Duck and cover makes perfect sense. If your far enough away to see the flash and have time too react your clearly not in the 150000 degree fire ball and jumping under a desk could very well save you life when the shock wave knocks down the walls of the building, just like if there was an earth quake.
All that cash wasted on bomb-shelters, when all that was needed was a flimsy school-desk.
In Britain, under the Fuhrer Thatcher, we were taught that a simple door would protect us from massive thermo-nuclear devices, provided we hid under the stairs.
This is absolutely beyond parody. How could any comedian succesfully lampoon this? This is almost like a professional taking the p*** out of the REAL film. The fact that this is real is a shocking indictment. Those kids would most likely have ended up as smears on the wall for all the good duck and cover does.
@TheWafflescat I'm obviously not being racist, as I'm not one, but Brown vs. Board of Education happened in '54, that's when schools were integrated. Idk why they're their. Probably just because they're old-time actors. I bet after it, it was back to segregation. :/
1:32 "We must get ready for it, just as we are ready for many other dangers that are around us all the time." ...aaand a black kid in the middle of the screen. ಠ_ಠ
According to the statistics graphs under the video, Germany seems to really want to get prepared for this kind of occasion. Also, 7:45 for the win. Because nothing can protect you better than a picnic blanket and a newspaper. And 8:12 "Get down again!"
Had to be pretty scary to be a kid in the 50's. I was a kid in the 60's, I don't ever remember any drills like this in school. Oh by the way, kid at 8:28 in the bottom left corner is picking his nose.
Believe it or not this actually works. The position provides stability during the tremors caused by an atomic bomb and because gamma rays only travel in a straight line, you expose yourself to less.
Also a Hiroshima policeman went to Nagasaki during the days between the atomic bombings to tell other officers how he survived the atomic bombs (duck and cover). When Nagasaki was bombed, not a single Nagasaki police officer died or received injuries and were able to assists with rescues.
7:57 yup. the bright white newspaper made of highly flammable paper will keep you dark and safe next to the flammable explosion next to a fire pit in a forrest.
My class will be watching this in school tommorrow and i want this to be the top comment so it appears at the bottom of the screen. THUMBS UP EVERBODY(:
Duck and Cover! At a boy Tony that flash means your fucked! but at least you'll think your safe right before you are incinerated by the most powerful weapon known to man!
What strikes me: These classrooms, from counting the number of rows and desk in each row, appear to hold about 60 kids. Yet, kids learned more then. No teacher would take a class of 30 kids today.
@loriloristuff How much of what they learned is still relevant in today's technological world? Probably not that much. There are many things we have now that were not present in the '50's. I bet more of today's youth can work a computer correctly than can children from the '50's.
@Kryptonite1371 So it isn't relevant to learn to read? To be able to perform mathematical functions? To know good grammar? To know the classics? Typical 21st century answer! Throw a computer at it! I've worked as a network engineer, and I still think schools should be able to teach the basics before computers.
@loriloristuff I could be wrong but last time I checked they still teach reading in school; maybe not but I think they do. I don't mean to be the grammer police but you might want to use a colon next time you list things as you just did. You make me laugh, your age and old frame of mind are aparent due to your stereotyping of people from the 21st century. Equality would be nice but that's not the world we live in and I accept that.
@luisr12491 People observing the explosions from miles away stared at the bright light, wondering what it was. Then they were knocked down by the blast wave and hit by debris. Looking at the explosion gave them severe sunburn. So in conclusion, people who are not informed of what to do in case of a nuclear attack will always hurt themselves due to their natural instincts of investigating the phenomena.
If they all blow up life wouldnt be worth liveing might as well comit suiside. If you wernt extreamly bured or get cancer or radiation piosioning to would plobably die of thirst or hunger
In my opening in today’s world I’m pretty sure any country knows that if you launch one bomb that another country will launch theirs until everyone is died I think that although the atomic bomb would still destroy a lot but if every country would get rid of there nukes and instead use the atomic bomb and make bomb shelters the world would be a way better and safer place.
@thehandydman Well if you read "HIroshima" by John Hersey it talks about the events after the bomb dropped and some of the experiences of people there. Some people who were just standing in doorways or behind small partitions were almost unaffected (immediately, many fell ill to radiation sickness later) while those right next to them were badly burned. The physics of it are not and were not really well understood especially in 1951, so it is possible that it would help some.
Of course just covering yourself wont keep you from being melted or blown a couple miles away, but at least the children could sleep at night. Stop being stupid. Ugh.
Ok a nuclear bomb emits temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun and they tell you to duck under items made from the most flammable material around?
What's REALLY horrifying, is that an entire generation of kids had the wool pulled over their eyes by this cartoon, until all those atomic blast films showing the actual effects of an atomic explosion finally got declassified. Just smears of ash, that's all they'd have been under those desks...
@Severianjdm Actually, you got it backwards. It is our generation and the last few who have had the wool pulled over all of our eyes. Duck and cover could save millions of lives from flying debris. Millions of people live outside the 5 mile fatal radius area of the blast. By ducking, you avoid immediate absorption of thermal radiation from the brillian light and protect yourself from flying debris that could cut through you. Just ducking can provide you with 85% more protection.
@dwevill123 It sounds silly, but it's true. Obviously if you are within 3 miles of the blast radius this wouldn't help, but for millions of others, even a sheet of paper could provide a screen from the blast. Think of the sun. You only need to have a thin covering to protect you from a severe burn. It works the same way.
ha!! this would never help!!! its a vid that calmed ppl down to make them think they actually had a chance to live but of course it doesnt work unless ur miles n miles away from the atomic bombs n ur area is barely affected thats when u could actually do this! if ur close ur f***ed!! XD n haha i saw this in south park!! XD
@richardraymond8 Yes it does. It needs to be taught to the children today as much as it did back then. Millions of people live outside the blast radius and just avoiding the immediate thermal effects of the brillian light can be lifesaving. Once the blast effect is over, usually three seconds in duration, you can get to shelter to protect yourself from the coming fallout. Radiation typically dissipates within a few days and it's safe to go out again. Why aren't they teaching this to us???
Many mock the advice given in this film. Before you laugh, think about this: most people will not die from the direct blast in nuclear warfare. Many lives can be saved by ducking and covering to protect yourself from flying debris. Getting into a fallout shelter right after will spare you from the fallout which will come awhile later. So, teaching your children to duck and cover could save their lives, if ground zero is 10 miles or more away, for example.
@plojka1 First off it depends on the payload back in the 50s the payload would be the equivalent to about 15-22 kilotons of TNT. Secondly, it depends on the atmospheric pressure of where it is dropped. The blast of a nuclear warhead uses 40-50% of the total energy release. What u have 2 worry about is thermal, ionizing (more prevalent in neutron bombs), and residual radiation. 10 miles out these won't kill you but ducking and covering is not going to protect you from radiation poisoning, period.
I watched this in Social Studies and I'm in the 6th grade and all we did was laugh and say yeah if we saw the flash our eyes would melt and if they didnt and we survived it then you would probably be blinde for the rest of your life.
True, ducking and covering would not stand against an atomic bomb. But if it gives those small children peace of mind so they can at least sleep at night, it's a good cause.
@sheeprock14 Actually, ducking and covering could save countless lives. Obviously, within 2-3 miles insdie the blast radius, it would do little good. But for countless people who live, say, 5 miles or more from the blast radius, this Duck and Cover could save countless lives. Just being on the ground provides an approximate 85% increase in shielding from flying debris. You also would absorb less immediate radiation from the exposure to the flash. The blast effect only lasts 3 seconds.
@plojka1 Are you nuts? The radiation can't be stopped by anything. It goes right through everything. And the debris or the blast will kill you, and if you have the luck to not be hit by these, then you will die a slow painful death because of the radiation. So if you are close to an atomic explosion make sure to get hit by debris, because all the other ways are much worse. And todays nuclear bombs have more than a 5 km blast radius. So don't say bullshit like this.
@Maeshup Radiation can't be stopped by anything? Yes, radiation can be stopped (or absorbed) by very dense material such as earth, cement, bricks, etc.(i.e the use of a fallout shelter) The debris from the blast can kill you but it all depends where you are in regards to proximity of the blast. If you are outside when the blast occurs, you can shield yourself from the intense light and thermal heat thus protecting yourself from an instant burn. Most Russian missiles are equipped with 500kt.
@plojka1 Didn't you ever wonder why you don't have to undress when you have to be x-rayed. Because it goes through this shit. And this ist the light all about, x-ray in such a number that you are burned alive and that you can see through your own flash and discover your bones.
@Maeshup You need to educate yourself on gamma radiation, which is the most deadly form of radiation from a nuclear device. If you were 10 miles from a megaton explosion, ducked, covered and after the 3 second blast headed to a shelter, if the shelter was constructed properly, you wouldn't be exposed to enough radiation to become ill. You would need to stay in the shelter for several days, then be able to venture out for needed items. After two weeks you could sleep outside of the shelter.
Yeah, what a waste of time making these films. They never had to duck and cover in real life during the Cold War. They should of used duck and cover during 9/11. hahaha
The best way to handle an 'atomic bomb', is to set your belt mounted particle accelerator, to detect the deflection of the local quantum frame, and immediately spin up a neutronium cocoon and weave it about you. At that point you can either stay and experience the explosion, or dash off via teleportation to any of the galactic waystations established for guests, by treaty. Chances are Earth will be annihilated so you'll have to choose a new planet, but hey!... so did your parents.
My history teacher showed us this video when we learned about the H-Bomb (or something of that nature, can't think of the exact lesson ATM). The whole class burst into laughter.
Great video. I uploaded this a while back but never made it public, (youtube incorrectly set). Search "Duck and Cover in HD," Mine is not the full version above but edited to 2:30 (for FB & other social media) & converted to HD.
Wow...we were pretty stupid back in the 50's, weren't we?
dfulwilder 16 hours ago
So the equivalent of a nuke is a monkey holding a stick with dynamite tied to the end of it... seems legit!
CrystalBoyMega 2 days ago
The farmer does it best (8:12)
tchugert 2 days ago 2
*Lights match to light a cigarette while being in a dark room*
*Everyone ducks and covers*
jko12hho 4 days ago
This was the death song of the 1950's o_o
Nail3728 4 days ago
I think I saw Hitler.
xxxxBunnyraptorxxxx 4 days ago
Duck and cover makes perfect sense. If your far enough away to see the flash and have time too react your clearly not in the 150000 degree fire ball and jumping under a desk could very well save you life when the shock wave knocks down the walls of the building, just like if there was an earth quake.
makingitsnowy 5 days ago
@makingitsnowy
All that cash wasted on bomb-shelters, when all that was needed was a flimsy school-desk.
In Britain, under the Fuhrer Thatcher, we were taught that a simple door would protect us from massive thermo-nuclear devices, provided we hid under the stairs.
lol
observe45 4 days ago
*Why they're there
jko12hho 5 days ago
At 6:45, those kids at the back have either not seen the flash or know that duck & cover is a futile exercise and carry on playing ball.
oglesby1973 5 days ago
37 people should have ducked & covered
dreguan 6 days ago
This is absolutely beyond parody. How could any comedian succesfully lampoon this? This is almost like a professional taking the p*** out of the REAL film. The fact that this is real is a shocking indictment. Those kids would most likely have ended up as smears on the wall for all the good duck and cover does.
KaiObelisk 6 days ago
hmmm, 150,000,000 degrees? 800+ mph winds? Ducking and covering? Sounds legit
sladerfoster 6 days ago
What the Hell will duck and Cover do if A Atom Bomb lands on your house?
TheWafflescat 1 week ago
1951 And there are African Americans in the School? I thought there was still segregation.
TheWafflescat 1 week ago
@TheWafflescat
in the south
groalerable 6 days ago
@TheWafflescat I'm obviously not being racist, as I'm not one, but Brown vs. Board of Education happened in '54, that's when schools were integrated. Idk why they're their. Probably just because they're old-time actors. I bet after it, it was back to segregation. :/
jko12hho 5 days ago
1:32 "We must get ready for it, just as we are ready for many other dangers that are around us all the time." ...aaand a black kid in the middle of the screen. ಠ_ಠ
glxblt 1 week ago
I love how the censored everything in the 50s . The should tell kids what really happens if an atomic bomb goes off. YOU GET VAPORIZED.
okadaman2 1 week ago
"the bomb is coming"
"Should we duck and cover!?"
"if you like"
"Will it help!?"
"no"
amazingonion 1 week ago 14
I love that the bomber is an Asian monkey.
selty 1 week ago
i saw this in school today and mr. hendrick (my teacher) laughed his ass off
ICHIGOlovesBOTDF 1 week ago
what would they do if the light hit the summer special Olympics
heckuvadonny101 1 week ago
ducking and covering should be equivalent to planking, juss saying
SuperMaweina 1 week ago
now just remember. the bomb wont hit you if your protected from the blast.....yeah, hang on to that dream
SuperMaweina 1 week ago
For a colorized version of this video, search "Duck and Cover Colorized" on youtube
tubeless491 1 week ago
These videos must have been so scary, thinking how a *newspaper* was all that was protecting you from an A-Bomb.
ThisEpicJude 1 week ago
8:46 FUS RO DAH!!!!
laptop322 1 week ago
Duck & Cover when your teacher turns on the lights. I know you guys saw watched this video in US History at school.
TheBBallEnthusiast 1 week ago
hysterical!! -_-
KraziiBeautii 2 weeks ago
AND we fucking NEED Fallout Vaults
thepeps101 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
LOL this video is so fucking retarded... in today... but back in 1950 they didn't know shit about radiation
thepeps101 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
See? They all just jump to a wall when they see the flash. Knowing myself, I would do that and hit my head on a wall, get a concussion, and DIE. Dx
HalliesProductions 2 weeks ago
It's all unfortunate for us tat we don't have shells.
HalliesProductions 2 weeks ago
seen this in class Jan 13-2012
9th grade plz tell me why my teacher made us practice this for a grade
i like the part when the boy push the girl and it looks like she busted her head on the wall
and the part where the boy gets off the bike and it looks like he knocked all his teeth out his mouth lololol
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According to the statistics graphs under the video, Germany seems to really want to get prepared for this kind of occasion. Also, 7:45 for the win. Because nothing can protect you better than a picnic blanket and a newspaper. And 8:12 "Get down again!"
zcsegradcnl 2 weeks ago
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zcsegradcnl 2 weeks ago
And people thought Indiana Jones in the refrigerator was ridiculous...
CrazyBanana510 2 weeks ago
37 people don't know how to duck and cover.
XxInuzukasGirlxX 2 weeks ago
1:40 the 3rd guy down the pole is hiter
mymetalcat 2 weeks ago 3
Fun fact: The bomb would still kick your ass.
SnowCanary 2 weeks ago
Had to be pretty scary to be a kid in the 50's. I was a kid in the 60's, I don't ever remember any drills like this in school. Oh by the way, kid at 8:28 in the bottom left corner is picking his nose.
fcatf6 2 weeks ago
When you see a flash, place your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye.
mdoherty9188 2 weeks ago
watched this at school today! freakin funniest thing I've ever seen XD
michelleluvstswift 2 weeks ago
the ruskies werent expecting duck and cover back to the drawing board with the nukes it is :D
relentlessaddict98jm 2 weeks ago
Love it! So funny
IceMan00780 2 weeks ago
Should the school bus driver duck and cover too, while driving the bus
mohammedalaax 2 weeks ago 3
7:46 Her legs were exposed...
jeanluc6430 2 weeks ago
Paul and Paddy know what to do! Do you? No? I didn't think so....
jeanluc6430 2 weeks ago
Believe it or not this actually works. The position provides stability during the tremors caused by an atomic bomb and because gamma rays only travel in a straight line, you expose yourself to less.
Also a Hiroshima policeman went to Nagasaki during the days between the atomic bombings to tell other officers how he survived the atomic bombs (duck and cover). When Nagasaki was bombed, not a single Nagasaki police officer died or received injuries and were able to assists with rescues.
Fredfredbug4 2 weeks ago 2
7:57 yup. the bright white newspaper made of highly flammable paper will keep you dark and safe next to the flammable explosion next to a fire pit in a forrest.
r0ckoegirl 3 weeks ago 3
@r0ckoegirl Ya def. when they have a cloth over them next to a fire pit ... oh yeah.. they are safe
guitarophobist 2 weeks ago
i liked that!
Winston4324 3 weeks ago
CENTRAL SPRINGS!!!!!!!!!
My class will be watching this in school tommorrow and i want this to be the top comment so it appears at the bottom of the screen. THUMBS UP EVERBODY(:
facemouth83 3 weeks ago 27
@facemouth83 instead of urs being at the top, a 'potty mouth' (idk who calls ppl that is instead. lola
r0ckoegirl 3 weeks ago
@facemouth83 We watched it today in class!
guitarophobist 2 weeks ago
@facemouth83 oh yeah? mark my comment as spam!
everzonermitanio 2 weeks ago
@facemouth83 So how'd it go?
selty 1 week ago
The best way to die in an atomic explosion would be to have the bomb drop on your head before you knew what was happening.
M9J4G 3 weeks ago
Duck and Cover! At a boy Tony that flash means your fucked! but at least you'll think your safe right before you are incinerated by the most powerful weapon known to man!
Atza56 3 weeks ago
What strikes me: These classrooms, from counting the number of rows and desk in each row, appear to hold about 60 kids. Yet, kids learned more then. No teacher would take a class of 30 kids today.
loriloristuff 3 weeks ago
@loriloristuff How much of what they learned is still relevant in today's technological world? Probably not that much. There are many things we have now that were not present in the '50's. I bet more of today's youth can work a computer correctly than can children from the '50's.
Kryptonite1371 3 weeks ago
@Kryptonite1371 So it isn't relevant to learn to read? To be able to perform mathematical functions? To know good grammar? To know the classics? Typical 21st century answer! Throw a computer at it! I've worked as a network engineer, and I still think schools should be able to teach the basics before computers.
loriloristuff 3 weeks ago
@loriloristuff I could be wrong but last time I checked they still teach reading in school; maybe not but I think they do. I don't mean to be the grammer police but you might want to use a colon next time you list things as you just did. You make me laugh, your age and old frame of mind are aparent due to your stereotyping of people from the 21st century. Equality would be nice but that's not the world we live in and I accept that.
Kryptonite1371 3 weeks ago
@loriloristuff Unions...
CentristFiascox3 3 weeks ago
wow duck and cover just another way saying kiss your ass goodbye
nirob 3 weeks ago
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luisr12491 3 weeks ago
I guess the Japanese people who were nuked in Hiroshima and Nagasaki forgot to duck an cover.
luisr12491 3 weeks ago
@luisr12491 People observing the explosions from miles away stared at the bright light, wondering what it was. Then they were knocked down by the blast wave and hit by debris. Looking at the explosion gave them severe sunburn. So in conclusion, people who are not informed of what to do in case of a nuclear attack will always hurt themselves due to their natural instincts of investigating the phenomena.
Leetatron2 3 weeks ago
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Look at that cover Brazilian show : youtube.com/watch?v=4-O7CSbVesc
BDefinitiva 3 weeks ago
If they all blow up life wouldnt be worth liveing might as well comit suiside. If you wernt extreamly bured or get cancer or radiation piosioning to would plobably die of thirst or hunger
dooddavid98 3 weeks ago
In my opening in today’s world I’m pretty sure any country knows that if you launch one bomb that another country will launch theirs until everyone is died I think that although the atomic bomb would still destroy a lot but if every country would get rid of there nukes and instead use the atomic bomb and make bomb shelters the world would be a way better and safer place.
hamhox1 3 weeks ago
My history teacher always shows us this during the lock down drills...Good times in APUS...
ElsamiK 3 weeks ago
have to watch this for a school assignment. but i think ducking and covering from a bomb is no help. a nuclear bomb will vaporize you.
and i really dont see how a newspaper could protect you from burns....
MegaAnimeArtist 3 weeks ago
my teacher told me to check out this video....
I think this is awkward...
if a BOMB really hit...
we would pretty much be vaporized....
Cheeseminster 3 weeks ago
35 people forgot to duck and co.... yeah i quit
KillExcl 4 weeks ago
You would be vaporized on the spot
GodofFallout1 4 weeks ago
Damn commie monkey!
1dalea 4 weeks ago
thank goodness for all those lead-lined desks and lead-lined chairs and lead paint! duck and cover, everyone!
willyolio 1 month ago
"even a newspaper can save you from a bad burn."
What the fuck will a newspaper do?!
thehandydman 1 month ago 36
@thehandydman Paper will burn, hen burn your neck. thus defeating the purpose.
figgynewtany 1 month ago
@thehandydman Well if you read "HIroshima" by John Hersey it talks about the events after the bomb dropped and some of the experiences of people there. Some people who were just standing in doorways or behind small partitions were almost unaffected (immediately, many fell ill to radiation sickness later) while those right next to them were badly burned. The physics of it are not and were not really well understood especially in 1951, so it is possible that it would help some.
AzinDragon 3 weeks ago
@thehandydman Set your fucking hair on fire.
Midflame222 2 weeks ago
@thehandydman
Believe it or not, these we taken seriously.
Telamon8 2 weeks ago
Of course just covering yourself wont keep you from being melted or blown a couple miles away, but at least the children could sleep at night. Stop being stupid. Ugh.
21stStreetReviews 1 month ago
@21stStreetReviews It's suppose to be a first response.
CentristFiascox3 3 weeks ago
i would have my fun with fireworks =)
abcnotused 1 month ago
Ok a nuclear bomb emits temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun and they tell you to duck under items made from the most flammable material around?
TheMikaboshi 1 month ago
The funniest thing are the strategically placed black children in the segregated schools of 1951 :D
TheMikaboshi 1 month ago
If you liked this you might like reading "Countdown" by Deborah Wiles, it's about the Red Scare, it's a wonderful book!
ProfessorSummerfang 1 month ago
How can the Firefighters put out the fire if they're ducking & covering?
usetobefast 1 month ago
LIL DUM DUM
hoboisunited 1 month ago
DUM DUM LIL DUM DUM
hoboisunited 1 month ago
Duck and cover, its a magical maneuver that creates a protective barrier from radiation.
britters220 1 month ago
Duck and Cover!...won't work in 2011
DragonDude180 1 month ago 4
Don't worry everyone just climb into your refrigerator.
NoirTiger 1 month ago 2
LOL, diving off a moving tractor pulling machinery with a piece of newspaper will save you!
rpm371 1 month ago 2
oh i like the iron giant
3piefreak 1 month ago
Don't worry everyone as long as you have a thin cloth or a newspaper with you where ever you go you should be safe ...hahaha
shanrocs122 1 month ago 2
damn monkey!
TorpedoBill9 1 month ago
I highly doubt a wooden desk would protect someone against an atomic bomb xD
TheSqueezedLemon 1 month ago
WTF is the music that accompanies a PSA about nuclear threats so ubeat?!
tatedarius1 1 month ago
@tatedarius1 Sign of the Times... This was before the Hippy Movement.
CentristFiascox3 3 weeks ago
baruch college history blog
LongLiveKingHughes 1 month ago
I heard "duck and cover" 28 times in 9 minuites... That's one every twentieth second O.o
hadegutthaj 1 month ago
7:28 What hey dont show is that the bus driver ducked too so all the kids die in collision.
nefandix 1 month ago
we watched this at school in social studies! it was to help explain the cold war
supergurl246 1 month ago
@supergurl246 We watched it in social studies to explain the cold war today lol
98fenderstringbender 1 month ago
I showed this to my friend, and now we're saying ''Flash! Duck and Cover!'' all the time. :D
HannaFinland 1 month ago
What's REALLY horrifying, is that an entire generation of kids had the wool pulled over their eyes by this cartoon, until all those atomic blast films showing the actual effects of an atomic explosion finally got declassified. Just smears of ash, that's all they'd have been under those desks...
Severianjdm 1 month ago
@Severianjdm Actually, you got it backwards. It is our generation and the last few who have had the wool pulled over all of our eyes. Duck and cover could save millions of lives from flying debris. Millions of people live outside the 5 mile fatal radius area of the blast. By ducking, you avoid immediate absorption of thermal radiation from the brillian light and protect yourself from flying debris that could cut through you. Just ducking can provide you with 85% more protection.
plojka1 1 month ago
@Severianjdm The horror of which you speak is at the direct point of the blast and a couple miles out.
plojka1 1 month ago
If it were a real a-bomb, you should instead get inside the nearest refrigerator.
Greythaniel 1 month ago
@Greythaniel Hahah great reference
ChuChusChannel 1 month ago
That's right kids, an atomic explosion can destroy a building, but if you hide behind a news paper then you're safe
dwevill123 1 month ago
@dwevill123 It sounds silly, but it's true. Obviously if you are within 3 miles of the blast radius this wouldn't help, but for millions of others, even a sheet of paper could provide a screen from the blast. Think of the sun. You only need to have a thin covering to protect you from a severe burn. It works the same way.
plojka1 1 month ago
'Civil-Defence Worker' : "Hey kid, come to my basement, it's a lot safer in there..."
WellofMellow 1 month ago 2
ha!! this would never help!!! its a vid that calmed ppl down to make them think they actually had a chance to live but of course it doesnt work unless ur miles n miles away from the atomic bombs n ur area is barely affected thats when u could actually do this! if ur close ur f***ed!! XD n haha i saw this in south park!! XD
15alexandra100 1 month ago
@15alexandra100 true but also if you are directly under it you're safe :P fucking and covering still does duck-all though :D
WellofMellow 1 month ago
@WellofMellow hahah true true lol i agree lol :P i just thought this was halarious!!! lol
15alexandra100 1 month ago
Propaganda at it's finest
maryjaneinwonderland 1 month ago
lol wtf jihad monkey???
imkoollikedafoo 1 month ago 3
Does this still apply...
richardraymond8 1 month ago
@richardraymond8 Yes it does. It needs to be taught to the children today as much as it did back then. Millions of people live outside the blast radius and just avoiding the immediate thermal effects of the brillian light can be lifesaving. Once the blast effect is over, usually three seconds in duration, you can get to shelter to protect yourself from the coming fallout. Radiation typically dissipates within a few days and it's safe to go out again. Why aren't they teaching this to us???
plojka1 1 month ago
fallout 2!
Lotusflowerism 1 month ago
Many mock the advice given in this film. Before you laugh, think about this: most people will not die from the direct blast in nuclear warfare. Many lives can be saved by ducking and covering to protect yourself from flying debris. Getting into a fallout shelter right after will spare you from the fallout which will come awhile later. So, teaching your children to duck and cover could save their lives, if ground zero is 10 miles or more away, for example.
plojka1 1 month ago 6
@plojka1 Maybe back then, but with the current power of nuclear weapons you would have to be much farther away for it to make any difference.
AzinDragon 3 weeks ago
@AzinDragon Yes, but the area in which duck and cover would be relevant would be even larger.
Leetatron2 3 weeks ago
@plojka1 First off it depends on the payload back in the 50s the payload would be the equivalent to about 15-22 kilotons of TNT. Secondly, it depends on the atmospheric pressure of where it is dropped. The blast of a nuclear warhead uses 40-50% of the total energy release. What u have 2 worry about is thermal, ionizing (more prevalent in neutron bombs), and residual radiation. 10 miles out these won't kill you but ducking and covering is not going to protect you from radiation poisoning, period.
Kryptonite1371 3 weeks ago
@Kryptonite1371 True but the sooner you get into shelter you limit yourself from exposure and can save yourself.
plojka1 3 weeks ago
@plojka1 Naw man hate to say it but it doesn't do shit, just makes your death easier. They even came out and said that it was bullshit..
ExclusiveXxXxXx 3 weeks ago
@connorpwned no, it's telling kids what to do at the time of the cuban missle war crisis. -___-
joseakadaman 1 month ago
@joseakadaman This video is dated 1951, 11 years before the Cuban Missile Crisis.
qwertasdcfghjklmo24z 1 month ago
@qwertasdcfghjklmo24z yeah, your right. got my facts wrong here.
joseakadaman 1 month ago
@7:02
"Notice how he keeps from moving or getting up and running."
Tony's dead.
ThatOnePerson89 1 month ago
@ThatOnePerson89 Tony's not ducking and covering. He hit a rock and went flying over his handle bars INTO the wall AND THAT'S why he's not moving
ToBeSomething 1 month ago
Cause we all know the last thing you want in life is to be turned to dust while curled up against something...
LifeWithNathan 1 month ago
This old video comes from a film called Possessed
ConnorPwned 1 month ago
In one scene a kid picks his nose
ReareaGirl 1 month ago
Bert looks a bit like Mitch McConnell.
enmartinsen81 2 months ago
lol wow. if an atomic bomb kills me i'ma kick bert's ass
FKNindiscreed 2 months ago
"oh yes, we forgot, bert died later that day from radiation poisoning"
Thechosenchicken 2 months ago 3
hi, do you have the 1983 movie about the SL-1 accident (entitled, I think, "SL-1")
tennispup 2 months ago
civil defense workers are immune to atomic explosions and fallout effects. they don't need to duck and cover...
mogozel 2 months ago
Can you imagine how many people ducked and covered on the 4th of july with all those flashes?
nuehojou 2 months ago 33
"Remember what to do my friends... Kiss your ass goodbye!!" LOL
WT949 2 months ago 16
No worries my friends! you will hear 'Nuclear Launch Detected' and all you have to do is kill the Ghost :D
mcgillmcgill 2 months ago 2
@mcgillmcgill first you have to find the ghost(s), and if you don't have any kind of detection, well....
GuardianOfHate 1 month ago
I watched this in Social Studies and I'm in the 6th grade and all we did was laugh and say yeah if we saw the flash our eyes would melt and if they didnt and we survived it then you would probably be blinde for the rest of your life.
lexyh1 2 months ago
True, ducking and covering would not stand against an atomic bomb. But if it gives those small children peace of mind so they can at least sleep at night, it's a good cause.
sheeprock14 2 months ago
@sheeprock14 Actually, ducking and covering could save countless lives. Obviously, within 2-3 miles insdie the blast radius, it would do little good. But for countless people who live, say, 5 miles or more from the blast radius, this Duck and Cover could save countless lives. Just being on the ground provides an approximate 85% increase in shielding from flying debris. You also would absorb less immediate radiation from the exposure to the flash. The blast effect only lasts 3 seconds.
plojka1 1 month ago
@plojka1 Are you nuts? The radiation can't be stopped by anything. It goes right through everything. And the debris or the blast will kill you, and if you have the luck to not be hit by these, then you will die a slow painful death because of the radiation. So if you are close to an atomic explosion make sure to get hit by debris, because all the other ways are much worse. And todays nuclear bombs have more than a 5 km blast radius. So don't say bullshit like this.
Maeshup 1 month ago
@Maeshup Radiation can't be stopped by anything? Yes, radiation can be stopped (or absorbed) by very dense material such as earth, cement, bricks, etc.(i.e the use of a fallout shelter) The debris from the blast can kill you but it all depends where you are in regards to proximity of the blast. If you are outside when the blast occurs, you can shield yourself from the intense light and thermal heat thus protecting yourself from an instant burn. Most Russian missiles are equipped with 500kt.
plojka1 1 month ago
@plojka1 Didn't you ever wonder why you don't have to undress when you have to be x-rayed. Because it goes through this shit. And this ist the light all about, x-ray in such a number that you are burned alive and that you can see through your own flash and discover your bones.
Maeshup 1 month ago
@Maeshup You need to educate yourself on gamma radiation, which is the most deadly form of radiation from a nuclear device. If you were 10 miles from a megaton explosion, ducked, covered and after the 3 second blast headed to a shelter, if the shelter was constructed properly, you wouldn't be exposed to enough radiation to become ill. You would need to stay in the shelter for several days, then be able to venture out for needed items. After two weeks you could sleep outside of the shelter.
plojka1 1 month ago
I guess they just made these so that people will feel safe and secure and give them false hope in case something like that did happen.
Melabbymom 2 months ago 2
I watched this today... i just laughed so hard... what does anyone of that have to do with a bomb???
TheKoolatie 2 months ago
Hold down back for 99 seconds
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johnny10301968 2 months ago
its sad how they made these. if one of those bombs had hit none of them would survive.
mike2moto 2 months ago
First time I watched this in a US history class when I was a senior in college. Everyone lol'ed at the magical a-bomb proof desks.
Theme song is contagious, they sure knew how to write jingles.
stupidroro 2 months ago
@9:08 DEATHLY HALLOWS SYMBOL!
hpfans30 2 months ago
It wasn't to protect yourself from a nuke, it was to make people think they would be protected; so they wouldn't worry and fly into a riotous panic.
DustyForgotten 2 months ago
Do they realize that ducking a covering would never work on a nuclear bomb it would blow any thing with in a 10 squarmile radios
noahmiller6 2 months ago
Yeah, what a waste of time making these films. They never had to duck and cover in real life during the Cold War. They should of used duck and cover during 9/11. hahaha
e081111 2 months ago
WHY DID I JUST WATCH THIS IN CLASS I REP 703--YEAHH DEA 703 BABY
MsChiznuggets 2 months ago
Duck and cover, then kiss your ass goodby. Because "duck and cover" won't help much if they did drop a H-bomb.
porkinwitz 2 months ago
I duck and cover whenever Obama speaks!
DanOManno 2 months ago
Notice: 1951 and racially integrated classrooms
Treblaine 2 months ago 3
The best way to handle an 'atomic bomb', is to set your belt mounted particle accelerator, to detect the deflection of the local quantum frame, and immediately spin up a neutronium cocoon and weave it about you. At that point you can either stay and experience the explosion, or dash off via teleportation to any of the galactic waystations established for guests, by treaty. Chances are Earth will be annihilated so you'll have to choose a new planet, but hey!... so did your parents.
doceigen 2 months ago
Make vaults, like in the Fallout series, and then the nuclear apocalypse begins.
vinnievu1 2 months ago
I watched this in socials a few weeks ago 7th grade
rapperjc1 2 months ago
My history teacher showed us this video when we learned about the H-Bomb (or something of that nature, can't think of the exact lesson ATM). The whole class burst into laughter.
CookieMischief8 2 months ago
2:31 thousands of human bone fragments, so duck and cover
FutureLaugh 2 months ago
Dang, I guess I always do the wrong thing whenever I pass a monkey dangling TNT behind my head... this video has showed me the error of my ways.
mrchuckmorris 2 months ago
i like how when they hear the sirens they take their sweet time to get into a building
thad00 2 months ago
Great video. I uploaded this a while back but never made it public, (youtube incorrectly set). Search "Duck and Cover in HD," Mine is not the full version above but edited to 2:30 (for FB & other social media) & converted to HD.
tubengagements 2 months ago
Remember, if you hear the siren, it means you're all going to fucking die.
CannibalisticKoala 2 months ago
@CannibalisticKoala If we all Duck and Cover, we're not going to die. (:
HannaFinland 2 months ago