At the height of nuclear tension, governments at all levels took steps to both educate and protect their citizens. Plans that included mass evacuations and shelters were put forth to protect the public and prepare for the seemingly inevitable war with the Soviet Union. These efforts faced tremendous obstacles, including a persistent sense of apathy amongst the public. Many authors insist that life under the persistent threat of a nuclear holocaust had a profound effect on the American psyche. The main thesis of this paper argues that while people were undoubtedly aware of the potential danger, those greatly affected and traumatized by it were the exception, particularly in the New Orleans area. Most people recognized the danger, but opted to not let it dominate their thoughts. They were far more concerned with their own interests, including family, career and home ownership.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2016-10-05T19:31:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Ulisses de Figueiredo Silva.pdf: 897802 bytes, checksum: 26dd34c15630b316ae0c0bdb68165947 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-05T19:31:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Ulisses de Figueiredo Silva.pdf: 897802 bytes, checksum: 26dd34c15630b316ae0c0bdb68165947 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-17 / FAPERJ / This work is an analysis of one filmic source produced in 1968: Planet of the Apes. Such an analysis is not exempt from use of own tools for film analysis, like watching the positioning of cameras, the choice of background music, framing and photography. However, they were directed to us to understand in more detail the film in its historical context. The work holds up to understand the intentions of the producers every moment of the film, trying to report such motivations for political, ideological and economic momentum experienced in the 1960s social differences, religious and morality issues are exposed in the film and work to maintain their relationship with the historical issues involved. The Cold War, therefore, is the imagination that guides us to the shooting script of the film, being our purpose to show it as a production endowed with own historical characteristics to its time of production. While corroborate the importance of a cinematographic work as a historical source - a question which naturally arises with the production of this work - demonstrate features of its production decade to accomplish your analysis. In particular, we treat the film's relationship with the so-called nuclear fear. Fear exists in this decade about the possibility of a global nuclear conflict permeates the production of our chosen source, making her a representative of the expectations of their respected for the future of planet Earth. Our research uses as the main source of the film which worked through us for analysis. We also use the book by Pierre Boulle, in which production is based and documentary about the film, so we can have broad perspective to work with our analysis. / Este trabalho trata de uma an?lise sobre uma fonte f?lmica produzida no ano de 1968: Planet of the Apes. Tal an?lise n?o se exime da utiliza??o de ferramentas pr?prias ? an?lise cinematogr?fica, como a observa??o do posicionamento de c?meras, a escolha de fundo musical, enquadramento e fotografia. Contudo, foram elas direcionadas para que possamos compreender de forma mais detalhada o filme em seu contexto hist?rico. O trabalho det?m-se ? compreens?o das inten??es dos produtores a cada momento do filme, buscando sinalizar tais motiva??es para o momento pol?tico, ideol?gico e econ?mico vivido na d?cada de 1960. Diferen?as sociais, religiosas e quest?es de moralismo s?o expostas no filme e trabalhamos para manter sua rela??o com as quest?es hist?ricas envolvidas. A Guerra Fria, portanto, ? o imagin?rio que nos norteia para a decupagem do filme, sendo nosso prop?sito demonstr?-lo enquanto uma produ??o dotada de caracter?sticas hist?ricas pr?prias ? sua ?poca de produ??o. Enquanto corroboramos a import?ncia de uma obra cinematogr?fica como fonte hist?rica ? quest?o essa que surge naturalmente com a produ??o desse trabalho ?, demonstramos caracter?sticas de sua d?cada de produ??o ao realizarmos sua an?lise. Em especial, tratamos a rela??o do filme com o chamado medo nuclear. O medo existente em tal d?cada acerca da possibilidade de um conflito nuclear global permeia a produ??o de nossa fonte escolhida, tornando ela uma representante da expectativa de seus produtores para o futuro do planeta Terra. Nossa pesquisa utiliza como fonte principal o filme sobre o qual nos debru?amos para a an?lise. Utilizamos tamb?m do livro de Pierre Boulle, no qual a produ??o se baseou e document?rios acerca do filme, para que possamos ter ampla perspectiva que colabore com nossa an?lise.