The House in the Middle is the title of two American documentary film shorts (13 minutes), respectively from 1953 and 1954, which showed the effects of a nuclear bomb test on a set of three small houses.

1953 version

The black-and-white 1953 film was created by the Federal Civil Defense Administration to attempt to show that a clean, freshly painted house (the middle house) is more likely to survive a nuclear attack than its poorly maintained counterparts (the right and left houses).

1954 version

A color version was released the next year by the American Coatings Association,[1][2][3][4] a "bureau" invented by the National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association trade group (now known as the American Coatings Association).[5][6]

Production

Footage for the film was recorded during the Upshot-Knothole Encore test at the Nevada Test Site on May 8, 1953.[7]

Legacy

In 2001, the Library of Congress deemed the 1954 film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About ACA". American Coatings Association.
  2. ↑ Zimring, Carl A.; Editor, William L. Rathje, Consulting (Feb 27, 2012). Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: Encyc Consumption and Waste. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781506338279 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |last2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "American Paint and Oil Dealer ..." American Paint Journal Company, Incorporated. Aug 7, 1917 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Preservation News 1 March 1965 — Preservation News". prn.library.cornell.edu.
  5. ↑ Mike Mashon (March 10, 2015). "The Cold War Meets Commerce: The House(s) in the Middle". Now See Hear!. Library of Congress. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Past to Present". American Coatings Association. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
  7. ↑ Eden, Lynn. "Whole World on Fire: Organizations, Knowledge & Nuclear Weapons Devastation". Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  9. ↑ "Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
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