Duck and Cover (1952)
Directed by Anthony Rizzo
Duck and Cover is a 1952 American civil defense animated and live action social guidance film that is often characterized as propaganda. It has similar themes to the more adult-oriented civil defense training films. It was widely distributed to United States schoolchildren in the 1950s, and teaches students what to do in the event of a nuclear explosion.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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