Duck and Cover

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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... Read allInstructional 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.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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6.0/10

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Leo M. Langlois III

Tony
(uncredited)

Ray J. Mauer

Civil Defense Worker
(uncredited)

Robert Middleton

Narrator
(voice)
(uncredited)

Carl Ritchie

Bert
(voice)
(uncredited)

George Winslow

Student
(uncredited)

Director
- Anthony Rizzo
Writer
- Ray J. Mauer
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Trivia
Riffed for Rifftrax by MST3K alums Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson and Bill Corbett.

Goofs
When the bomb goes off while Paul and Patty are walking down the street, the people in the background don't duck and cover at the same time.

Quotes
Narrator: It's a bomb! Duck and cover!

Connections
Edited into Federal Follies - Volume 1 (1986)

Soundtracks
Bert the Turtle
(uncredited)
Written by Leon Carr and Leo Corday
Performed by Dave Lambert
Arranged by Dave Lambert

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5/10

Delusional nonsense

This is probably one of the most infamous educational films about nuclear war. An animated turtle helps tell the children this is aimed at that, in the case of nuclear attack, they can protect themselves by dropping on the ground and covering their head and neck with their hands. It's not clear why you would want to spread this ridiculous misinformation ... most likely to create a false sense of security by creating the impression that your foreign policy isn't aiming towards the complete destruction of your society ... we can all survive kids. Just cover your head!