Duck and Cover

Federal Civil Defense Administration

Duck and Cover
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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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[tzone92]

I wonder if the flash from a camera ever caused someone to duck and cover when they didn't need to.

[lucyde9]

You know there were a bunch of assholes running around with flash bulbs and things to blow up just to scare the shit out of people.

[XxPingasxX1]

thumbs up if in your watching this in 2042

[MYP140]

Breaking Bad brought me here, Season 2 Episode 7. "Negro y Azul"

[DesMoinesT]

TABITHA, IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DUCKING AND COVERING THEN THE ATOMIC BOMB COULD BURN YOU WORSE THAN A TERRIBLE SUNBURN

[ChristopherSaindon]

@Liucilla I know the Birmingham AL NWS people are

REALLY among the best. You're in good hands. I'll be

keeping an eye on Alabama and Mississippi as I have

for over 30 years..and if I see something headed your

way I can usually give you 24 hours at least. I'm at

svrtstm AT yahoo DOT com (I Dont think youtube will let me

use a dot com :-)

[ChristopherSaindon]

@Liucilla Alabama is AWESOME! I worked at WCFT-TV

in Tuscaloosa, AL until Birmingham became a kind of

super TV market. James Spann is among the best so I

knew you would all be taken care of :-) I was there in

1996. It's a really fun job! What city in AL are you in?

Yes they had a massive F5 on April 8, 1998, and there

was the massive Enterprise, AL F4 as well. Then April 4,

1977 Birmingham had a 1/2 mile wide F5..and the Piedmont

and Goshen F4 on March 27, 1994. AL is AWESOME :-)

[Liucilla]

@ChristopherSaindon WOW that is awesome. I should have been a meteorologist because I'm completely enthralled with weather. I live in Alabama, and up until the past couple of years have had very active tornado seasons. What an awesome job. I'm officially jealous!!

[ChristopherSaindon]

@Liucilla They were occasionally around. I am 40

and used to have spots in our basement ready in

case of attack :-) LOL We lived near Chicago and

there would have been less than a few dust piles

left of me and my neighborhood. The practice came

in handy though -- now I'm a TV meteorologist and

tornadoes keep me busy..

[ChristopherSaindon]

Duck and cover and..BOOM goes the dynamite..LOL

Duck, cover, vaporize.. If they were all (as in 1:28) atomic

bombs then yes, duck and cover is a good idea. A warhead

from the USSR (if it were accurately delivered which may

be much less possible than we used to think) was

typically 1MT and duck and cover is as useful as a

vote for McCain/Palin (BTW I am a Republican -- in

the interest of full-disclosure) :-)

[ninjaxkagexsaiyuri]

"Oh God! I cant see the public shelter sign right ACROSS THE STREET!"

Wow, I'm glad how "advanced" defense was in the fifties.

[Liucilla]

I actually remember these. I'm only 44, but for some reason I remember them from my childhood..... hmmmmm