A Day Called 'X'

A Day Called 'X'

A Day Called 'X' was a dramatized CBS documentary set in Portland, Oregon in which the entire city is evacuated in anticipation of a nuclear air raid, after Soviet bombers had been detected by radar stations to the north; it details the activation of the city's civil defense protocols and leads up to the moment before the attack (the ending is left intentionally unknown). It was filmed in September 1957 [ [http://www.districtone.com/oldhistory/end1958.htm#December%201957 IATSE District One History] ] and aired December 8 of that year. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,893810,00.html TIME Magazine review, Dec. 16, 1957] ] [ [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=287924 New York Times review] ] It was presented by Glenn Ford.

Its local rebroadcast in 2004 [ [http://feedback.pdxradio.com/messages/995/38321.html?1096518631 pdxradio Message Board] ] and appearance in the on-line Prelinger Archives attracted interest among local history buffs due to its extensive outside shots of the city, and the use of non-actor participants (local officials and broadcasters). [ [http://stumptownconfidential.com/index.php?itemid=8 Stumptown Confidential, February 13, 2005] ] [ [http://stumptownconfidential.com/index.php?itemid=30 Stumptown Confidential, May 13, 2005] ] Whenever one of these individuals is heard uttering warnings or statements regarding attack, the words "An attack is not actually taking place" are superimposed over the picture. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,893810,00.html TIME Magazine review, Dec. 16, 1957] ]

On September 27 1955, Portland actually conducted an exercise evacuation of downtown called "Operation Greenlight," [ [http://www.portlandonline.com/auditor/?c=cheai&a=bbafj Portland Auditor's Office History Timeline] ] [ [http://www.portlandonline.com/auditor/index.cfm?print=1&c=27928&a=24784 City photographer photo] ] and the film is often misattributed to that year. Ford's narration, however, does make direct reference to the 1955 exercise.

ee also

*Evacuation Plans

References

External links

* [http://www.archive.org/details/DayCalle1955 "A Day Called 'X' " (part 1) at the Prelinger Archive]
* [http://www.archive.org/details/DayCalle1955_2 "A Day Called 'X' " (part 2) at the Prelinger Archive]


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