Living in a Nuclear Age- 50’-60’s:
The Cold War Culture
Chapter 28
Section 1- Living in a Nuclear Age
Nuclear Threat
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As an unpredictable Cold War settled
in, several U.S. scientists argued for
an all-out effort to build an even more
powerful weapon: a hydrogen bomb.
Edward Teller, an émigré physicist,
pushed for a program to build what he
called "the Super"-- a hydrogen fusion
bomb. "If the Russians demonstrate a
Super before we possess one," said
Teller, "our situation will be hopeless.”
Andrei Sakharov, a brilliant young
Russian physicist, had also been
given the task of designing a fusion
bomb for the Soviet Union. Thanks to
the Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs, Sakharov
was familiar with Teller's design, but
he soon decided on a different
approach.
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By 1952 the Super was ready for
its first test. The fireball of the
first H-bomb grew to a diameter
of three miles and vaporized an
entire island in the Pacific atoll of
Eniwetok. The H-bomb's yield
was ten megatons, a thousand
times greater than the atomic
bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
1 Megaton Surface Blast:
Pressure Damage
The fission bomb detonated over
Hiroshima had an explosive blast equivalent to
12,500 tons of TNT. A 1 megaton hydrogen bomb,
hypothetically detonated on the earth's surface,
has about 80 times the blast power of that 1945
explosion.
Radius of destructive circle: 1.7 miles
12 pounds per square inch
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At the center lies a crater 200 feet
deep and 1000 feet in diameter.
The rim of this crater is 1,000 feet
wide and is composed of highly
radioactive soil and debris.
Nothing recognizable remains
within about 3,200 feet (0.6 miles)
from the center, except, perhaps,
the remains of some buildings'
foundations. At 1.7 miles, only
some of the strongest buildings -those made of reinforced, poured
concrete -- are still standing.
Ninety-eight percent of the
population in this area are dead.
Radius: 2.7 miles- 5 psi
5
Virtually everything is
destroyed between the 12 and 5
psi rings. The walls of typical
multi-story buildings, including
apartment buildings, have been
completely blown out. The bare,
structural skeletons of more and
more buildings rise above the
debris as you approach the 5 psi
ring. Single-family residences
within this this area have been
completely blown away -- only
their foundations remain. Fifty
percent of the population between
the 12 and 5 psi rings are dead.
Forty percent are injured.
Radius: 4.7 miles - 2 psi
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Any single-family residences
that have not been completely
destroyed are heavily damaged.
The windows of office buildings
have been blown away, as have
some of their walls. The contents
of these buildings' upper floors,
including the people who were
working there, are scattered on
the street. A substantial amount of
debris clutters the entire area.
Five percent of the population
between the 5 and 2 psi rings are
dead. Forty-five percent are
injured.
Radius: 7.4 miles -1 psi
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Residences are moderately
damaged. Commercial buildings
have sustained minimal damage.
Twenty-five percent of the
population between the 2 and 1
psi rings have been injured,
mainly by flying glass and debris.
Many others have been injured
from thermal radiation -- the heat
generated by the blast. The
remaining seventy-five percent are
unhurt.
1 Megaton Surface Blast:
Fallout
One of the effects of nuclear weapons detonated on or near the
earth's surface is the resulting radioactive fallout. Immediately after the
detonation, a great deal of earth and debris, made radioactive by the blast, is
carried high into the atmosphere, forming a mushroom cloud. The material
drifts downwind and gradually falls back to earth, contaminating thousands
of square miles. This page describes the fallout pattern over a seven-day
period.
Assumptions
Wind speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: due east
Time frame: 7 days
1 Megaton Surface
Blast:Fallout
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Distance: 30 miles
Much more than a lethal dose of radiation. Death can occur within hours of exposure.
About 10 years will need to pass before levels of radioactivity in this area drop low
enough to be considered safe, by U.S. peacetime standards.
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900 Rem
Distance: 90 miles
A lethal dose of radiation. Death occurs from two to fourteen days.
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300 Rem
Distance: 160 miles
Causes extensive internal damage, including harm to nerve cells and the cells that
line the digestive tract, and results in a loss of white blood cells. Temporary hair loss
is another result.
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90 Rem
Distance: 250 miles
Causes a temporary decrease in white blood cells, although there are no immediate
harmful effects. Two to three years will need to pass before radioactivity levels in this
Nuclear Stockpiles
According to the Natural
Resources Defense Council,
the U.S. currently maintains
approximately 10,000 nuclear
warheads in various states of
readiness. It's believed that
under START III, that number
will be reduced to 2,500.
Russia's plans are not known.
At the end of 1997, Russia's
nuclear stockpile numbered
23,000 weapons. This
included active, operational
forces; retired, non-deployed
warheads awaiting
dismantlement; and weapons
in reserve.
Nuclear Tests
The United States
conducted 1030 nuclear tests
from 1945 - 1992. The Soviet
Union conducted 715 tests
between 1949 and 1990. In
September, 1996 the United
Nations General Assembly
voted to adopt the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty (CTBT), which
prohibits all "nuclear weapons
test explosions and all other
nuclear explosions." As of
September 1998, 150 nations
had signed the treaty, and 21
nations had ratified it. Notable
exceptions are India and
Pakistan, both of which
conducted nuclear tests in May,
1998.
Surviving a Nuclear Blast: Bomb
Shelters
Bomb shelter is a place that is used for protection from
nuclear fallout or radiation. Nuclear fallout is caused by the
explosion of a nuclear weapon. The first real threat of a nuclear
attack came around the early 1950's and lasted until the early 1960's.
This threat was from communist Russia. This was the first real scare
to the people of the United States. But the closest the US has ever
came to an all-out nuclear war was the Cuban Missile Crisis. More
than a hundred thousand people built bomb shelters. Some
companies started to produce one-bedroom bomb shelters.
Surviving a Nuclear Blast
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Nuclear air raid drills were
part of everyday life for
schoolchildren in the late
1940s and early '50s.
Civil Defense in schools was
increased. The commonly
known duck and cover drills
became routine. In this drill,
the students would drop to
the floor and put their heads
between their knees with their
backs to the windows.
Teachers were instructed to
have their children "duck and
cover" at the sight of a
sudden bright flash.
Air Raid Warning System in Michigan
Surviving a Nuclear Blast: Bomb
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Bomb shelters could be relatively inexpensive or very expensive
depending on what things you want, such as a phone, toilet, chairs,
tables, TV, sofa, and other items.
A nuclear bomb warning - from six months to a few days to a few
minutes.
Six month warning
– enough time to built an underground apartment or condominium.
– enough time to go get things like, water, can foods, board games, furniture,
generators (wood preferable), books to read while in the shelter, candles for
light, matches to light the candles, plates, silver ware, clothes, enough for
you to survive
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Few days warning
– just enough time to build an L-shaped trench about fifteen feet wide and ten
feet long. Then take
– a piece of plywood - cover one end of the hole and then cover over the
plywood with about one to two feet of dirt.
– The L-shaped trench is good protection from radiation because there is a
layer of mass between you and the nuclear fallout.
Surviving a Nuclear Blast: Bomb
Shelters
Surviving a Nuclear Blast: Bomb
Shelters
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Amongst expedient last-minute
sheltering options at home, even
just simply pushing a heavy table
or pool table (one you can get
under) into the corner of a below
ground basement, ideally the
corner with the grade (earth)
highest up the wall on the other
side of it, can be surprisingly
effective. Or, if no heavy table
readily available, you can take
internal doors off their hinges
and lay them atop two supports
to create your 'table'.
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Pile on the two exposed sides,
any additional available massbooks, wood, etc. Have a small
entrance. Two little 4" air spaces.
Cover up any basement windows
or other openings.
Homebuilt Buried Tank Shelters
Homebuilt Buried Tank Shelters
The unforgettable 1962 release "Fallout Shelter" took a more direct approach in
conveying the fears of teenagers everywhere over nuclear annihilation. Its
melodramatic storyline of a boy who wants to share his family's shelter with his
girlfriend and his father's intervention is a perfect blending of elements from
the overt and the allegorical/subtle Bomb song.
Surviving a Nuclear Blast: Bomb
Shelters
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Bomb shelters costing from $100 to
as much as $5,000 for an
underground suite with phone and
toilet were selling like hotcakes.
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Wall Street investors said the bomb
shelter business could gross up to
$20 billion in the coming years (if
there would be coming years).
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Survival stores around the nation
sold air blowers, filters, flashlights,
fallout protection suits, first aid kits
and water. General Foods and
General Mills sold dry-packaged
meals as underground rations.
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Families with well stocked shelters lived
with the fear that after a nuclear attack
they'd be invaded by an army of friends
and neighbors who neglected to build
bunkers of their own. Many ordered
contractors to construct their shelters in
the dead of night so nosey neighbors
wouldn't see. One owner assured his
neighbor that the bomb shelter he was
building was really a wine cellar.
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Civil defense films assured the public
that simple precautions like walled-off
basement corners stocked with two
weeks rations and a radio tuned to
Conelrad, the new emergency network,
would help them survive a nuclear attack.
But the government warned that a
shoddy homemade shelter could broil its
occupants "to a crisp" or squeeze them
"like grapefruit."
Surviving a Nuclear Blast: Bomb
Shelters
Newspapers carried radiation
Public buildings with deep basements
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readings beside daily weather
reports.
Popular Mechanics magazine
published a fallout shelter
blueprint for the do-it-yourselfer.
Congress debated the merits of
evacuating large cities versus
massive community shelters,
Homeowners improvised shelters
from septic tanks, concrete
tubing, steel sheds and discarded
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Major airlines, Detroit automakers,
IBM, the phone company and Wall
Street planned employee shelters.
The Federal Reserve designated
banks for postwar check cashing.
A farmer in Iowa built a fallout
shelter for 200 cows.
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lined with thick underground concrete
were designated as shelters in case of
an attack by the Soviet Union.
Hollywood got into the mood and
began producing nuclear war
doomsday films, including "On The
Beach," "The Last Man On Earth,"
"The Day the World Ended," "Atomic
Kid," and "Dr. Strangelove.”
Television produced its own prime
time doomsday. In the premiere
episode of the classic series "The
Twilight Zone," a young astronaut
played by actor Earl Holliman returns
to Earth to discover that a nuclear war
has left him, like Adam, alone.
In the late 1950s, a public opinion poll
showed that 40 percent of Americans
were seriously considering building a
shelter.
Nuclear Winter
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Nuclear winter is a hypothetical global climate
condition that was predicted to be a possible
outcome of a large-scale nuclear war. It was
thought that severely cold weather would be
caused by detonating large numbers of nuclear
weapon, especially over flammable targets such
as cities, large amounts of smoke and soot would
be injected into the Earth's stratosphere.
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This layer of particles would significantly reduce
the amount of sunlight that reached the surface,
and could potentially remain in the stratosphere
for weeks or even years (smoke and soot arising
from the burning petroleum fuels and plastics
absorbs sunlight much more effectively than
smoke from burning). The smoke and soot
would be shepherded by strong west-to-east
winds, forming a uniform belt of particles
encircling the northern hemisphere from 30° to
60° latitude. These thick black clouds could
block out much Sun's light for a period as long
as several weeks, causing surface temperatures
to drop by as much as 20°C for several weeks.
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The combination of darkness and killing
frosts, combined with high doses of radiation
from nuclear fallout, would severely damage
plant life in the region. The extreme cold,
high radiation levels, and the widespread
destruction of industrial, medical, and
transportation infrastructures along with food
supplies and crops would trigger a massive
death toll from starvation, exposure, and
disease. It was also thought that nitrogen
oxides generated by the blasts would degrade
the ozone layer; this phenomenon was
observed in the first thermonuclear blasts,
which had unanticipated degrading effects on
the ozone. These effects have since been
mitigated by ozone regeneration, but the
effect of a full-scale war would undoubtedly
be much greater. Secondary effects from
ozone depletion and increases in ultraviolet
radiation would be significant, with impacts
on the viability of most human staple
agricultural crops as well as disruption of
ocean food chains by killing off
phytoplankton.
Living in a Nuclear Age- 50’-60’s:
The Cold War Culture
Chapter 28
Section 2- Dealing with a new world
Section 3- Cold War Culture
Chapter 30
Sections 1, 2, and 3
G.I. Bill of Rights
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Revolutionary War
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– Veterans' benefits- life-long pensions
for disabled veterans and dependents
of soldiers killed in battle.
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War of 1812, the Mexican War,
the Civil War, the Indian wars,
and the Spanish-American
War
– Benefits- common type was
"mustering out" pay. Also land
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– veterans disabled in World War I a
monthly education assistance
allowance
education and training
loan guaranty for a home, farm, or business
unemployment pay of $20 a week for up to
52 weeks
job-finding assistance
top priority for building materials for VA
hospitals
military review of dishonorable discharges
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World War II veteran had to serve 90 days
or more after Sept. 16, 1940.
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Total cost of the World War II education
program was $14.5 billion
grants to vets.
 Rehabilitation Act of 1919
June 22, 1944- "Servicemen's
Readjustment Act of 1944,"
or"GI Bill of Rights.”
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$500 a year for tuition, books, fees, and other
training costs.
2,230,000 in college
3,480,000 in other schools
1,400,000 in on-job training
690,000 in farm training
G.I. Bill of Rights
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Korean Conflict GI Bill
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Public Law 550, the "Veterans
Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952, "
was approved by President Truman on
July 16, 1952. To be eligible for Korean GI
Bill benefits, a veteran had to:
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Post-Korean - Vietnam Era GI
Bill
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Home and farm loans, job counseling,
and an employment placement
service were other benefits provided
to veterans, who served between
August 5, 1964, and May 7, 1975.
Veterans had to serve more than 180
continuous days.
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By 1984 Veterans were receiving
about $376/month for educationtraining, books and tuition.
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serve 90 days or more after June 27,
1950,
 enter service before Feb. 1, 1955, and
 receive an other than dishonorable
discharge.
Total cost of the Korean Conflict GI Bill
education and training program was $4.5
billion.
– 1,213,000 in institutions of higher
learning
– 860,000 in other schools
– 223,000 on the job
– 95,000 in institutional on-farm
training
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VA spent more than $42 billion
during this time to provide
educational assistance.
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5.1 million in colleges
2.5 million in other schools
591,000 on the job
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56,000 in on farm training
G.I. Bill of Rights
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Current Montgomery GI
Bill--Active Duty (MGIB):
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To help the members of the Armed Forces
adjust to civilian life after separation from
service
To give those who cannot afford a higher
education the chance to get one
To restore lost educational opportunities and
vocational readjustment to service members
who lost these opportunities as the result of
their active military duty
To promote and assist the All-Volunteer
Force program of the Armed Forces
To aid in the retention of personnel in the
Armed Forces
To enhance our Nation's competitiveness
through the development of a more highly
educated and productive work force
The following briefly summarizes
major MGIB provisions:
 Served on active duty after June
30, 1985.
 Must fulfill one's basic service
obligation.
 Must have completed high school.
 Received an honorable discharge.
 Maximum entitlement is 36
months.
 Additional "kicker" as determined
by DOD.
 Generally must use benefits within
10 years following discharge.
Baby Boom - 19461964
"When we were young, we
didn't trust anyone over 30.
Now that we're over 30, we
don't trust anyone at all."
Baby Boom - 19461964
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First things first. Why is it called the Baby Boom? Simple, because of a boom in
babies! Seventeen million extra babies, in fact. Husbands had just gotten back
from World War II and wanted to settle into the old and safe routine that
involved hearth, home and children, lots of children.
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During the first year of the boom 3.4 million babies arrived — at the time a
record number for one year. The rate was about 338,000 a month, 100,000 more
a month than the previous year. In 1947 the number increased over 1945 by one
million. From 1954 on, over four million little boomers appeared on the scene
each year, peaking at 4.3 million in 1957 and finally exhausting itself in 1965,
when births fell below four million, where they have stayed.
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1940 - 2,559,000 births per year
1946 - 3,311,000 births per year
1955 - 4,097,000 births per year
1957 - 4,300,000 births per year
1964 - 4,027,000 births per year
1974 - 3,160,000 births per year
38,503,000 women and 38,038,000 men. Sixty one million of us are white. Nine
million black, and about six million Hispanic, Asian and Indian.
We account for 31% of the population, a figure that will drop to 20% in a few
decades.
Baby Boom - 19461964
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Symbols of the Baby Boom in Suburbia Hot Dog Production (millions of lbs.)
Potato Chip Production (millions of lbs.)
Sales of lawn and porch furniture (millions of dollars)
Sales of power mowers (millions of dollars)
Sales of floor polishers (millions of dollars)
Sales of Encyclopaedia (millions of dollars)
Number of Children age 5-14 (in millions)
Number of baseball Little Leagues
1950
1960
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Baby BoomLevitown
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Levitt was able to offer these houses so
cheaply because he was applying
construction methods perfected in the
deployment of prefab housing in the armed
services during World War II.
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The Levitt model was, finally, a
compromise between extreme economy
and the promise of an appropriate living
space for an American family. Small at
first, it could expand with time-- upward,
first, then outward.
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The primary feature of this early
Levittown house was its low, low cost- under $8,000 to purchase. With FHAVA housing loans available, this meant
home ownership with no down
payment, or a tiny one, and a relatively
low monthly mortgage
Baby Boom Vacations
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New York World's Fair- 1965
Baby Boom - Vacation
Spots
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Grand Canyon
Disneyland
Historical trip to Washington DC,
Gettysburg, and Virginia
Knotts Berry Farm
Pacific Ocean Park
Saturday afternoon matinee- 25-30
cents for the ticket and 5 cents for
candy
Coney Island
Lake Tahoe
Yellowstone National Park
Reptile farms
Expo67 in Montreal
Roller Derby
Drive-in theater
Wall Drug, Wall, South Dakota and
the Black Hills
Paul Bunyan Amusement Park in
Brainerd, Minnesota
Adventureland.” exotic tropical place”
Frontierland was made to relive the pioneer days of
the American frontier.
Fantasyland was created with the goal to "make
dreams come true" from the lyrics of "When You
Wish Upon a Star."
Tomorrowland was created as a look at the
"marvels of the future."
Baby Boom Entertainment
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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
(1953)
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The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
Creature from the Black Lagoon- 1st
3D Movie.
The Curse of Frankenstein
The Blob
Invaders from Mars
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
I Married a Monster from Outer
Space
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One of the largest Drive-In Theaters was the AllWeather Drive-In , Copiague, New York. parking
spaces for 2,500 cars. It also had an indoor 1,200 seat
viewing area, that was heated and air-conditioned, a
playground, a cafeteria, a restaurant with full dinners.
A shuttle train that took customers from their cars to
the various areas, on the 28 acres.
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Many theaters would open the gates as much as 3
hours before the movie would start. This allowed
customers to bring the kids early. Many theaters
began to serve a wide variety of dinners such as Fried
Chicken, Barbecued Sandwiches, Hamburgers, Pizza,
etc. A few theater owners even gave the customers the
ability to order from their car and have a car hop
deliver. To increase sales the intermission trailers were
invented. Theaters using these gained increased sales
between films.
Baby Boom - Television- QUIZ
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SHOWS
A naively trusting public of the Fifties fell in love with
television game shows. Some of the games were played for
laughs and some for prizes and some for big money. Some
survive today in contemporary form. The Price is Right
wasn't born with Bob Barker at the helm. It was Bill Cullen
in 1956.
On Sunday nights everything came to stop while America
watched The $64,000 Question. At their peak, there were 22
game shows on the air.
By 1958 no one was laughing. That naive trust had been
replaced by a suspicious cynicism that is with us yet. Why?
Because many of the shows were rigged. The "winners"
Americans had rooted for had been supplied with the answers
in advance.
Charles Van Doren, - “Twenty-One”. As Van Doren kept
winning, his popularity grew until he became a recognized
celebrity. His acting ability didn't suffer either as America
watched him "agonize" over each question. Ultimately, he won
$129,000 - a hefty sum at any time, but a huge amount in the 50's
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The scandal prompted Congressional hearings. Although
there were no laws prohibiting the "fixing" of game shows,
both the networks and their sponsors acknowledged the
public's distaste and kept game shows off the air for quite
some time.
Thjs Is Your Life
I’ve Got A Secret
Price is right
Queen for a Day
Twenty-One- Scandal
To Tell the Truth
What’s My Line?
Baby Boom - TV Dramas
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Daytime Soap Operas- Hawkins
Falls- 1950-1955
Dragnet- 1950-1970- Jack Webb
Alfred Hitchcock Presents- mystery/
suspense dramas that came to an end after the
last commercial. 1955-1962
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Dick Powell Theatre
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Studio One
The Whistler
Superman- Starring George Reeves1951-1957
Perry Mason - Lawyer- 1957-1966
Robin Hood- 1955-1958
Route 66- 1960-1964
Highway Patrol- 1955-1959
The Grey Ghost- 1957-1959
The Fugitive- 1963-1967
77 Sunset Strip- 1958-1964
Ben Casey- Doctor show- 1961-1966
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Perry Mason
Route 66
Robin Hood
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Baby Boom - Westerns
Roy Rogers- 1951-1957
Hopalong Cassidy- 1949-1951
Gene Autry- 1950-1956
Death Valley Days- 1952-1970(Ron Reagan)
Sgt. Preston of the Yukon- 1955-1958
Tombstone Territory- 1957-1958
Rough Riders- 1958-1959
Swamp Fox- 1959-1961
Johnny Ringo- 1959-1960
Laredo- 1967-1969
Here Come the Brides- 1968-1970
Bat Masterson- 1958-1961
Annie Oakley - 1952-1956
Branded- 1965-1966
Cisco Kid- 1950-1955- “Oh, Cisco, Oh Poncho”
Davey Crockett- 1954-1955
Gunsmoke- 1955-1971
Life and Times of Wyatt Earp- 1955-1961
Lone Ranger- 1949-1957
Maverick- 1957-1962
Riflman- 1958-1963
Rin Tin Tin- 1954-1959
Wild Bill Hickock- 1951-1958
Yancy Derringer- 1958-1959
Zorro- 1957-1959
Baby Boom - Variety
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Shows
American Bandstand- Dick Clark- 19521987
Arthur Godfrey- 1949-1959
Milton Berle Show- 1948-1967
Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour- 19481970
Your Show of Shows- Sid Ceasar and
Imogene Coca. 1950-1954
Perry Como Show- 1948-1963
Colgate Comedy Hour- 1950-1955
You Hit Parade- 1950-1959
Jack Benny Show- 1950-1965
People are Funny- Art Linkletter19541961
George Gobel Show- “Lonesome
George”- 1954-1960
Ed Sullivan Show- 1948-1971- “A really big
shew”
Diana Shore Show- 1951-1963 + 1974-1980
Lawrence Welk- 1955-1977
Red Skelton- 1951-1971- “God Bless”
Ernie Kovacs- 1952-1962
Jackie Gleason- 1952-1970
Baby Boom - Comedy
Shows
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Amos and Andy- 1951-1953
Andy Griffith Show- 1960-1968
Bachelor Father- 1957-1962
Batman- 1966-1968
Beverly Hillbillies- 1962-1971
Brady Bunch- 1969-1974
Burns and Allen- 1950-1958
Car 54 Where are you?- 1961-1963
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Make Room for Danny- Danny Thomas- 1953-1964
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Dennis the Menace- 1959-1963
Many Loves of Doby Gillis- 1959-1963
Get Smart- 1965-1969
Gilligans Island- 1964-1967
I Dream of Jeannie- 1965-1970
I Love Lucy- 1951-1957
The Honeymooners- 1952-1961
Leave it to Beaver- 1957-1963
Mr. Ed- 1961-1965
Ozzie and Harriet- 1952-1966
Topper- 1953-1955
Grouch Marx- You Bet Your Life- 1950-1961
Father Knows Best-1954-1963
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Shows
Captain Kangaroo- 1955-1984
Ding Dong School- 1952-1956
Flintstones- 1960-1966
Flipper- 1964-1967
My Friend Flicka- 1956-1958
Howdy Doody- 1947-1960
Jetons- 1962-1963
Lassie- 1954-1971
Mickey Mouse Club- 1955-1957
The Monkees- 1966-1968
Bozo the Clown- 1961-Today- Chicago TV
Romper Room- 1954-1992
Soupy Sales show- 1960- Pie in the Face.
Baby Boom- Burma
Shave
His cheek
Was rough
His chick vamoosed
And now she won't
Come home to roost
Burma-Shave
The place to pass
On curves
You know
Is only at
A beauty show
Burma-Shave
On curves ahead
Remember, sonny
That rabbit's foot
Didn't save
The bunny
Burma-Shave
Twinkle, twinkle
One-eyed car
We all wonder
WHERE you are
Burma-Shave
These signs
We gladly
Dedicate
To men who've had
No date of late
Burma-Shave
A guy
Who drives
A car wide open
Is not thinkin'
He's just hopin'
Burma-Shave
To kiss
A mug
That's like a cactus
Takes more nerve
Than it does practice
Burma-Shave
Burma-Shave
Was such a boom
They passed
The bride
And kissed the groom
The whale
Put Jonah
Down the hatch
But coughed him up
Because he scratched
Burma-Shave
Candidate says
Campaign
Confusing
Babies kiss me
Since I've been using
Burma-Shave
He tried
To cross
As fast train neared
Death didn't draft him
He volunteered
Burma-Shave
She will
Flood your face
With kisses 'Cause you smell
So darn delicious
Burma-Shave Lotion
Altho insured
Remember, kiddo
They don't pay you
They pay
Your widow
Burma-Shave
I'd heard it praised
By drug store clerks
I tried the stuff
Hot dog!
It works
Burma-Shave
His face
Was smooth
And cool as ice
And oh! Louise!
He smelled so nice
Burma-Shave Lotion
Baby Boom Products
Snowmobile
Disposable Diapers
Scrabble
Zamboni
Liquid Paper
Tupperware
Power steering
Explorer I
Tang instant drink
Microwave Oven (Radarange)
Plastic Lined Cloth diapers
Slinky
Play-Doh
Lego
Plastic Yoyo
UNIVAC computer
Xerox Machine
Bar Codes- track RR cars
Polio Vaccine
Velcro
Pantyhose
Integrated Circuit
Silly Putty
Federal Interstate Highway Act of 1956
melamine dinnerware