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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]
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]
Survival Under Atomic Attack was the title of an official United States government booklet released in 1951 by the Executive Office of the President, the National Security Resources Board (document 130), and the Civil Defense Office.
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 ...
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.
The Cold War ended in 1991, but the looming threat of nuclear attack lives on with more than 14,900 nuclear weapons wielded by nine nations.. A terrorist-caused nuclear detonation is one of 15 ...
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (NBC, 1980) – made-for-television docudrama about the Army Air Force B-29 unit that dropped the first atomic bomb to be used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II. Fail-Safe (1964) – a film based on the novel of the same name about an American bomber crew and nuclear tensions
Nagasaki Fat Man bomb Harold Agnew This image from 1945 shows Manhattan Project physicist Harold Agnew smiling and holding the plutonium core of one of the world's most devastating weapons.