Duck and cover brittany crowley duck cover duck and. Duck and cover is a civil defense social guidance film that is often popularly mischaracterized. With similar themes to the more adult oriented civil defense training films, the film was widely distributed to united states schoolchildren in the 1950s. I also think that today, the duck and cover bit wouldnt work during a bomb blast. This film was produced in cooperation with the public schools of astoria and new york, new york. Duck and cover staring bert the turtle is a 1951 civil defense film written by raymond j. Duck and cover was a social guidance film produced in 1951 by the united states federal governments civil defense branch shortly after the soviet union began nuclear testing. Federal civil defense administration duck and cover ntis ava11109vnb1 from the wikipedia. How duckandcover drills channeled americas cold war.
Duck and cover propaganda for the atomic age andreas schwarz seminar paper american studies miscellaneous publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term paper or essay. The animation is pretty good for an early 50s film, slightly resembling the animation of the old warner bros. View essay duck and cover from hst 175 at university of phoenix. Duck and cover stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. Duck and cover was a social guidance film produced. Full length version of the 1951 civil defense film. Mauer and directed by anthony rizzo of archer productions and made with the help of schoolchildren from. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Duck and cover was a social guidance film produced by the us government. It instructionally teaches students on what to do in the event of a nuclear explosion.
Duck and cover is a famous civil defense film for children in which bert the turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack. Number one on the agenda is the titular duck and cover. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of. Duck and cover is a civil defense social guidance film that is often popularly mischaracterized as propaganda. Duck and cover is available for free download at the internet archive section prelinger archives. Duck and cover explains, in childish terms, the actions one should perform in the instance of a nuclear attack. At the beginning of the cold war, the united states was worried about the possibility of a nuclear strike. However, this was 1951, before the first perfect hydrogen bomb was produced, way more powerful than the atomic bomb. Duck and cover 1951 duck and cover 1951 july 24, 20 written by zim. Duck and cover propaganda for the atomic age publish.
Duck and cover famous civil defense film for children in which bert the. Remastered in 1080p hd from the prelinger archives print of duck and cover ca. Title duck and cover contributor names united states. This is an official civil defense film produced in cooperation with the federal civil defense administration and in consultation with the safety commission of the national education association. Throughout the autumn of 1951, schoolchildren in the new york city borough of queens became the stars of a nine minute motion picture designed to ex. The film, created a year before, was part of the governments duck and cover campaign that reiterated the fact that nuclear war could happen at any. Duck and cover atomic bomb psa by radio commercials on. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows. Duck and cover was a social guidance film produced in 1951 by the united states federal governments civil defense branch shortly after the. The production of the duck and cover film in 1951 by the federal civil defense administration occurred. Bert the turtle says duck and cover safety and welfare. Elementary school students practicing a duck and cover. Elementary school students practicing a duck and cover air raid drill, cleveland, ohio, may 1951. I believe there shouldnt be any problems, but if there.