duck and cover

Duck and Cover was a social guidance film produced in 1951 by the United States federal government's Civil Defense branch shortly after the Soviet Union began nuclear testing. Written by Raymond J. Mauer and directed by Anthony Rizzo of Archer Productions and made with the help of schoolchildren from New York City and Astoria, New York, it was shown in schools as the cornerstone of the government's "duck and cover" public awareness campaign. The movie states that nuclear war could happen at any time without warning, and U.S. citizens should keep this constantly in mind and be ever ready.

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[SuperMarkerComicBro]

I feel like Hogarth Hughes.

Now all I need is a giant robot.

[Granny Flo]

I attended integrated schools in the 1950's, so what is the point?

[noelle Olsen]

you're a disgrace. Racist brute -,-

[larry dalzell]

A lotta girls got 'laid' in the lil bomb shelter next to the City Hall in my hometown. How well I remember the 'Duck & Cover'!

[sypher113]

It's not really that silly. It's meant to prevent injuries far out from the epicenter where the shock wave and IR radiation are the biggest threats. Listen to their explanations, they actually make sense. Duck and cover to avoid broken glass. Cover your skin to avoid radiation burns.

[sypher113]

Oh no, you better inform the race police.

[godofzombi]

Or you can climb into your refrigerator...

[Digdugduggie101]

*raises hand*

But teacher, aren't we screwed anyways if we are in the blast radius of an atomic bomb?

[helen anderson]

My mom said she had to watch this in school back in the day and she said that she and her thought this was silly and none of this stuff would work! But she recalls that they liked the song! Thanks for posting! !:-)

[Atomskou]

Some scary stuff.

[Christopher Mueller]

This is primary evidence of how real it was. That's actually really scary. I wonder if US schools will implement this again due to the NK crisis, although it seems to have been defused.

[Mitchell M]

Wow...