold War paranoia as it was lived. Paired with Kenneth Rose’s comprehensive book about fallout shelter culture, it’s a look at daily life with the bomb - even when that daily life included the occasional jaunt to a thick-walled concrete bunker a few feet underground.
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  • @jamestang1227
    @jamestang12276 жыл бұрын

    dum dum just gets creepier and creepier

  • @techblogger8323

    @techblogger8323

    6 жыл бұрын

    James Tang that’s what I expect to hear while dying

  • @Emiltecknar

    @Emiltecknar

    6 жыл бұрын

    No It's was overused and just became cringy

  • @acemandave7726

    @acemandave7726

    6 жыл бұрын

    James Tang I know right😭

  • @seigeengine

    @seigeengine

    6 жыл бұрын

    "it's was" Get out.

  • @Kostchei

    @Kostchei

    6 жыл бұрын

    Startev dumbs dumbs xD

  • @yoshibutkagekira7899
    @yoshibutkagekira78996 жыл бұрын

    Sponsored by vault-tec

  • @Seeeeeeeeuhhhhh

    @Seeeeeeeeuhhhhh

    4 жыл бұрын

    I’m your 1000 like (;

  • @SammiC999

    @SammiC999

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love fallout the game it is good

  • @GlennDavey

    @GlennDavey

    4 жыл бұрын

    Duck!... and cover! Mr House is your friend

  • @Jetwave.

    @Jetwave.

    4 жыл бұрын

    E

  • @sharcc2511

    @sharcc2511

    4 жыл бұрын

    *LOOK GORDON, ROPES!*

  • @redram5150
    @redram51504 жыл бұрын

    I asked my dad about “Duck & cover” when he was young, for a school report. My teacher wasn’t impressed with dad’s quote “It was so the government would have an orderly time finding the bodies”

  • @happygnomev2576

    @happygnomev2576

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your dad is an honest man, mister.

  • @hatemeldmerdash585

    @hatemeldmerdash585

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well it's nearly impossible to survive a nuke unless ur hundreds of feet thousands of feet in the air

  • @arricammarques1955

    @arricammarques1955

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@happygnomev2576 'Makes the body count easier' Spot on!

  • @unknowncreature-0069

    @unknowncreature-0069

    3 жыл бұрын

    Woah... I've never thought about it like that

  • @sophierobinson2738

    @sophierobinson2738

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's what my father said. Wonder if they knew each other?

  • @CheeseTruffles
    @CheeseTruffles5 жыл бұрын

    1950: Soviet Russia is a Scary Nuclear Threat 2018: Soviet Russia is meme 2022 edit: ooo boy this did not age well

  • @breadstick9053

    @breadstick9053

    5 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @liamnacinovich8232

    @liamnacinovich8232

    5 жыл бұрын

    Russia still has 7000 nukes and even if we are not really enemies anymore there is still a chance they try to take Eastern Europe (don't believe everything look at Crimea) and this would drag the EU and then the US into a war. Also if either Russian or American alert system accidentally picks up a nuclear attack we would still go to war (this actually happened in the Soviet Union but the people in the launch site went with their gut and decided that we hadn't attacked.

  • @janusceasar7851

    @janusceasar7851

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@liamnacinovich8232 Are you refering to the close call of Nuclear Submarine during Cuban Missile Crisis? Or a lone training bomber that aciddently fly above Soviet airspace and sent the entire nation into full alert thinking that the plane was carrying nuke? Also during the crisis?

  • @liamnacinovich8232

    @liamnacinovich8232

    5 жыл бұрын

    Im talking about the submarine (also I think a similar event happened in the 80’s) all I’m saying is that I don’t think it is that unlikely that a safety system/alert system could fail. If the US or Russia sent even one nuke the other country would retaliate with hundreds more forcing the attacking country to send its arsenal too.

  • @dimakrupchov4680

    @dimakrupchov4680

    5 жыл бұрын

    Soviet Russia 😆 eastern europe needs to unify so they can bully germeny to be normal again like poland

  • @twitchyflash333
    @twitchyflash3336 жыл бұрын

    Needless to say, hearing "DUM DUM" from that children's turtle animation as you watch the houses being blown to bloody smithereens, and at various parts of the video, was slightly unnerving.

  • @clintonleonard5187

    @clintonleonard5187

    6 жыл бұрын

    I felt it was a little heavy-handed, to be honest. Although it did make the video slightly more entertaining.

  • @theintelarif

    @theintelarif

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I agree. And it was so annoying that I tried muting and reading subtitles, just to save my ears from that 😛

  • @nervous_dachshund7489

    @nervous_dachshund7489

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah

  • @Digit404

    @Digit404

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, they should have been like a nuclear bomb and been really subtle.

  • @Zap717

    @Zap717

    5 жыл бұрын

    I need a copy of that remix without all the narration. The music in this ep was chilling!

  • @OnlyNormalJT
    @OnlyNormalJT6 жыл бұрын

    oh man, Bethesda has been hyping the Fallout shelter app since the 60s

  • @japzone

    @japzone

    6 жыл бұрын

    It was a true underground advertising campaign.

  • @lego501stTrigger

    @lego501stTrigger

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ironically, Bethesda was in the Washington dc blast radius

  • @spinakker14

    @spinakker14

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Bethesda always has very elaborate and creative ad campaigns, but this one trumps all. Well done!

  • @EdenNeedsAYoutubeHandle

    @EdenNeedsAYoutubeHandle

    6 жыл бұрын

    BRAVO HOWARD

  • @ParasaurolophusEwan

    @ParasaurolophusEwan

    5 жыл бұрын

    I hate this meme where it says that Companies hype concepts that don't exist with similarly named things and similar ideas! And the worst is if the company doesn't exist! (No offense, I just hate the meme)

  • @dexterwhit8565
    @dexterwhit85655 жыл бұрын

    hey funny story, I used to sleep in your parking garage when i was homeless in DC. Never felt safer. Great Video

  • @ali07saad

    @ali07saad

    4 жыл бұрын

    I hope life is treating you well friend.

  • @SuperE000

    @SuperE000

    4 жыл бұрын

    If not well, better.

  • @AmberAmber

    @AmberAmber

    4 жыл бұрын

    Be safe & well fellow earthling💗💔

  • @deborahanth3672

    @deborahanth3672

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jesus loves you ❤️

  • @dexterwhit8565

    @dexterwhit8565

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ali07saad yes it is. im married and live in Virginia with my wife and son. Thanks for the concern.

  • @h.celine9303
    @h.celine93034 жыл бұрын

    The editing is so good on this one, I come back every half year or so just to get this unsettling sensation of DUM DUM Explosions.

  • @alauracollis6520

    @alauracollis6520

    4 жыл бұрын

    H. Celine I do the same thing!

  • @unknowncreature-0069

    @unknowncreature-0069

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha me too

  • @EthanRDoesMC_

    @EthanRDoesMC_

    3 жыл бұрын

    Back here again myself. This video perfectly captures the melancholy of that era: “we have a plan!” and yet “it’s all over if it happens.”

  • @GRAITOM

    @GRAITOM

    3 жыл бұрын

    Vox really is the goat of journalism!

  • @valacarno

    @valacarno

    3 жыл бұрын

    I watched it for very firs time today, and I must agree with you. I am happy that I am not the only one.

  • @JamilsonJunior
    @JamilsonJunior6 жыл бұрын

    Vault-Tec, a better future underground!

  • @StephySon

    @StephySon

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jamilson Junior was wondering who was gonna post it first ^^

  • @bryangough6424

    @bryangough6424

    6 жыл бұрын

    Crawl out through the fallout, Baby!

  • @soupywistle3716

    @soupywistle3716

    6 жыл бұрын

    We all know how that ended.

  • @sus4574

    @sus4574

    6 жыл бұрын

    Bethesda is a sell out

  • @riyazuo

    @riyazuo

    6 жыл бұрын

    *sips Nuka-Cola

  • @k1dicarus
    @k1dicarus6 жыл бұрын

    The shelters are still a nice thing to have. If you live in a tornado zone for examaple. Or you can use them for food storage. Or remodel it into a home cinema. Or a mancave / womanlounge / kidsroom / methlab

  • @tommurphy4307

    @tommurphy4307

    6 жыл бұрын

    you forgot 'growroom'

  • @DJScaleModels

    @DJScaleModels

    5 жыл бұрын

    that escalated (read: deescalated) quickly!

  • @f0cke_wulf764

    @f0cke_wulf764

    5 жыл бұрын

    "meth lab" just gets nonchalantly thrown in

  • @youreyesarebleeding1368

    @youreyesarebleeding1368

    5 жыл бұрын

    One of those things is not like the others

  • @robertjacoby5180

    @robertjacoby5180

    5 жыл бұрын

    Root cellar!

  • @youreyesarebleeding1368
    @youreyesarebleeding13685 жыл бұрын

    I'm not worried about any nukes, I have plenty of Radaways, stimpaks, doctor bags, and rad-x's.

  • @Bananappleboy

    @Bananappleboy

    5 жыл бұрын

    lawl

  • @endertipe6905

    @endertipe6905

    5 жыл бұрын

    And nuka cola

  • @aperture624

    @aperture624

    4 жыл бұрын

    Be careful with radaroaches because they can get to your shelter

  • @debronwalker9690

    @debronwalker9690

    4 жыл бұрын

    And mole rats

  • @Trinsolo

    @Trinsolo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same 😂

  • @CM-xs2eb
    @CM-xs2eb4 жыл бұрын

    Yea, so they’re not “bomb shelters” - they’re “fallout shelters”. Everything within the 4 mile radius of a hydrogen bomb is gone, whether you’re in a fallout shelter or not. The fallout shelters were to protect from the radiation that falls out from the blast. Your video covers these points but you still seem surprised that the shelters “wouldnt work” for people in the blast radius, and imply that they were an expensive waste of resources that fueled paranoia. im not sure the content here really supports that speculative thesis

  • @user-xl1ni1tv4s

    @user-xl1ni1tv4s

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chris McGraw “Atlas Survival Shelters” those are legitimate fallout shelter that can survival in the radius. Not just an extra brick room in your basement.

  • @HarshDude126

    @HarshDude126

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fallout Shelters were just security theatre to calm the public. The reality is they would be useless in the event of a real nuclear attack.

  • @forresthopkinsa

    @forresthopkinsa

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think the important part was that, while the shelters would prevent from fallout, they were kind of a dead end. Okay, your entire city is inundated with radioactive fallout, you can't go outside and the cities have been reduced to ashes. What now? Stay in your shelter forever? I think the point he's trying to make is that there wasn't a thorough plan because there couldn't have been one; instead they advised fallout shelters to make people feel like they had some control over their situation.

  • @legojayman

    @legojayman

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@forresthopkinsa exactly, where are the supply chains for your food?

  • @davidfortier6976

    @davidfortier6976

    4 жыл бұрын

    They were also effective blast shelters, to varying degrees. Nuclear bombs vary in yield by a factor of about one million so they really cannot be used as a standard unit of measurement. Even strategic warheads range from about 0.3 to 20 megatons. If your home is even a few miles from any particular target such as a petroleum processing plant, military base, and city center, among a few others like a typical suburban house is, then a bomb shelter buried a few feet under your back yard is very likely to provide adequate protection. A 20 megaton fusion bomb detonating directly overhead would hardly be typical. Just as most WW2 bomb shelters were not designed to withstand a direct hit because they were very unlikely to receive one, most nuclear bomb blast-fallout shelters would not experience a direct hit. They are not a perfect solution of course, but a several million of them across the country could make the difference between and America that is battered and an America that is broken.

  • @kingimpidimp7060
    @kingimpidimp70606 жыл бұрын

    "Well folks, I'm glad you could come down and see my fallout shelter." "Dang, this is nice." I don't know why that's so funny to me

  • @Mega-Brick

    @Mega-Brick

    6 жыл бұрын

    Something about "dang" doesn't seem very fitting slang for the era, to me.

  • @piinkphishie

    @piinkphishie

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you listen carefully, I think she says, "SAY, isn't this nice?"

  • @veryberry39

    @veryberry39

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@zackatwood2867 As the neighbors are sitting in their own: "Harry, I really wish you could have built one as nice as Walt's..."

  • @matthewmspace

    @matthewmspace

    5 жыл бұрын

    The joys of '50s government videos. They're all corny as hell (and nowadays a lot of them have incorrect information).

  • @pokemonfan150TM12

    @pokemonfan150TM12

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's so casual and chill for advertising a shelter to protect you from the apocalypse

  • @cup_check_official
    @cup_check_official6 жыл бұрын

    ah that time when women chose men based on the size of their fallout shelter. Those were the days

  • @tyw6225

    @tyw6225

    6 жыл бұрын

    Must've been compensating for something else

  • @anthonywolf943

    @anthonywolf943

    6 жыл бұрын

    still is ;)

  • @sonicpsycho13

    @sonicpsycho13

    6 жыл бұрын

    I start every first date by asking women if they want to see my fallout shelter. They never seem to return my calls.

  • @DrewsLife316

    @DrewsLife316

    6 жыл бұрын

    Is that why so many Marriages were dysfunctional?

  • @techpassion4126

    @techpassion4126

    6 жыл бұрын

    Which bunker is best bunker? *"MY BUNKER IS BEST BECAUSE ONLY LOCAL PRODUCE FOR FOOD"*

  • @kipptt
    @kipptt4 жыл бұрын

    *How to do Human interactions* Walter: *Casually Invites a Couple to look at his Basement Family Fallout Shelter*

  • @user-vp9lc9up6v

    @user-vp9lc9up6v

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Switzerland sweating nervously*

  • @valacarno

    @valacarno

    3 жыл бұрын

    ... and slaughters them for refreshed supply of long-pork in his shelter. I am sorry, but your comment started way too ominous for it not to end in some horror scenario.

  • @insideoutsideupsidedown2218

    @insideoutsideupsidedown2218

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wanted to show you “my” fallout shelter, with heavy emphasis on, “I won’t be sharing”

  • @casualchris1893
    @casualchris18935 жыл бұрын

    10:26 *There's a city next to D.C that's called Bethesda. IN A VIDEO ABOUT FALLOUT SHELTERS*

  • @redtesseract7860

    @redtesseract7860

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bethesda Game Studios was founded in Bethesda, MD in 1986.

  • @casualchris1893

    @casualchris1893

    5 жыл бұрын

    Red Tesseract Yeah I know, but it's still funny to see a city named Bethesda related or not in a video like this! ;)

  • @casualchris1893

    @casualchris1893

    5 жыл бұрын

    TopSpeed Adrian didn't say it wasn't though?

  • @zw6980

    @zw6980

    5 жыл бұрын

    CasualChris yes you literally did

  • @casualchris1893

    @casualchris1893

    5 жыл бұрын

    How though?

  • @seanbarry1757
    @seanbarry17576 жыл бұрын

    “You think you’re better than me, smoothskin?”

  • @Katarinarabbit

    @Katarinarabbit

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sean Barry please leave me alone this is none of your business

  • @juancena1117

    @juancena1117

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sean Barry Nobadys better than me!

  • @BunnyboyCarrot

    @BunnyboyCarrot

    6 жыл бұрын

    SHUT UP! There's a settlement that needs my help!

  • @anarchyantz1564

    @anarchyantz1564

    6 жыл бұрын

    200 years of Vault tec salesmanship and you still didn't get your steak knives!

  • @skylushassonbro1034

    @skylushassonbro1034

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lel Hancock

  • @forgetfulstranger
    @forgetfulstranger6 жыл бұрын

    why live in a vault when you can become an immortal ghoul?

  • @armedtexan8373

    @armedtexan8373

    5 жыл бұрын

    Just don’t hide in a fridge

  • @pokemonfan150TM12

    @pokemonfan150TM12

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hair is nice

  • @four_oh_four

    @four_oh_four

    5 жыл бұрын

    You'll become feral in 200 years.

  • @ghostly991

    @ghostly991

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not to mention the medical disaster you would become

  • @z5396z

    @z5396z

    5 жыл бұрын

    ...you filthy casual

  • @angoose651
    @angoose6513 жыл бұрын

    Fallout (the game) did REALLY well in emulating the feel of those old educational films in its trailers

  • @SunnyBear
    @SunnyBear5 жыл бұрын

    This is a really well produced video. I especially love that very ominous "dum dum"-sample slipping through the piano now and then. Love it!

  • @mrswan7745
    @mrswan77456 жыл бұрын

    My mom always used to say "It wasn't so much 'Duck and Cover' as 'Bend over and kiss your ass goodbye'"

  • @salmacaraig4413
    @salmacaraig44136 жыл бұрын

    The audio editing and production of this was amazing. The "duck duck...." music was creepy but great. Give that person a raise.

  • @lt.dolphin1012

    @lt.dolphin1012

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sal Macaraig do you know the name of the piano music?

  • @REMO6789

    @REMO6789

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wondering that too.

  • @salmacaraig4413

    @salmacaraig4413

    6 жыл бұрын

    yes but the true creepiness comes from the audio clips from the duck and cover

  • @mrbrainbob5320

    @mrbrainbob5320

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sal Macaraig Burt the turtle is a creepy melody.

  • @hjalmiris4230
    @hjalmiris42304 жыл бұрын

    200 years later, somewhere in Massachusetts: "...this is Diamond City Radio."

  • @ra_alf9467

    @ra_alf9467

    3 жыл бұрын

    Somewhere in Nevada : "This is Mr. New Vegas... "

  • @_Caz

    @_Caz

    2 жыл бұрын

    Somewhere in DC: "This is Three Dawg, Awooooo!

  • @jessicacooke2757
    @jessicacooke27575 жыл бұрын

    5:29 don’t worry children! Though we may destroy each other, we know that we are better than them as our explosions are larger than theirs.

  • @bigjohnnyxl6666

    @bigjohnnyxl6666

    5 жыл бұрын

    Terrariaplayer2 even though the tsar Bomba was way bigger

  • @jessicacooke2757

    @jessicacooke2757

    5 жыл бұрын

    BigJohnny xl yup

  • @BenersantheBread

    @BenersantheBread

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bigjohnnyxl6666 And it came later than the production of that video

  • @kbanghart

    @kbanghart

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bigjohnnyxl6666 but inefficient

  • @livealittlehappier
    @livealittlehappier6 жыл бұрын

    The editing/production of this video is incredible

  • @ShePudding

    @ShePudding

    6 жыл бұрын

    Seriously. The intro gave me shivers...

  • @JacobLukasiewicz

    @JacobLukasiewicz

    6 жыл бұрын

    Can't agree more, they just do a great work!

  • @spombg

    @spombg

    6 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking the same thing. This is definately one of Vox's better quality videos. Informative, visually appealing, and that dumdum sound direction was really awry!

  • @seanld444

    @seanld444

    6 жыл бұрын

    Amy Halliday they always are. I love Vox. They're one of the top few channels worth their work. Easily one of the best channels ever.

  • @denairasama
    @denairasama6 жыл бұрын

    compliments to the editor

  • @RyanTheHero3
    @RyanTheHero35 жыл бұрын

    Nuke goes off in a nearby city Grandad: *jumps out of chair like he was 5 years old* ‘Quick boys follow me’ *takes you to a fallout shelter underneath your house that you didn’t even know existed*

  • @mr.antique5407

    @mr.antique5407

    4 жыл бұрын

    Omg I'm peeing laughing

  • @infinity_5157

    @infinity_5157

    4 жыл бұрын

    That would be cool and scary

  • @tomryan914

    @tomryan914

    4 ай бұрын

    "Those Red Whippersnappers!!!".

  • @rileighculhane2967
    @rileighculhane29675 жыл бұрын

    In my school there is a rusted, old, sign above a set of lockers for a fallout shelter that used to be there. The building is very, VERY, old. It was built in around 1920. It's freaky Edit: the school was built in the 1920s, idk when the shelter was, or if it's still there. All thats visible is the sign

  • @somedude5422

    @somedude5422

    4 жыл бұрын

    You should try finding the shelter, and maybe make a video of it.

  • @jacoblev5723

    @jacoblev5723

    3 жыл бұрын

    I will pay for that sign. I’m a historian studying and trying to preserve the postwar era. I am quite intrigued in acquiring this item, and if you are interested, please reach out to me via my KZread account or this comment link.

  • @blazethebean9147

    @blazethebean9147

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why do I feel like a covered up/ blocked off door is behind the lockers waiting to be opened

  • @secretwpn
    @secretwpn6 жыл бұрын

    The soundtrack to this one is beyond brilliant. Very powerful video.

  • @monishsaha5180

    @monishsaha5180

    6 жыл бұрын

    Simon O what the song name

  • @HeyHax
    @HeyHax6 жыл бұрын

    Vault-Tec, Prepare for the future!

  • @commandonigward573

    @commandonigward573

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ph.D Dylan time to go to the vault 21 or vault 111 actually I'll just go to Vault 111 because that's where the cryogenic is storied and I'm stealing the spot where Nate gets into so I don't get trapped in a cryogenic tube

  • @tacoguy210

    @tacoguy210

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bethesda captured old American style perfectly. Narration and artwork. They dropped the ball W with 76 but i still Love them.

  • @Arcivand
    @Arcivand4 жыл бұрын

    In hindsight this is insanely surreal to see how „normal“ stuff like this was for people back in the days

  • @gibreys23
    @gibreys235 жыл бұрын

    My school's got a fallout shelter. Old fallout shelter signs still in the halls, and I've even been in the deeper basement parts and had seen old barrels from WW2. The whole era is a pretty interesting part of history.

  • @luchosollima5293
    @luchosollima52936 жыл бұрын

    “Fallout Shelter boom.” How ironic.

  • @babydollgirl14

    @babydollgirl14

    6 жыл бұрын

    L

  • @lazyperfectionist1
    @lazyperfectionist16 жыл бұрын

    Never underestimate the human capacity to be better at _destroying_ than _protecting._

  • @jamestang1227

    @jamestang1227

    6 жыл бұрын

    we are really easy to kill

  • @johamjoham4550

    @johamjoham4550

    6 жыл бұрын

    lazyperfectionist1 has nothing to do with human capacity, its just a fact of existence that destruction is easier than creation/protection. Smh

  • @neeneko

    @neeneko

    6 жыл бұрын

    Which also says a lot about how strong the desire to create must be, given how much easier destruction is.

  • @thewitheringproduction1761

    @thewitheringproduction1761

    6 жыл бұрын

    humanity attac but not protec

  • @arconte2100

    @arconte2100

    6 жыл бұрын

    The laws of nature make destruction easier than creation. You can't unscramble eggs in our world but it's very easy to break them.

  • @g_y.rtz420
    @g_y.rtz4205 жыл бұрын

    hey owners of the video, im sure this comment wont be read but great job on the music for this one! its haunting and at times dissonant, perfect for the topic youre presenting and really elevated the video as a whole. well done!

  • @mininara6471
    @mininara64715 жыл бұрын

    Now that dum dum sound scares me, thank you

  • @nubbyneef1068

    @nubbyneef1068

    4 жыл бұрын

    MiniNara peace was never an option

  • @CoinOpTV
    @CoinOpTV6 жыл бұрын

    Thumbs up for Nuka Cola!

  • @squrblyyt

    @squrblyyt

    6 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @ahmedlemaure

    @ahmedlemaure

    6 жыл бұрын

    i want nuka cole quantum

  • @yosuasilaen3631

    @yosuasilaen3631

    6 жыл бұрын

    dum dum

  • @tyranadoinfernorino8014

    @tyranadoinfernorino8014

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sunset sasparilla

  • @mackenziecoleman1379

    @mackenziecoleman1379

    6 жыл бұрын

    Bro everybody lives just grab a nuke cola

  • @CJusticeHappen21
    @CJusticeHappen216 жыл бұрын

    "Crawl out through the fallout, baby When they drop that bomb Crawl out through the fallout With the greatest of aplomb When your white count's getting higher Hurry, don't delay I'll hold you close and kiss those Radiation burns away." Seriously though, I wake up screaming every night.

  • @Vox

    @Vox

    6 жыл бұрын

    This song is the best! I wished we could license it for this video. For all those curious: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aoyE3Kt8eNu-n7Q.html Awesome, hilarious album, available on Spotify. -Phil

  • @TheOzumat

    @TheOzumat

    6 жыл бұрын

    Funny coincidence, it's been stuck in my head for the past couple of days.

  • @KatitudeGaming

    @KatitudeGaming

    6 жыл бұрын

    CJusticeHappen21 I also had the same idea😂😂

  • @spartan1010101

    @spartan1010101

    6 жыл бұрын

    I don't want to set the world on fire, I just want to start a flame in your heart~

  • @invincible5065

    @invincible5065

    6 жыл бұрын

    CJusticeHappen21 one of the best songs in one of the best video games

  • @chippin_in5015
    @chippin_in50154 жыл бұрын

    I live in Colorado. Me and my family live in my Grandfather’s house that he built in the 60s. He actually had a fallout shelter built into his basement. It’s obvious that I have little need for it nowadays but we use it as a tornado and earthquake shelter. It is practical and nice to have. It just helps with your piece of mind.

  • @user-1281

    @user-1281

    4 жыл бұрын

    Earthquake shelter? Won't that just bury you? Also, you won't get much warning prior to an earthquake.

  • @poiseboi6235
    @poiseboi62355 жыл бұрын

    you can just call 1-800-VAULT-TEC

  • @cobaltcat4227
    @cobaltcat42276 жыл бұрын

    that dida dum dum got so creepy at the end people get along with each other

  • @cwisti3706
    @cwisti37066 жыл бұрын

    I have S.P.E.C.I.A.L. needs

  • @anthonywolf943

    @anthonywolf943

    6 жыл бұрын

    Don't be a G.O.A.T. go play fallout new vegas (best game).

  • @madichelp0

    @madichelp0

    6 жыл бұрын

    I have S.ports P.lace to stay E.ducation C.food I.phone A.nd L.family needs

  • @cwisti3706

    @cwisti3706

    6 жыл бұрын

    madichelp0 nah im just handicaped

  • @StephySon

    @StephySon

    6 жыл бұрын

    Cwisti my luck is all the way up ;)

  • @CHern_1153

    @CHern_1153

    6 жыл бұрын

    Cwisti "Hey I'm not retarded I'm handicapped" -Fitz 2017

  • @grendelum
    @grendelum5 жыл бұрын

    As a child of the 50s my mom told me of the drills they had where they’d all run to their lockers and duck in front of them. She described how they all thought it silly as the lockers were nothing special. I wondered aloud if maybe the running to the lockers was an identification sort of thing... she’d not thought of that before.

  • @Jessie_Helms
    @Jessie_Helms6 жыл бұрын

    I honestly think we need an organized, well known plan in case of emergencies. It’s not enough for a few generals to know, because when the M-16s knock on my door I don’t know if they’re deserters or soldiers unless I have something to base it off

  • @sudonim7552
    @sudonim75526 жыл бұрын

    Good Morning! Vault Tec calling!

  • @latricekrone948

    @latricekrone948

    6 жыл бұрын

    Name Name who else Read iT in his voice

  • @Codyoro-nj9de

    @Codyoro-nj9de

    6 жыл бұрын

    Latrice Krone me

  • @arfn1973

    @arfn1973

    6 жыл бұрын

    Name Name uhhh sorry no

  • @ciscocastello3561

    @ciscocastello3561

    5 жыл бұрын

    Go. Ayy-way.

  • @THEGAMER-sz9lg

    @THEGAMER-sz9lg

    5 жыл бұрын

    (Slams Door) Nope I'll Just Become A Ghoul.

  • @malikitbe9211
    @malikitbe92116 жыл бұрын

    Old Music scare me

  • @AnonyTests

    @AnonyTests

    4 жыл бұрын

    Malik ItBe xD

  • @Xerdar36

    @Xerdar36

    4 жыл бұрын

    It should scare you....

  • @Trinsolo

    @Trinsolo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Right! I hate it too

  • @zz-xk7lc

    @zz-xk7lc

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you insulting old time stars like me?

  • @yuribestgrill7032
    @yuribestgrill70326 жыл бұрын

    West Virginia

  • @dirtybongwater5751

    @dirtybongwater5751

    5 жыл бұрын

    Bad game

  • @Bananappleboy

    @Bananappleboy

    5 жыл бұрын

    Country roads... *lEtS a Go!* *iTs a ME* *MaRI0* *oKiE DoKie* *mAmA MIa* *hEre wE gOuuuuuu!* *MAriUuuU!*

  • @debronwalker9690

    @debronwalker9690

    4 жыл бұрын

    76

  • @palmerthompson9571

    @palmerthompson9571

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mount wallowa

  • @EddieKMusic

    @EddieKMusic

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bananappleboy World lol

  • @lillygreen3693
    @lillygreen36935 жыл бұрын

    This is a glimpse of what could be Oscar-worthy documentary film-making. High quality enough to send shivers down the spine and leave a lasting effect. Pristine editing, presentation, and animation makes journalism like this an artform

  • @RCAvhstape
    @RCAvhstape6 жыл бұрын

    To be fair, your use of Tsar Bomba as an example is a poor choice, since that was much larger yield than operational devices and was not a practical weapon. So you'd want to replace it with about a dozen smaller warheads striking various targets around DC, which might even be worse.

  • @user-do5zk6jh1k

    @user-do5zk6jh1k

    6 жыл бұрын

    It was dropped by a Tu-95. It could easily be carried by an aircraft. The question, however, is whether or not the aircraft could return to its base after reaching the Contiguous US with such a heavy payload. Of course, the aircraft would have probably not made it to its target, as air defense was fairly above adequate, but air defense ignored, the bomber could have easily made a one-way trip.

  • @averagecoloniser4586

    @averagecoloniser4586

    6 жыл бұрын

    Plus the tsar bomb is very expensive I mean Finland’s windows shattered from the explosion and I think it’s too heavy to carry

  • @user-do5zk6jh1k

    @user-do5zk6jh1k

    6 жыл бұрын

    Rubric Marine It's not too heavy.

  • @azminek7154

    @azminek7154

    6 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't call it a weapon. It was more of an experiment and/or a propaganda tool.

  • @LeonidSaykin

    @LeonidSaykin

    6 жыл бұрын

    forget the aircraft, the rocket could easily carry that monstrosity

  • @DrYaooo
    @DrYaooo6 жыл бұрын

    This is such a recent history. And it boggles my mind that not so long ago, it was a genuine fear for most people in the world, that nuclear clash could destroy humanity. And this fear was justified. It could have happened. What crazy time. I hope we manage this N. Korean situation as best as we can. Great video VOX as always.

  • @lindsey7951

    @lindsey7951

    6 жыл бұрын

    Giuseppe Arcimboldo it still could happen

  • @tommurphy4307

    @tommurphy4307

    6 жыл бұрын

    it could still happen!

  • @paulweaver7074

    @paulweaver7074

    4 жыл бұрын

    Back in the 50's and 60's at least the Russian leaders were rational. I can't say the same thing about Kim Jong Un I'm afraid

  • @phineas7423
    @phineas74233 жыл бұрын

    This is most definitely Vox's best video.

  • @icantsayit9901
    @icantsayit99015 жыл бұрын

    Wait I always thought fallout shelters were for waiting out fallout, hence *fallout* shelter *not* for surviving a nuclear detonation. Quizzical I am :/

  • @christiangarza8122

    @christiangarza8122

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s both, like you get in before the blasts and stay in. The problem Vox is pointing out is that you would most likely be dead from the blast, and if you survived, you would be one of the few things to survive

  • @robinmoreau6668
    @robinmoreau66686 жыл бұрын

    the Catholic school I went to for elementary school had a fallout shelter in the basement. on 9/11 my high school handed put maps on how to get to the few fallout shelters in town, including the school. the school has since closed, but the building is still well maintained because of the fallout shelter.

  • @maximillianlylat1589

    @maximillianlylat1589

    6 жыл бұрын

    Robin Moreau that explain why i saw in an urbex video when there was an abandoned school but it very well maintained and on the entrance it says it has a fallout shelter

  • @tommurphy4307

    @tommurphy4307

    6 жыл бұрын

    its prolly a bingo hall, too

  • @dudewholikesdinosaurs-topi1727

    @dudewholikesdinosaurs-topi1727

    6 жыл бұрын

    Robin Moreau lots of urban schools used to be fallout shelters. I went to one

  • @Helmuesi911

    @Helmuesi911

    6 жыл бұрын

    It’s not Our Lady Help of Christians on McDougall Street in Detroit by any chance?

  • @Qitya

    @Qitya

    6 жыл бұрын

    Your from maiden high school ha (it's from fallout 3 or 4)

  • @michelleescobar7963
    @michelleescobar79636 жыл бұрын

    My elementary school literally had one of these.. I don't know why I was never more curious about it lol

  • @GTaichou

    @GTaichou

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mine had one too. I just found one downtown in my new town too.

  • @Codiliabra

    @Codiliabra

    6 жыл бұрын

    In FL, most schools are used as hurricane shelters, so we have a similar sign, but for hurricanes not bomb threats.

  • @stanj85

    @stanj85

    6 жыл бұрын

    My school had this and I was curious about it. I think I asked where the shelter actually was, but never got an answer.

  • @elchungo5026

    @elchungo5026

    6 жыл бұрын

    stanj85 "it's for when we all gon die"

  • @xav96

    @xav96

    6 жыл бұрын

    My school was built in the 1920s. It actually has shelters and secret rooms chained up..

  • @mcoates3649
    @mcoates36493 жыл бұрын

    Props to whoever is in charge of sound and music for Vox videos

  • @MakooWallinen
    @MakooWallinen5 жыл бұрын

    The mixes of songs and music and sound in this are something I am almost obsessed with.

  • @jaykay6249
    @jaykay62496 жыл бұрын

    Honestly , I liked that didu dum dum at the beginning.

  • @MortyMortyMorty

    @MortyMortyMorty

    6 жыл бұрын

    carloz andrez i liked it at the end

  • @VladibearVA

    @VladibearVA

    6 жыл бұрын

    It was setting up atmosphere, and then....just an ominous sign. The sign of truth, behind whimsical melody. Thoughts of every american: "There will be war. Better build a shelter. Beetle dum-dum~"

  • @KingBobXVI

    @KingBobXVI

    6 жыл бұрын

    Their sound designers are great, this video they did a good job especially at the end making it feel really tense. They also used it really well at the beginning to set the tone of at least their perception of the entire concept of the fallout shelters - "here's Walt building a fallout shelter - _dumb dumb_ - so he'll be safe when the bomb goes off - _dumb dumb_ "

  • @grapefives7762

    @grapefives7762

    6 жыл бұрын

    I find it scary af

  • @mksabourinable

    @mksabourinable

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yea that thing throughout the video REALLY pulled the whole thing together. Like their editing is always top notch, but this? Man. It was something else. A whole other level.

  • @samuelseidel6148
    @samuelseidel61486 жыл бұрын

    A few inches of dirt stops so much radiation. Having a bunker under a foot of dirt would definitely shield you from the radiation but you'd need a few weeks of supplies. About a month or so the radiation levels would drop significantly so you might be able to escape at that point.

  • @Marc83Aus

    @Marc83Aus

    6 жыл бұрын

    a few feet of dirt would protect you from the extremely strong radiation at certian parts of fukishima which would otherwise give lethal radiation poisioning in 30 seconds. Your main enemy is getting in fresh air, and clean water.

  • @seigeengine

    @seigeengine

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Samuel Seidel A foot of dirt would save you from approximately 90% of the radiation. In practice, the standard for radiation shielding would be at least 3 feet of dirt. You're not escaping anywhere either. After a nuclear war, you're not evacuating, you're going back to living there. +MarcAFK +Steven R Is storing water so confusing to you? You're not meant to stay in the shelter indefinitely. It's a temporary shelter to minimize exposure to the initial blast/worst of the fallout. As for air, a standard air filter would work more than fine, and fallout tends to settle out of air pretty quick.

  • @wolfen26

    @wolfen26

    6 жыл бұрын

    You were expected to have a supply of tinned water (back then they had tins of water) for at least several weeks. It's even recommended for any sort of emergencies really. I keep some bottled water around just in case and it has come in handy a time or two when tap water was not safe drink.

  • @cgmason7568

    @cgmason7568

    2 жыл бұрын

    3 days and radiation would be minimal

  • @eleanorbrushia
    @eleanorbrushia3 жыл бұрын

    Just realised they were called “fallout shelters” and not “bomb shelters” for, well, reasons

  • @TheSameYellowToy
    @TheSameYellowToy4 жыл бұрын

    When I was in Budapest, some of the train stations were really deep underground to double as fallout shelters. There's also 2 a couple blocks from me here in NYC.

  • @udtony5371
    @udtony53716 жыл бұрын

    Dont worry ✋ i played the fallout games so i basically know everything about surviving.

  • @rewer

    @rewer

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gaqs lol

  • @alehaim

    @alehaim

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gaqs remember to try the survival mode for extra realism. Or was it easy

  • @danielduckington5789

    @danielduckington5789

    6 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @yipperdeyip

    @yipperdeyip

    6 жыл бұрын

    So, you know that you need modders to make your chances of survival above average?

  • @golammorshed9082

    @golammorshed9082

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gaqs can I use mods

  • @PESHOPIKATA
    @PESHOPIKATA6 жыл бұрын

    if you are living in a major city just forget it you are dead!

  • @HowLongDoesItTake4Dads2BuyMilk

    @HowLongDoesItTake4Dads2BuyMilk

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nah, I have a big desk. I will just hide under it and everything will be ok.

  • @jpulunk

    @jpulunk

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget to put your hand above your head, you don't want that nasty dust ruin your well pomade hair

  • @aidegrod

    @aidegrod

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jpulunk In Russian schools there is an OBZh сourse- social life safety course. It teaches how to survive in various catastrophic situations, from fires to the use of biological weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. The teacher explained that when the soldiers were taught to lie face down with their feet in the direction of the explosion and cover their heads with their hands, this was necessary only to simplify the identification of the corpses.

  • @parasiter6clashroyale741

    @parasiter6clashroyale741

    5 жыл бұрын

    Булат Кульгильдин That is the most depressing thing ever.

  • @Aracelerii

    @Aracelerii

    5 жыл бұрын

    Columbus Ohio: *Starts kicking people out to stay small enough to not be a target*

  • @memphiskash
    @memphiskash5 жыл бұрын

    What about Pulowski: Nuclear Protection On A Budget ?

  • @microwavetacos8142

    @microwavetacos8142

    4 жыл бұрын

    In game it's basically a scam

  • @rogerszmodis
    @rogerszmodis4 жыл бұрын

    The house I lived in as a kid was built in the 50's and the basement was built into a fallout shelter. It was in Canada too. Problem is that area was going to be a primary target. I doubt the original owner would have survived being vaporized.

  • @Vamavid
    @Vamavid6 жыл бұрын

    0:41 10:56 11:52 Who ever edited this did an excellent job! Very _haunting._

  • @bdogdaprince

    @bdogdaprince

    6 жыл бұрын

    Vamavid what do you like about it?

  • @Riderfire38

    @Riderfire38

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@bdogdaprince the way the "dum dum" in a happy voice lined up with the visual changes and were played against obviously grim imagery and as such got deeper and more grim with each "dum"

  • @samroberts9132

    @samroberts9132

    5 жыл бұрын

    What music is playing?

  • @Brett733

    @Brett733

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree, the music/audio (minus the talking) is the best part of this video

  • @philipundisclosed7654
    @philipundisclosed76546 жыл бұрын

    The Russians only ever built one tsar bomba and never put it on an icbm. Their actual nuclear arsenal consisted of many, many smaller nuclear weapons.

  • @levierina

    @levierina

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well, it was costly, after all, to build plenty of bombs of such size. But, more importantly, it was f***ing dangerous. If you read some basic reports even from sources like wikipedia you'll see what I mean. And now the REAL kicker: originally Soviets planned to make Tsar-bomba TWICE as powerful but they were concerned about additional pollution and settled for a "smaller" variant. And it was principally permitted by the given technology to continue growth of power well beyond that. At least theoretically. Nobody was so stupid or crazy to actually try it after the testing of Tsar-bomba.

  • @Abnarly

    @Abnarly

    6 жыл бұрын

    Levierina I garuntee you that if the Americans made a 51 megaton bomb the Soviets would make a 52 megaton bomb just so they could 1 up the Americans, always has been the case with everything

  • @levierina

    @levierina

    6 жыл бұрын

    Same more or less for Americans. Maybe I just have too much hope for humanity but I really do think that people stopped there with the power per bomb understanding the consequences of weapons of such magnitude. ...and so both for a time were racing in quantity not quality...Which is hardly that much of a lesser evil. History is a sad thing.

  • @subtlewolf

    @subtlewolf

    6 жыл бұрын

    Philip Undisclosed Not to mention that none of these measures were even remotely targeted at keeping everyone safe but rather to maximize the odds for as many people as feasible. A large hydrogen bomb will still give you plenty (relatively speaking) of warning with an unmistakable flash before the shockwave hits... at least if you are far enough to have any hope of benefiting from it. Those desks will keep debris off, but even just staying away from windows is going to improve your chances. The MIRVs heading for DC may or may not obliterate any given parking garage, metro station, etc. but depending on the scale of the conflict, accuracy of the projectiles and effectiveness of counter measures some may survive and on nuclear war scales that's a better outcome. People may have been paranoid but none of these measures are a reflection thereof. They reveal cold calculations in an attempt to shift the odds, even if ever so slightly.

  • @TheRedKing247

    @TheRedKing247

    6 жыл бұрын

    The point is even if that one single bomb was never used, we'd still have so many other smaller nukes targeting us that the effect would basically be the same.

  • @kirishimaw3725
    @kirishimaw37254 жыл бұрын

    Y’all are saying that the “DUM DUM, DEEDLE DUM DUM,” was scary but I actually loved that. I want my dad to make sample that and make a song with it.😂

  • @RyanABXY
    @RyanABXY4 жыл бұрын

    this is beginning to become my favorite KZread channel

  • @Vedrajrm
    @Vedrajrm6 жыл бұрын

    That song is never going out of my head. Thank you 😃

  • @frandovian

    @frandovian

    4 жыл бұрын

    i feel you bro 😥

  • @kaiplue
    @kaiplue6 жыл бұрын

    Can you give credit to the one did the music editing in this video? :)

  • @lukejacobs6487

    @lukejacobs6487

    6 жыл бұрын

    Actually though. Whoever it was, their work was a cut-above in this video.

  • @rufusstoned6913

    @rufusstoned6913

    6 жыл бұрын

    kaiplue Beautiful

  • @garretweng4498

    @garretweng4498

    6 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/o6Wny8yYZceskbQ.html

  • @mrbrainbob5320

    @mrbrainbob5320

    6 жыл бұрын

    www.apmmusic.com/albums/SCDV-0417 all the music used go to 21,22,23 maybe thats what you are looking for.

  • @connmanflims8163
    @connmanflims81633 жыл бұрын

    I like the part at the end where the turtle looks traumatize

  • @notastone4832
    @notastone48323 жыл бұрын

    the restored footage of the castle bravo test is actually beautiful. deadly but beautiful.

  • @latana5695
    @latana56956 жыл бұрын

    This is the best editing I have ever seen in a video

  • @bdogdaprince

    @bdogdaprince

    6 жыл бұрын

    Alexandre Lobo explain what is you like about it. What makes it superb

  • @seanbarry1757
    @seanbarry17576 жыл бұрын

    I love how many fallout fans are in the comments

  • @StephySon

    @StephySon

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sean Barry I know right me too ^^

  • @blanktitle198

    @blanktitle198

    6 жыл бұрын

    YEAH

  • @skysthelimitvideos

    @skysthelimitvideos

    6 жыл бұрын

    “Another settlement needs your help”

  • @Ardkun00

    @Ardkun00

    6 жыл бұрын

    patrolling on the Mojave makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

  • @jonnyrion8769

    @jonnyrion8769

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sean Barry and asked for him

  • @Blaze-578
    @Blaze-5784 жыл бұрын

    2:39 "No home in America is modern without a family fallout shelter" well its 2020 my home doesn't have one ;w;

  • @djlawlz4041
    @djlawlz40415 жыл бұрын

    The *Deedle Dum Dum* music makes this video super unnerving. It’s eerie.

  • @rnlworkdl
    @rnlworkdl6 жыл бұрын

    Cheapest war is more expensive than the most expensive peace.

  • @tatska5856

    @tatska5856

    6 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @bryrinpedroncelli9362

    @bryrinpedroncelli9362

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@tatska5856 Me too; yes.

  • @Jarfiller

    @Jarfiller

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sadly an economy booms during war so it pays off the debt.

  • @janusceasar7851

    @janusceasar7851

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Jarfiller Explain how?

  • @stefanjasovic2311

    @stefanjasovic2311

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@janusceasar7851 How do you think US got so rich after WW2? They sold supplies and weapons to the poor Europeans and didn't spend much on their own. And they also didn't get their buildings bombed. Producing war supplies was part of how US got out of the Great Depression.

  • @kendrinawaskoro3031
    @kendrinawaskoro30316 жыл бұрын

    that background sound "beee dum dum" is creepy tbh..especially at the end of the video

  • @FutureGirl2033

    @FutureGirl2033

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's annoying as well!

  • @earlgibson3922

    @earlgibson3922

    6 жыл бұрын

    no its a old film

  • @darthcraft1575

    @darthcraft1575

    6 жыл бұрын

    Scarier makes it cooler

  • @mybackisinpain9660
    @mybackisinpain96605 жыл бұрын

    No man should have all that power...

  • @jefflindeman

    @jefflindeman

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mybackisinpain ~WTF are you talking about? What man? What power? What video are you commenting on, or is this just a general all around psychotic OCD-related statement you're driven to make on any video that has men in it? smh LM-masculinely-superior-AO 😏

  • @arturintete2461

    @arturintete2461

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jeff Lindeman um... ok?

  • @kbanghart

    @kbanghart

    4 жыл бұрын

    How about a woman?

  • @Bananappleboy

    @Bananappleboy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kbanghart Well, back then, and probably most of the time, we consider women as nothing more than reproduction machines, and we didnt allow them to have jobs.

  • @kbanghart

    @kbanghart

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Bananappleboy true

  • @ericx4124
    @ericx41245 жыл бұрын

    There’s still an air raid siren by my fathers home that goes off in the last Friday of each month.

  • @jcaesar134

    @jcaesar134

    2 жыл бұрын

    Up until the 70's North Miami would test there air raid siren every Saturday morning. There was one on the roof of city hall and all the police and fire stations. The all had fallout shelters.

  • @OrangePillow815
    @OrangePillow8156 жыл бұрын

    Modern American history is so very interesting.

  • @nafisfuadkhan
    @nafisfuadkhan6 жыл бұрын

    Bittle Dum Dum Damn, that gives you the creep.

  • @bluesrocker91

    @bluesrocker91

    6 жыл бұрын

    Nafis Fuad Khan Look up the British 'Protect and Survive' adverts from the '70s and '80s. That music could give you nightmares.

  • @kabalu

    @kabalu

    6 жыл бұрын

    I want to kill the sound editor.

  • @nafisfuadkhan

    @nafisfuadkhan

    6 жыл бұрын

    He's already dead inside, I suppose

  • @dhanusianramanathan9656

    @dhanusianramanathan9656

    6 жыл бұрын

    I thought so too

  • @skeltonslay8er781
    @skeltonslay8er7816 жыл бұрын

    This just reminds me that I don’t want to set the world on fire. I just want to start a flame in your heart

  • @skysmistake464
    @skysmistake4644 жыл бұрын

    The first building you see in my town is a fallout shelter. As of now, it is inhabited only by stay cats and rodents. The upper half was an apartment area, where only one man lived, and the bottom half was made solely for nuclear fallout. Last year we were told to write about a story from our town or the town a family member lived in. I decided to write about the shelter, and was pretty surprised to find out that not everybody lives by one. Even with the internet and stuff, I still didn't realize that fallout shelters weren't as common as stores. Now, in my defence we only have one store (which is actually a gas station) so I didn't exactly have much to go off of.

  • @jojovaldez3926
    @jojovaldez39266 жыл бұрын

    Nuclear Bomb: Is coming toward where I am at Teacher: Get under your desk Me: Yeah, The desk is going to protect me for a damn bomb JUST TAKE ME

  • @Ugly_German_Truths

    @Ugly_German_Truths

    5 жыл бұрын

    The desk is not supposed to protect you from the bomb, but from debris falling on ou from your school room if the bomb goes off in enough distance for the building to be rattled instead of immediately destroyed. It's like the recommendation to go to the nearest doorframe if an Earthquake hits your location... not that doorframes are magically earthquake resistance, but it might give you a chance at survival due to putting an obstacle to anything trying to topple on top of you and squeeze you flat like a pancake. Similarly "duck and cover" of course would not help in a Terminator 2 scenario (the playground scene) when you're close enough to the blast to be turned into a shadow on a wall, but it might just keep your skin protected from direct irradiation "sunburn" if you're in a medium or long distance location. Any injury made less grave or being ommitted would help in such a situation as ressources would be sparce and capacities would be burdened to the breaking point!

  • @basillah7650

    @basillah7650

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jumping out a window is safer than staying inside.

  • @lawrencegore7522

    @lawrencegore7522

    5 жыл бұрын

    hahaha smh

  • @thenuggetlord4290

    @thenuggetlord4290

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kermit DaFrog “JUST TAKE ME”

  • @Inertia888

    @Inertia888

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Ugly_German_Truths when you're eight years old and the teacher tells you this is how we stay safe in case of a nuclear explosion... poor little fellows😯...,, hey every generation in america has its own thing to be terrified of> WW1>2>KorEA>nAM>? WHAT are we afraid of? what's our THinG?in 2019😶

  • @simonbouffard5174
    @simonbouffard51746 жыл бұрын

    War... War never changes.

  • @SCIFIguy64

    @SCIFIguy64

    6 жыл бұрын

    Actually nukes changed war a lot, very few nuclear nations are willing to engage other nuclear powers because of MAD. Nukes saved so many lives, it's not even funny despite the heavy irony.

  • @3cc619
    @3cc6195 жыл бұрын

    That background music tho

  • @tgriff007
    @tgriff0075 жыл бұрын

    This video was impressively well-produced. Very fine work.

  • @springtarp5882
    @springtarp58826 жыл бұрын

    "Welcome to the Fallout and here you have some S.P.E.C.I.A.L needs. The underground is your friend while up there is death indeed."

  • @jimskywaker4345

    @jimskywaker4345

    5 жыл бұрын

    Says afton

  • @kevinnovo2197
    @kevinnovo21976 жыл бұрын

    I think my profile picture relates to this video ;)

  • @normieslayer1169

    @normieslayer1169

    6 жыл бұрын

    Like Fallout Shelters? Go to Trenton, NJ. Theres like one in every school, church or warehouse.

  • @communalcamp968bennycheca9

    @communalcamp968bennycheca9

    6 жыл бұрын

    I hate autistic FNAF fans[XxNormieSlayerxX] sweet

  • @lkkk5k847

    @lkkk5k847

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ya think

  • @PolishDane
    @PolishDane2 жыл бұрын

    The turtle music is so terrifying

  • @C______________
    @C______________ Жыл бұрын

    The editing of this video was fabulous!

  • @vladb420
    @vladb4206 жыл бұрын

    Woah, this was pretty scary and depressing video vox! thought it was interesting and entertaining :)

  • @aritakalo8011

    @aritakalo8011

    6 жыл бұрын

    VladimirDaGreat you should see the British stuff. Threads from 1980's and The War Game from 1960's. This stuff is light hearted compared to that.

  • @vladb420

    @vladb420

    6 жыл бұрын

    never heard of those, I'll have to check out them out :)

  • @RideBound

    @RideBound

    6 жыл бұрын

    VladimirDaGreat l I'll look I'll look into it I'll LL LL LL do it ok I'll I'll I'll jlm I'll me know me too me mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm lo I'm mom lol ill m of I'll look Dave's see c do can kbj mine n Jill I'm ooooooo Illinois i or I'm looking lop no mm too

  • @mrbrainbob5320

    @mrbrainbob5320

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ari Takalo it’s ok but not the same vibe.

  • @Treblaine
    @Treblaine6 жыл бұрын

    Basement fallout shelter seems like a terrible idea, because when your house on top of you is collapsed and most likely set on fire, then it'll be like being trapped under a bonfire.

  • @tommurphy4307

    @tommurphy4307

    6 жыл бұрын

    limey ideology

  • @jnichols3

    @jnichols3

    4 жыл бұрын

    Super huge nuclear weapons came into existence to compensate for inaccuracy in targeting. I dont think any country has anything approaching Tzar Bomba in actual stock today. I think the actual superpowers' average nuke size has decreased and the threat of a rogue nations nuclear weapons are also limited to tactical size and "suitcase" nukes. Maybe we should incourage that new buildings have areas that can serve as fallout shelters. Just a thought.

  • @horrorfan4-life689

    @horrorfan4-life689

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jnichols3 Russia has those bombs.

  • @arturintete2461

    @arturintete2461

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mark Miller ok boomer.

  • @flyingwyoming5184

    @flyingwyoming5184

    Жыл бұрын

    FALLOUT not BLAST shelter. Good grief people, pay attention.

  • @cerisemin
    @cerisemin5 жыл бұрын

    Loved the editing on this video

  • @williamlindberg8502
    @williamlindberg85026 жыл бұрын

    That goddamn background music fits insanely good with the Cold War.

  • @rg3or279
    @rg3or2796 жыл бұрын

    War never changes

  • @necro2370

    @necro2370

    5 жыл бұрын

    Had to scroll waaay down to find this gem

  • @susMeowMiau

    @susMeowMiau

    5 жыл бұрын

    There you go 50th thumb up from me.

  • @tarcal87

    @tarcal87

    5 жыл бұрын

    What a cliché and it gets 60 likes rofl

  • @gutspraygore
    @gutspraygore6 жыл бұрын

    The nuclear threat lasted well into the 80's. You look like you're at least my age so you would remember the 70's and 80's. Fallout shelters fell out of favor not because of their stupidity (they're not), but because it was unrealistic to make one when the threat had pretty much evaporated due to reasonable diplomacy. Imagine that. We don't have fallout shelters today because the world AS A WHOLE hated the idea of such mass destruction... at the time. These days it's largely the same, but it's different, but that's another topic. EDIT: unrealistic... I meant unnecessary.

  • @tommurphy4307

    @tommurphy4307

    6 жыл бұрын

    how ignorant. the possibility is still there...

  • @TitanosaurusFan75
    @TitanosaurusFan754 жыл бұрын

    6:16 mentions Castle Bravo and the effects of Fallout. *_Lucky Dragon No.5 flashbacks intensifies_*

  • @XavierPeypoch
    @XavierPeypoch4 жыл бұрын

    This is, probably still, Vox's best essay.