A nuclear war is launched due to a computer error. A town is demolished and the radiation levels are lethal. But only healthy people can be admitted to underground bunkers, one of whom is a Nobel prize winning scientist. There shelter is in the basement of a history museum, where he writes letters to his son, though it is clear that they will never be read. He escapes from the bunker, and tries to help abandoned children.
Country: USA
Year: 1959
Duration: 1hr 35
Version: English, with French subtitles
Director: Ronald MacDougall
Cast: Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer