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Film, Video One world or none

digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • One world or none

Summary

  • Mixed live action/animated film showing the dangers of atomic weapons. Depicts how different nations all contributed to the dicovery and harnessing of atomic power eventually leading to atomic weapons. Demonstrates what the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima might've done if dropped on an American city, then shows the actual effects of the bomb on the city and people of Hiroshima. Traces weapon development over time and the increasing death toll of each weapon. Finally, pleads that the whole world must work together to end wars and to use atomic power as an energy source to better humanity, not as a weapon.

Names

  • Swing, Raymond, 1887-1968, narration
  • National Committee on Atomic Information

Created / Published

  • United States : Film Publishers, 1946.

Headings

  • -  Nuclear weapons--Moral and ethical aspects
  • -  Hiroshima-shi (Japan)--History--Bombardment, 1945

Genre

  • Anti-war films
  • Live-action/animation films
  • Sponsored films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Narrated by Raymond Swing.
  • -  Music, Louis Applebaum ; musical direction, Jack Shaindlin; technical assistance by The Federation of American Scientists.
  • -  Source used: National Film Preservation Foundation WWW site, viewed July 12, 2018.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 9 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • Macdonald (J. Fred and Leslie W. ) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018601242

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Swing, Raymond, Narration, and National Committee On Atomic Information. One World or None. United States: Film Publishers, 1946. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018601242/.

APA citation style:

Swing, R. & National Committee On Atomic Information. (1946) One World or None. United States: Film Publishers. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018601242/.

MLA citation style:

Swing, Raymond, Narration, and National Committee On Atomic Information. One World or None. United States: Film Publishers, 1946. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018601242/>.