Conelrad [Link] and Robert Friedrichs of the National Nuclear Security Administration [Link] are trying to locate Miss Atomic Bomb [Link], the iconic symbol of Las Vegas' strange 1950s love affair with fissionable material. Her name was probably Lee Merlin, and according to Conelrad's list of known facts [Link] she lived in the Bali Hai Apartments while in Vegas. Obviously, a woman of style and taste.

I saw quite a few photographs of Miss AB last week in Las Vegas; she was featured prominently at the Atomic Testing Museum [Link]

[via PCL]

Posted by MrBaliHai at 4:08 PM | Permalink

Remember sitting in a darkened classroom, watching gory highway-safety films like Red Asphalt and Wheels of Tragedy, filled with real accident scene footage meant to scare you into being a safe driver? I sure do. Now Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films lets you relive those shocking Driver's Ed. films of yesteryear. Once again, YouTube comes through in the clutch and provides relevant clippage, including the MST3K version.

[Link: Hell's Highway][via sullenboy]
[Link: Wheels of Tragedy excerpt]
[Link: Last Clear Chance (MST3K version)]

Posted by MrBaliHai at 5:55 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)