Duck and Cover in the Family Fallout Shelter: Civil Defense Preparedness in the Cold War Era

A little piece of Cold War memorabilia here for everyone today! "DUCK AND COVER" is an American Cold-War-Era civil defense social guidance film that is often popularly mischaracterised as propaganda. As part of the US government's campaign against the "commies" (see: USSR/Russia), it gained its first public screening in January 1952 during the era after the Soviet Union began nuclear testing in 1949 and the Korean War (1950–53) was in full swing. Funded by the US Federal Civil Defense Administra

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WATCH: Message from the Civil Defense PH ~ Civil Defense Deputy Administrator for Administration Hernando Caraig Jr. in celebration of the 67th Founding Anniversary of the Office of Civil Defense today, August 18, 2021. | Civil Defense PH