Back then they always warned people about the fallout, though US CD minimized the long term effects. Even though they were east or downwind from the bombed cities, not once was fallout an issue in this movie nor was radiation sickness shown.
What are they doing? Why do they come here?
Some kind of instinct, memory, what they used to do.
<Back then they always warned people about the fallout, though US CD minimized the long term effects. Even though they were east or downwind from the bombed cities, not once was fallout an issue in this movie nor was radiation sickness shown.>
You are correct in that this film de-emphasized the issue of fallout, but it was an issue, although a minor one. It was mentioned at least twice. One time was just as the Baldwin family was emptying the trailer, Harry explains to Ann that the cave would be much safer than the trailer if they encountered fallout in the area. The other time was the soldier telling the sergeant at the end that the Baldwins were five that had escaped radiation sickness due to their being in the mountains when the bombs went off.
and it was mentioned a 3 rd time, when the family was trying to get back to Los Anegles at some point among the panic the father said something about hitting fallout
shareYeah, you are right, it was. I guess I meant that it wasn't worked into the plot like most after-the-bomb flicks
shareYeah, you are right, it was. I guess I meant that it wasn't worked into the plot like most after-the-bomb flicks
By calculations were up in the mountains, about 200 miles north by northeast of L.A. and about the same distance southeast of San Francisco. It's possible that the radiation from both cities would blow generally east and slightly northeast and not affect their area much.
shareI guess that I was expecting the usual obsession with fallout and radiation from almost every movie that had anything to do with nuclear war or radiation. Like they put in all those cheesy Jap sci fi movies with animals & insects made huge and wild by radiation
shareProbably just had an extremely favorable wind.
shareProbably just had an extremely favorable wind.That entered into it, certainly, but there was also distance and the shielding of the cave as well. In addition, there was the time factor as the radioactivity in the air not only spread out, but decayed as well.