Duck and Cover

Duration: 310

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1951

Creator: Archer Productions

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Federal Civil Defense Administration 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.

Complete Record: 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.