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Duck and Cover

Duck and Cover

Bert the Turtle says duck and cover.

19526.00h 9m

Overview

An instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.

Directed by Anthony Rizzo
Written by Raymond J. Mauer
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Top Cast

Robert Middleton

Robert Middleton

Narrator

Themes & Keywords

nuclear warcold warsurvivalkidscivil defensepublic servicecartoon turtle

About Duck and Cover

Duck and Cover is a animation, family film released in 1952 exploring themes of nuclear war, cold war, survival, kids, civil defense, public service. Directed by Anthony Rizzo, it stars Robert Middleton. An instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.

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