Duck and Cover

[Rhondalove]

Duck and cover while the whole building explodes and burns as it blows away.

[Blossomadorable]

Imagine the lawsuits that Bert would get if there really was a nuclear explosion!!!

[dragos240]

Look! It's nature's little suicide monkey!

[billy8686]

The film seemed old even when I first saw it in 1960.This wasn't a brief scare thing; this stuff went on for years. Bert was worried about bombers, but a few years later - Russian thermonuclear tipped missiles were 8 minutes away in Cuba. This film was mostly aimed at potential survivors outside the 3 mile blast zone. Fallout was gonna be the problem for everyone downwind.

[AyePrincess]

Like this would really help. Man, I know nucs, this would keep you alive for a total of zero secs. Even if it did, You would still die of cancer. Radiation, aint it great?

[AdmiralBac0n]

@AyePrincess Actually if you were outside the immediate blast radius the only issue is extreme burns to any exposed flesh, as stated in the video (this is ignoring radiation, which we are assuming you would run the fuck away from). Covering your neck would have helped if you were outside the immediate blast range, but it's not going to save you if one drops on your head.

Though yeah the radiation would fuck yo' shit up.

[yumpop2313]

Oooh, good ol' WW2 videos. :)

[SuzhumiyaLsw]

:')

[WigglesThePirate]

I think they only made this to lessen the paranoia and give them America a sense of security.

[incubuskid09]

Yes little billy, listen to the creepy man in a trench coat that claims to be a civil defense servant.

[waysidefan10]

RUN TOWARDS A BUILDING!

RUNN LIKE HELLL!

exectp you monkey :3

[SoonerNation94]

lol that monkey got fucked up

[HavinFun805]

hey there was a black kid in one of the classes!!

[HavinFun805]

Just put your head between your knees AND!!!!!!!!! kiss your ass goodbye

[xXxSp3ncExXx]

LOL !!!!!!!

[YellowYoshi398]

Oh yeah, a picnic sheet's gonna protect you from an atom bomb.

[blueheartedskittles]

LOL

[brittyyyboo]

This is hilarioussss

[marastar02]

didn't the russians make the hydrogen bomb?

[pweciouzlilazn]

we did first and then they made it a year later

[patrick61503]

i think is was the japs

[YarelyOfficial]

lmao! they showed this at my school

[Cloverpelt]

Hahaha I have this DVD

[rypaul]

Guys I tried this and it works. I was at a picnic with my family when an atom bomb exploded. I put a newspaper over my head and I was fine (my family died though).

[karissa017]

really? wow

[Silvermoth2]

I never even knew of this until I saw that Michael Moore documentary

[blood117]

ok so i get under my desk and wait to be vaporized?

[n0ts0smarty]

man the "duck and cover" from this is sampled in a jedi mind tricks song

[3SirCrimson3]

"Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" to be specific. Amazing song thanks to Rugged Man's verse.

[Boviking]

Ducking and covering from and atom bomb will make you live from 2 to 30 sec longer!

Amazing!

[ZombieHunter56]

seriously, people. Let's be realistic. If we suffer a thermonuclear bombing, we're FUCKED. Unless you have a 5- foot thick concrete vault stocked with 70 years supply of food, water, and living space, there's really no hope for you. If the bomb drops, I'm gonna lie naked on my roof, martini in hand, and wait for the end.

[xRequiem666]

mhmm

[ZombieHunter56]

This is fulla shit. That flash will blind yo so how are you supposed to get to shelter? And let's face it, no amount of ducking and covering can save you from the intense heat of the explosion. This film also seems to have no notion of leukemia or even radiation sickness (which will finish what the bomb started). Why does the civil defense fuckface tell cub scout boy to get up? I thought there was just a bombing! "It's okay kid, you're gonna get cancer anyway."

[TurtleShroom]

Atomic Bomb flashes can be see for thousands of miles. If you're far away enough, ducking and covering will save you from severe burns. With the A-Bomb flash comes scorching heat; which goes way farther than radiation. If you are about, say, 100 miles or closer, you're toast. However, it would take something heavy, like a quilt or desk to truly protect your body from heat.

[ltkitty4]

I sure as hell got my newspaper. No damn commies gonna kill me!

[Nihilagent]

Well, technically, you ARE safer ducking than standing - if the building around you suffers damage through the shock wave from the blast, you're slightly better off hiding under a table.

I mean, you'll most likely die anyway, but at least you probably won't be hit by falling debris or glass.

[Qfunny92]

ducking wont save you from raditation

[Cyberspine]

The faces of the Soviet leaders would have been worth gold when they saw this film XD

[ZombieHunter56]

true that. I can see it now-

"Bahahahaha! Stupid capitalist children think that cheap wooden desk will protect them from heat of 50 megaton atomic explosion!"

"Ya, and seem to think misguided western ideals will prevent the radiation from giving them tumor!"

[slashmaster28]

I can't help laughing at this because the whole thing is garbage meant to make people feel safer. I remember South Park making fun of this in the episode Volcano! We were shown this video today in order to study what propaganda was like. I would have taken a Popeye film, but Bert the Turtle is pretty cue.

[sanfransardine]

The initial flash is gamma rays, which do travel at light speed and give you radiation sickness. The heat travels as a shock wave later and travels as a wall of superheated air setting fire to anything flammable.

[aviloud]

an atomic bomb will not pass through newspaper, evidently.

[XxAtreyusxAngelxX]

our teacher showed us this in US history and i honestly can't believe they showed this to little kids!!! hahahahah its so funny how does a newspaper protect you from a bomb lmfao

[sleepzuzuzu]

my US history teacher showed us this video too. i thought this was so funny! a lot of people were laughing when they saw this video

[razelberry]

The funniest part is the picnic... when the guy  uses a newspaper to cover his head.

OMG this is stupid.

[lazerman134]

this is the dumbest peice of shite i've ever heard.the american goverment were either most likely retarded or just too incompetent to care for its own citizens.if u dont get emediatly killed you will get killed by radiation and you will vomit,bleed,swell up and die after a week or two.

[Silvermoth2]

now we know

[erikadg]

My mom told me about the drills they had to do in school... I'd like to know where you uncovered this tape.

[LtBeefy91]

If you see the flash, your either vaporized, killed, or will die a slow painfull death from radiation. Newspapers and blankets willnot sheild radiation. This add was bogus and was merely used to make people feel more safe. The creators knew their was no truth to it.

[petah2001]

Buildings over 11000 feet away the blast were destroyed in Hiroshima. That is why you duck in cover.

[ituzzip]

You can see the flash from hundreds or even thousands of miles away; light travels infinitely until something blocks it.

[TraxusThermopylae]

Duck and Cover is intended to protect you from flying glass shards, not a bomb blast.

[jpguinness]

What a big pile of shite! If a nuke goes off, "duck and cover" will not help you! You can duck and still get incenerated!

[AeroEbook]

Wicked EVIL monkey!!!

[shallowphil]

But as heat travels at the speed of light (because it IS light) once you've seen the flash, you're already on fire (within a certain distance).

[finallytina]

wrong- heat does *not* travel at the speed of light, and heat is not light.

Heat is *energy* transferred from one body or system to another due to a difference in temperature.

[shallowphil]

FinTina: Direct transference is one way that energy can be moved. Radiation also. The flash which turns you to plasma instantly is caused by the intense levels of radiation which DO travel at the speed of light (on non-visible wavelengths). Do the sun's rays not warm you? You just burn more slowly because we are 90+mill miles away. Infrared heaters don't warm the air between you and the bars - heat comes from the lower frequency radiation directly energising your skin - at the speed of light.

[shallowphil]

or not.

[ForkliftJoe]

That's great!

Duck and cover with a flying leap from the tractor straight into the manure spreader!

"Yeah, boys! That's how we do 'er out here on the farm!"

[wizword]

Yeah as long as you made sure to set the break on the tractor before jumping off so it won't run you over! lol

[TurtleShroom]

Actually, it depends on how far the A-bomb exploded. Yes, if the bomb is close you will get vaporized, but this can actually save lives. If the bomb is a fair distance away,the flash of the burning uranium and plutonium can stil kill you. However, ducking and covering with something thick, like a quilt, or under something heavy like a desk, can protect you from your skin burning off.

[TurtleShroom]

This movie does have some truth. Although a newspaper won't save you, if you're lucky, you'll have time to hide under something that is thick or enclosed. It's all about distance. So, if you are going to insult this video and its precious little turtle, make sure you have your facts straight. Remember: DUCK AND COVER!

[nginethemba]

I love this video so much. My favorite is the tractor guy. :)

[Karpindur]

I watched it in 1st Grade, in Lincoln Nebreska

[espngirl03]

it's all very stupid, but really, who's going to tell 9 year olds that nothing they can do will protect them from a nuclear bomb? it's really just a means of keeping everyone sane.

[CarlGrande]

Well, it's great to know that if i ever see the flash, i'll be safe with a newspaper over my face.

[Peevsie]

Remember children, DUCK AND COVER!

[JamAM007]

Hehe, this classic video is great. I love one of the the first South Park episodes that parody this. Duck and cover from the lava.

[ewanewanewanewanewan]

i saw this in the museum at Caen on a school trip to Normandy 2 days ago.

Basically wat they r sayin is a sheet of paper wil protect u

[StrawberryCaptain]

Pssh, if an nuclear explosion happens 4 feet away, covering your head wwith your hands will be sure to save you!

[prettyful37]

hah we watched this in history, 9th grade tho.... when the girl asked the older person wht 2 do @ like 4:30.... my teacher shouts at the top of his lungs "wht she talking to a stranger.... dont ever talk to strangers" this movie is so stupid ... thts not gunna save u

[Snapcat456]

lawlz, our teacher just said in a really high squeaky voice "excuse me, mister, Wheres the bomb shelter so I don't get vaporized and die?"

[jaimedieu]

I watched it in 8th grade history, too. Poor little Tony was so busy ducking and covering that he wasn't able to defend himself when the scary man in the trench coat came to kidnap him. haha And yes, Sally, putting a newspaper over your head will surely protect you from being vaporized.

[zoltan135]

this is my favorite safety video. i watched it in history in 8th grade.