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In , the Soviets had but a handful of nuclear weapons all fission devices and the most probably delivery system was the TU-4 Bull, a knockoff of the Boeing B Crawling over the north pole at miles an hour, it would have taken aeons to get to US airspace.

There would have been no full-blown Armageddon in Cities would have been destroyed and several million people killed, but for most people, life would have carried on very nicely. A far cry from the situation as of the early s, when thousands of ICBMs were on constant alert and mass extermination was in the offing with less than an hours notice. And even then, the basic advice in this film could have significantly improved your chance of survival in the short term Cut the CD guys some slack Reviewer: Wobear43 - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 25, Subject: Wonderful That is hilarious People used to be so dumb.

It's a funny, and interesting movie, but a lot of it gets boring well it is a public service announcement! Reviewer: Andrew Stuckey - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 13, Subject: Weee!

Fun now, scary back then. Worth watchin' if you're a youngin'. Reviewer: Rosenkavalier - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 29, Subject: Funny, now For someone my age 20 this movie is hillarious A little jingle so kids know what to do in case of the end of their world But seriously, if I'd been a kid when and where this came out I'd be scared shitless. Reviewer: RESS - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 15, Subject: love it This film reminds me, as a Canadian, that the americans could attack at any time.

Deedle Dum Bum Reviewer: JimFields - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - January 2, Subject: Modern, eh? AND NOW: "Terrorists are working to obtain biological, chemical, nuclear and radiological weapons, and the threat of an attack is very real.

This fear-inspiring rhetoric is just as strong in its implications, but the threat today according to ready. We need to combat this fearmongering before it is too late.

I'd forgotten about this! Funny stuff If i were a student at this time i would have had serious problems now. Everytime I would hear a loud bang, or see a bright flash i would dive to the ground and cover my face with newspapers so i don't get burned. Reviewer: - favorite favorite favorite favorite - November 7, Subject: Duck and Cover I also recall seeing this film while a student in Brooklyn in the 's. The dread of the atomic bomb was the equivalent of Antrax and chemical weapons or dirty bombs now.

Then as now, there was a need to feel a sense of control and understanding to make life tolerable. One can look at the price of gasmasks and filter on eBay and correlate them with or subsequent threats. We all need something to make us feel secure. And how many people made a run for duct tape and plastic wrap so that they could "duct and cover" their attics?

Incidentally, I don't think that all of the information is ridiculous in the film. Although it is obvious laughable to think newspaper can prevent radiation burns, if a bomb explodes some distance away, you had better be prepared to get next to a wall or under a desk and away from windows.

Would we survive an atomic bomb? Certainly there were survivors in Hiroshima, but also there were shadows left on walls and pavement. That's not the point. The point is that we have become largely complacent in America feeling either that we are protected by oceans or military might or because we are battling the terrorists "over there.

I hope that we will always be able to afford to look at films such as Duck and Cover as silly and naive and that we never are forced to think about how we handle air raids or strafing runs or the aftermath of catastrophe practically. Reviewer: Big Steve - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 19, Subject: Youngster just don't know I have to agree with ColoradoRuss, you would have had to been around in the late '50s and '60s to appreciate how serious we took these films.

I remember the Civil Defense sirend sounding every Friday at noon, to make sure they were working. The threat of global nuclear war was closer than ever, and thinking that this little film was part of some campaign to promote consumerism is complete nonsense. Sure, the movie is pretty naive, but it was aimed at children, not adults. It is a perfect example of how simple things were back then.

Reviewer: K - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 13, Subject: I Finally Found It I am haunted by the little jingle of the movie. I still sing it in my head. You don't know whether you should laugh or cry at the disparities between the two. I had wondered if those old war training films had been manipulated in any way. I guess they weren't. Reviewer: ColoradoRuss - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 3, Subject: You had to be there It is sad to read some of the myopic review that have no sense of historical context for the material they are so quick to dismiss.

As we took Civil defense class in grammer school and watched this and other films, we knew and were told how bleak the prospects were for survival in the advent of a nuclear war. But with the same instinct for survival in the face of the worst obsticles that drove creatures to climb out of the primordial slime and yes, even build the bombs we lived in constant fear of, we learned how to fortify out basements as fallout shelters, use household bleach to purify the water from toilet tanks and even treat the symptoms of the radiation sickness that would inevatibly kill us.

The people who made these films weren't selling anything that isn't sold in the Hospices across the world every day; a way to keep going with pride and dignity even when hope cannot rationally be measured beyond your next breath.

Recommended viewing: "On the Beach". Reviewer: video - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - June 29, Subject: Duck and Cover had its purpose Its easy to say how horrible the U. I grew up in a country that won the cold war by being strong and out-spending the enemy to the point that the wall fell and the iron fist of the Soviet Union is gone. Hmmm I guess it would have been better to let them do their own thing and mind our own business.

How often do you worry about the nuclear threat now? This movie was designed to help children deal with what was in the papers every day,the threat of nuclear war. Given something to do, as minimal as survival would be,helped ease the fears of children who regularly heard that the bomb could drop any minute.

Ours is not a perfect country or government. But, name a better one. Name one that has helped preserve freedom and liberty for hundreds of other nations as well as for itself. Name one other country that has so many races,cultures and religions and lives in relative peace with eachother. If you are from another country and love to criticise the United states of America, let me ask you,"Has the USA ever helped your country in time of war,natural disaster or financial trouble?

Then shut your trap and start looking for the good in man instead of pooping on my country. That tune is so very catchy. I wonder If they actually fooled anyone with this foolish nosensical crap. It's just another way to pump Americans full of fear so they consume.

Except back then they weren't very good at hiding it. I find it so sick that it is amusing. I can't really change anything so I might as well laugh. They talk about how the bomb can rip through buildings and collapse them, although they seem to have given no thought to the the intensity of the radiation in the blast radius. Where did they get this information, anyway?

Did they test the atom bomb on humans or animals to see what would protect them and what wouldn't? I suppose they were anticipating that the Americans would be gullible enough to believe that they were 'protected'.

After all, look how quickly stores ran out of duct tape when Bush told them to wrap a room of their house in duct tape to protect from terrorist bombs. I mean, who would actually believe that please take no offense at the last sentence if you happen to be one of those who followed his advice. Reviewer: mok - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 13, Subject: Duck and Cover I could hardly believe my ears: what a fantastic resource for teaching.

My American colleague is a 50 yr old "duck and cover" kid and it revived a lot of memories for her. The film, she says, neglected to mention how you were supposed to "duck and cover" from A bomb tests in Nevada!

I wonder if the transcript is available for this film? Reviewer: Bludzy - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 8, Subject: Latent Racism? Anyone else notice how the voiceover reads "We must get ready for it, just as we are ready for many other dangers that are around us all the time" as the camera lingers on the lone black kid in the classroom for maybe a second too long?

Some classroom desegregation politics plays into this, methinks. The point of the film was to prepare the citizens of the USA for nuclear war with the Soviet Union, which Curtis LeMay and other military leaders of that time actively supported as a winning strategy. It is wonderful how 'nuclear bombs' are framed in the film as just another natural hazard of life that the citizens of the USA must 'get used to', like fires or car accidents.

This removes the responsibility of the politicians to do anything about avoiding nuclear war. Similar to 'terrorism' today, the threats of nuclear war were largely a creation of US government actions. Gore Vidal has written on the subject of the 'Cold War' and says it was largely a creation of US policy and a means to US global empire.

Similarly today, the US government puts it's citizens at risk due to it's aggression in other parts of the world, and the inevitable asymmetric response of 'terror' attacks by those on the receiving end of empire. It would have been much less expensive, in lives and money, and probably just as effective if the Bush administration had re-released an updated film like 'Duck and Cover' to 'protect' us from the 'terrorists'.

The safest solution for the citizens of the US would be to elect a government that did not endanger it's citizens with nuclear wars, or 'perpetual war' for oil. Reviewer: huskobon - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 25, Subject: Only in a new world Okay, this was all great and very enjoyable. One thing questions my mind, how is it that cubscout jumps on the ground behind the wall, and the safty guy just strolls up saying it's okay. How did he know it was "okay". Reviewer: iljc - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 9, Subject: School Bus Funny how they talk about the kids ducking and covering on the bus Also, in this film, children are instructed to go up to strangers i.

We see an example of a young girl going up to an older man. He puts his arm around her and they go into an air raid shelter. Nowadays, most parents worry more about their children talking to strangers than they do about the atomic bomb. Reviewer: AliceTeeple - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - February 15, Subject: Heroes in a halfshell: Turtle Power Quite possibly the grandfather of latter-day hero turtles, this mute hero informs us that hiding next to a wall, in a ditch or under a desk will protect you from The Enemy's atomic blast and subsequent fallout.

After what I witnessed in the Nevada test site newsreels on this site, a piece o' formica ain't gonna cut it. Plutonium the size of a dime caused rampant chaos out in the desert, but in suburban America bombs are much tidier.

Nifty air raid sounds! Reviewer: Billy McLean - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 27, Subject: The key thing to remember with thsi film is that it represents the time it was made and the way society was back then. And with the small amount of atomic weapons and their relatively low yields, the advice in this film MAY have come in handy IF you were outside of the main blast and heat areas.

But still, it's very patronising and simplifies it far too much. To sum up, I am nin between the people who ridicule this and the people who take it seriously. I think it's ridiculous and funny to an extent, but I also understand the geopolitical situation at the time. But watch it, you will enjoy it! Reviewer: Eponymous - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 29, Subject: Not as Dumb as It Seems This film has been the object of a lot of criticism over the years, and held up as an example of futility in the face of certain destruction.

But the people who made it weren't stupid, and the advice it contains is worth taking. They'd be vaporized in an instant and never know what hit them. Instead it's directed at people in the outlying areas, anyone with time to react after seeing the flash of the blast. The bright flash of light from the bomb's detonation travels at obviously the speed of light; the shock wave travels at the speed of sound. So between the flash and the shock wave, you have anywhere from a split-second to a few seconds to react.

For people in or near buildings, the shock wave means a lot of glass and other debris will be flying through the air, which could cut or blind you, so the important thing is to get down on the floor or ground and cover your face.

And silly as it seems, something as flimsy as a sheet of newspaper could protect you from radiation burns. For the millions of people outside the main blast area who could still be injured or blinded by flying debris, Duck and Cover were and maybe still are words to literally live by.

And on the subject of fallout shelters, as the name implies, they're designed to protect you from fallout radiation. They're not blast shelters. Reviewer: frampton - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - August 7, Subject: One amusing touch Did anyone notice that at the beginning of the film, Bert was menaced by a clever monkey weilding a firecracker?

Amusing way to represent the Russians. Not cartoonishly cute at all. Some of the film's tips, as the earlier reviewers suggested, were useful in limiting casualties, especially in the early days of the Bomb And, of course, in an all-out nuclear war, there would be very little saving of oneself as many bombs hit an urban area.

Fallout shelters would become crematoria, and, in the famous words, any living would envy the dead. Our political action remains our best fallout shelter. Reviewer: Stewart Browne - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 31, Subject: revisionism revisionists All these versions of how we should best see this slice of idealised life from the past is revisionists. The absurdity is aparent - even from the "safe" distance of Brisbane, Australia pronounced "brizbn", btw.

Recall, "on the Beach was set in Melbourne, Australia. Please don't drag us into your post-WWII-communist neurotic insanity. A final comment - what a absolutely stupendous achievent this archive this is! Sincere thanks, Stewart and all my associates. Reviewer: grog - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 1, Subject: duck and cover seek a newspaper!!! Reviewer: Rocketeer - favorite favorite favorite - April 27, Subject: One of the Most Misunderstood Films of All Time Perhaps no other film in history has generated more urban legends and mythology than Duck and Cover.

Randell Smith of Texas illuminates some of these myths in his review so I won't repeat them here. I'll just say that those who think the techniques taught in the film would be useless in an atomic attack literally don't know what they're talking about. For every type of explosion there is a fringe area where survival is possible if the right steps are taken.

People who don't take this into account are probably projecting their existential dread that an atomic attack would be so catastrophic that life would not be worth living. This is foolishness. First of all Duck and Cover came out in , the year before the much more powerful hydrogen bomb was first exploded. Much of the information in Duck and Cover was derived from studies of the aftermath of the atomic attacks on Japan.

The reviewer who thought protecting oneself with a newspaper would be naively ineffective obviously never saw the photograph of a Japanese survivor whose back was burned only where the darker colors of her kimono pattern absorbed more energy. According to data later supplied to the United Nations by the City of Hiroshima less than half of the population died in a city that suffered a direct attack!

Deaths were counted as of the end of , about four months after the attack. But Bert's advice is still relevant today. The paper reports that after a one megaton ground explosion in Detroit, "In the outermost band 4. Casualties are estimated at 25 percent injured and only an insignificant number killed.

Now consider this. North Korea has nuclear weapons and the missiles required to carry one to the western United States. Other nations are also seeking to acquire this capability.

As the possibility of an atomic attack slowly returns to the level it was in the early fifties, what are you going to tell your kids? Reviewer: Spuzz - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - April 26, Subject: Seek protection from a newspaper at once1 Ahhhhh, Duck and Cover, one of the films that started my obsession with archival films.