" THE DAY THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE " 1964 FALLOUT SHELTER CONSTRUCTION CIVIL DEFENSE FILM GG12195

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Presented by the Department of Defense, “The Day That Made A Difference” is a Cold War-era (c.1964) color Civil Defense film. It documents a 1-day shelter stocking efforts by the city of New Orleans and San Francisco. The stories of two complete stocking operations and the public spirited people who contributed their time are told. Narrated by film actor Dana Andrews and featuring an original score by Charlie Byrd, the film offers an overview of the different processes and individuals involved in supplying community fallout shelters across the USA. The film underscores the role of the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (Oakland Naval Supply Center) as a key distribution point for civil defense supply.

Film opens, Saenger Theatre and bustling downtown New Orleans (0:07). Establishments on Bourbon Street, French Quarter: El Morocco, the Blue Angel, Sho Bar (0:16). Jazz band performs at famous jazz club, Preservation Hall (0:29). LED light display signs of San Francisco’s Chinatown at night (0:57). Title page (1:43). Silhouette of San Francisco skyline, Golden Gate Bridge at dusk (1:51). Opening credits play over shots of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, cars commuting (2:02). Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland (NSC Oakland 1940-1998): Crane loads supplies onto Navy ship (2:54). Shipping crates, empty water drums stacked at dock, shots of HMS Llandaff (F61) (3:02). NSC worker operates forklift to move around empty water drums, emergency food rations, medical and sanitation kits, radiological detection equipment in store room (3:18). Fallout Shelter Sanitation Kits (SK IV Sanitation Kit) (4:02). Local civil defense director, Bill Conroy, arrives at NSC Oakland in 1964 Dodge 330; Facilitate movement of supplies to local fallout shelters (4:07). Bill visits local drayage company to organize movement of load (5:05). Bill goes to HQ of Teamsters Local 85 union to recruit truck drivers (6:08). Bill sifts through letter responses from Alliance Club Army Reserve, University of San Francisco Veterans of Foreign Wars after seeking volunteer laborers (7:21). Profiles of volunteers: Man in suit sits at desk at bank in front of bank vault; Engineer for Army Corps of Engineers (7:51). Newly constructed Emergency Operating Center in New Orleans (8:32). New Orleans Civil Defense Director, Charlie Herman, meets with other project leads; Recruitment for volunteer laborers (9:10). Charlie visits John McDonogh High School to recruit members of “Asphalt Angels” club as volunteers (10:00). Students of Samuel J. Green Charter School studying in classroom; Charlie speaks to principle on phone (10:37). Warren Easton High School football team practice (11:35). 1953 GMC 400, 1962 Ford C700 Tilt Cab Truck, 1955 International R-200 truck, other models of volunteer trucks begin driving out into New Orleans with supplies (12:16). Street signs intersection of Canal St. and S. Rampart St; Various shots of Creole Cottages around French Quarter (14:03). St. Louis Cathedral, sidewalk artists paint on easels in Cathedral Square (14:38). Volunteers hard at work removing supplies from truck in loading alley (15:04). Saints Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood (15:38). Volunteer trucks begin arriving at NSC Oakland, forklift operators stack supplies into trucks (1950s Kenworth Exley semi-truck) (15:50). Trucks on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, driving through city streets (i.e. 1967 International LoadStar 1600) (17:35). Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco, Sailing Ship Balclutha (c.1886) (18:37). Volunteers outside Crown Zellerbach Building (c.1959) (19:05). Central distribution center in downtown San Francisco, supplies for smaller shelters transferred from tractor trailers to smaller trucks (Similar to 1954 Chevrolet 3800 Fire Truck) (19:50). NOLA Warren Easton High School football club, other students form “assembly line” to offload supplies (20:41). Members of police reserve help stock Metropolitan Life Building shelter (21:48). Day is over and volunteers head back home (23:29). Red 1930 Ford Model A drives along street in front of Maison Blanche Department Store New Orleans (24:32). Passengers get onto Powell Street cable car turntable, Municipal Railway (Muni) cable car #524 (25:13). Fallout Shelter Sign on traffic lights (25:20). San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge at dusk (25:25). New Orleans skyline (25:38). End (26:47).

This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com