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Duck and Cover is a 1952 American civil defense animated and live action social guidance film [1] that is often characterized [2] [3] as propaganda. [4] It has similar themes to the more adult-oriented civil defense training films.
"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 standing upright and uncovered is likely to cause ...
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.
The director's latest misanthropic drama, following such films as "Bleak Moments" and "Naked," is a puckeringly sour delight, socked over by Marianne Jean-Baptiste.
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 ...
18-year-old protester known as Wim, described the spontaneous origin of the ducks: "The ducks are just a toy for kids, if police hadn't fire water cannon and tear gas at us, there wouldn't be duck ...
The Atomic Cafe is a 1982 American documentary film directed by Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader and Pierce Rafferty. [2] [3] [4] It is a compilation of clips from newsreels, military training films, and other footage produced in the United States early in the Cold War on the subject of nuclear warfare.
The incident occurred at Pepperhill Park in North Charleston, S.C, where witnesses told police that “dozens of gunshots” were fired.