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DGA QUARTERLY 71 Photos: xxxxx ON THE BEACH > Directed by Stanley Kramer (pictured in white cardigan), the king of social issue dramas in the '50s and '60s, On the Beach (1959) takes place in Australia, where the last survivors of nuclear Armageddon are dealing with the poisoning e ects of radio- active fallout. As in Testament, a cloud of death hangs over the proceedings, but as The New York Times stated in its review, "The basic theme of this drama and its major concern is life, the wondrous thing that man's own vast knowledge and ultimate folly seem about to destroy."