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The child-oriented film Duck and Cover was produced a year later, in 1951, by the Federal Civil Defense Administration. The adult-oriented Survival Under Atomic Attack issued in 1950, pre-dated the release of Duck and Cover in 1951–52. The Booklet was accompanied by a companion film by the same name. [16]
The child-oriented film Duck and Cover was produced a year later by the Federal Civil Defense Administration in 1951. The adult-orientated Survival Under Atomic Attack issued in 1950, pre-dated the release of Duck and Cover in 1951-52. The booklet was accompanied by a companion film by the same name. [33]
Duck and Cover is a 1951 American civil-defense animated and live-action social guidance film, directed by Anthony Rizzo. Often characterized as propaganda , it has similar themes to more adult-oriented civil-defense training films.
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English: Duck and Cover is a famous civil defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack. Français : Duck and Cover (Plonge et couvre-toi !) est un court métrage de propagande américain de 1951 destiné aux enfants en leur apprenant ce qu'il fallait faire en cas d'attaque nucléaire.
"As soon as I put on my first 1950s dress with my hair and my makeup done, that's when I felt like I was finally me. I found my authentic self and I've never looked back since then," she told us.
Side one concludes with a faux test announcement of the Emergency Broadcast System, leading into the "Duck and Cover" song (from the 1951 Civil Defense education film of the same name.) Side two concludes with easy-listening music and Pardo making announcements of the "station" having technical difficulties and to please stand by.