Duck and Cover
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Duck and Cover (Wikipedia)
NTIS AVA11109VNB1
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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., Discusses and shows the wide variety of creatures who inhabit the seashore. Explains how they are adapted to the environment in which they live. Points out the many places along the seashore where sea animals make their homes. Presents filmed sequences of the sand flea, clam, sea hare, snail, many kinds of crabs, and other seashore creatures.
The film starts with an animated sequence, showing an anthropomorphic turtle walking down a road, while picking up a flower and smelling it. A chorus sings the Duck and Cover theme: Under the theme, Bert is shown being attacked by a monkey holding a lit firecracker or stick of dynamite on the end of a string. The film then switches to live footage, as narrator Middleton explains what children should do "when you see the flash" of an atomic bomb.
Duck and Cover (Wikipedia)
NTIS AVA11109VNB1
From the Wikipedia:
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., Discusses and shows the wide variety of creatures who inhabit the seashore. Explains how they are adapted to the environment in which they live. Points out the many places along the seashore where sea animals make their homes. Presents filmed sequences of the sand flea, clam, sea hare, snail, many kinds of crabs, and other seashore creatures.
The film starts with an animated sequence, showing an anthropomorphic turtle walking down a road, while picking up a flower and smelling it. A chorus sings the Duck and Cover theme: Under the theme, Bert is shown being attacked by a monkey holding a lit firecracker or stick of dynamite on the end of a string. The film then switches to live footage, as narrator Middleton explains what children should do "when you see the flash" of an atomic bomb.
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Written by Raymond J. Mauer and directed by Anthony Rizzo of Archer Productions
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Discusses and shows the wide variety of creatures who inhabit the seashore. Explains how they are adapted to the environment in which they live. Points out the many places along the seashore where sea animals make their homes. Presents filmed sequences of the sand flea, clam, sea hare, snail, many kinds of crabs, and other seashore creatures.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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