General Electric 1950s Atomic Energy Propaganda Campaign
The worlds first real introduction to the atom was the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. What we witnessed was the raw destructive force of splitting the atom. In order to win us over to the peacetime uses of this technology the public needed to be educated.
A Is for Atom is a 14-minute animated propaganda film created by Sutherland Productions and paid for by General Electric. The short explains what an atom is, how nuclear energy is released from certain kinds of atoms, the peacetime uses of nuclear power, and the by-products of nuclear fission.
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Tags: General Electric, propaganda, splitting the atom
