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  2. Duck and cover - Wikipedia

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    Duck and cover drill in a sсhool in Brooklyn in 1962 " Duck and cover " is a method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion . Ducking and covering is useful in offering a degree of protection to personnel located outside the radius of the nuclear fireball but still within sufficient range of the nuclear explosion that ...

  3. Duck and Cover (film) - Wikipedia

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    Duck and Cover is a 1952 American civil defense animated and live action social guidance film [1] ... Shelters were built, drills were held in towns and schools, and ...

  4. Civil defense in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In Duck and Cover, Bert the Turtle advocated that children "duck and cover" when they "see the flash". In this film, children are instructed to "kneel with their backs facing the windows, eyes shut, their hands clasped behind their backs." [8]: 17 Duck and Cover also reached audiences through printed media and radio waves. This included a 14 ...

  5. Things They Don't Teach in School Anymore — and What Kids Are ...

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    Duck & Cover Drills Many baby boomers will recall hiding under their desks to prepare for the omnipresent threat of nuclear warfare, learning through the example of a cautious animated turtle ...

  6. That time the U.S. government accidentally dropped a nuclear ...

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    Unlike other kids who grew up during the Cold War, Holladay had never done the “duck and coverdrill in school, “but if we had been trained, we’d have known what we did was right,” she ...

  7. Simulated gunfire banned from active-shooter drills in ... - AOL

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    Assembly Bill 1858 will standardize school active-shooter drills and direct the state's Department of Education to update its guidance. It was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

  8. Talk:Duck and cover - Wikipedia

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    Having first heard of "duck and cover drills" from discussion of the movie Atomic Cafe when it came out, I wanted to find out during what years such drills were carried out in American schools, and in which states. Quadibloc 04:07, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

  9. Trump’s rapid dismantling of USAID leaves workers around ...

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    Under that system, if there is an incident, “then you automatically have the embassy or consulate trigger accountability drills and duck and cover messages,” one USAID official posted in the ...