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The first must-see film of the year.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Atomic tests at the Nevada Proving Grounds (later the Nevada Test Site) show effects on well-kept homes, homes filled with trash and combustibles, and homes painted with reflective white paint. Asserts that cleanliness is an essential part of civil defense preparedness and that it increased survivability.Alright, so this was not supposed to be funny but was a real film created by the government to help prepare people for nuclear war. We know now (2016) that nuclear war never happened, and seems less likely now that it ever will (keeping in mind that America is protected by two large oceans). This film in unintentionally funny, because who could really believe a clean house was less likely to be destroyed? That makes even less sense than "duck and cover".

Unintentionally funny short put out by the National Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up Bureau (yes, really) and the Civil Defense Administration. The gist of it is that you should keep your house clean and tidy with a fresh coat of paint because if there's a nuclear war your house will survive it. You'll be atomized but your house will still be standing. Small consolation to most people. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt that the intention here was earnest and it wasn't just a scare tactic to get people to properly maintain their homes so suburban property values stay high. But it's really hard to buy what they're selling. If I'm going to be killed instantly by the blast or die slowly from radiation poisoning, I really don't give a squat if my house survives. Anyway, this is pretty interesting from historical and sociological perspectives, not to mention good for some laughs.

I'm not sure who in the movie business went all ape-crap in the mid 50's, but somebody sure did. My god, why did anyone think this was a good idea? Fascinating and funny, it makes you wonder how we even got past slavery. There is not much to say about this except, DAMN!Paint your house, or die! Nice message. Can't imagine who sponsored it (Sherwin Williams, perhaps?). The point of this 13 minute short seems to be that we should paint and keep our houses clean, so that our homes can survive a nuclear attack, even if we don't. Perhaps the commies put this film out, so that they would have somewhere nice to stay when they nuked us and came over here and took over.Being born in the 50's myself, I try to give a break to the stupidity of the era, but this load of a movie short is just indefensible. The 50's equivalent of the government telling us to buy duct tape and plastic sheeting to protect us against terrorist attacks in the 21st century.Oh, BTW, don't miss it. Funny stuff.

No matter what your political leanings are, The House In The Middle should tickle your funny bone. I recorded this from Turner Classic Movies (which I'm sure will repeat it someday and it's also on the internet to watch), and I was expecting to see various atomic blast targets as they got blasted. Things like barns, telephone poles, trees, goats, pigs, mannequins in sofa's, etc etc. Nope if you were thinking like me you would realize immanently that this was presented by The NATIONAL Clean it Up, Fix It Up, Paint It Up Bureau (oh brother!). One wonders how many non national chapters there were, and I'm amazed that no one has used that name as a joke of some sort, I guess this film has remained buried a long time, and for good reason. The whole point of the film is to tell you to be clean so your house can survive a nuclear attack. They didn't care so much about your survival even though they said it's for that reason, but rather America needs it's houses standing after the Commies take us to the woodshed. They go so far as to say that even IN your house to not be a slob as your house is going to burn from all those old newspapers lying around when the A bomb hits the city next to yours and your house gets the heat blast. I can see the very patriotic America of the 50's laughing out loud about this film, it's way over the top. I can see neighbors gripping about how their spotless clean WHITE (yes they do mention it has to be WHITE, lol) home is going to burn up because the next door neighbors house was not as clean and got torched and the fire spread. Thankfully its only 15 minutes long, this is definitely a so bad it's good film and worth a 10 of 10. Now, go clean your room Junior, for America's survival, lol.