?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
DESIGNER UNKNOWN "YOU CAN BEAT THE A - BOMB." 1950. 41x27 1/2 inches, 104x70 cm. Condition B / B-: tears and repaired tears at edges, some affecting image; losses, restored losses and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds and at edges; creases, abrasions, staining and restored pin holes in margins and image. A 19 minute production released by RKO in the midst of the Cold War "Produced in the dawn of the atomic era . . . it is a fascinating mix of conventional civil defense, interesting characters, and soap style drama. Created in 1950, the film conveys a wide array of atomic advice acted out from the vantage point two families' nuclear experiences." (http://www.atomictheater.com/civildefensefilms.htm) In fact, the film is less about how to beat the bomb and more about "how to properly handle radiation overdoses." In retrospect, the April 16, 1982 issue of the New York Times called it "terribly deceitful or astonishingly naïve" (April 16, 1982).
