That part of us very and dangerous and maybe never got in the past, but is is back and that and he did what we must learn to do. You and you and you you got and got the be sure. And remember what bertha turtle just did friends because every one of us must remember to do the same thing. Thats what this film is all about. Duck and cover. This is an official Civil Defense film produced in cooperation with. The federal Civil Defense administration and in consultation with the Safety Commission of the national education, produced by productions inc. Hey, bird, come on out and meet all these nice people, please. Oh all right. We really cant blame you. You see, bird is a very careful fellow and a danger. This is the way he keeps from being hurt. Sometimes it even saves his life. Thats why these children are practicing to duck and cover. Just as you do in your school. We all know the atomic bomb is very dangerous since it may be used against us, we must get ready for it. Just as we are ready for many other dangers that around us all the time. Fire is a danger. It can burn whole buildings if. Someone is careless, but we are ready for fire. We have a Fine Fire Department to put out the fire. And you have fire drills in your school. So you know what to do. Automobiles can be dangerous too. They sometimes cause bad accidents, but we are ready . We have safety rules. That car and people who are walking must now we must be ready for a new danger. The atomic bomb. First you have to know what happens. An atomic bomb explodes. You will know when it comes. We hope it never comes. But we must get ready. It looks Something Like this there is a bright flash, brighter the sun brighter than anything youve ever seen. If you are not ready and did not know what to do, it could hurt you in different ways. It could knock you down hard or throw you against a tree or a wall. It is such a big it can smash in buildings and knock signboards over and break windows all over town. But if you duck cover like bird it will be much safer. You know how bad sunburn feel . The atomic bomb flash could burn you worse than a terrible especially when youre not covered know you and i have shells to crawl into like birds turtles all we have to cover up our own way. First you duck and then you cover and very you cover the back of your neck your face duck and cover underneath the table or desk or anything else close by. And that is cool. They are talking about the atomic bomb to that he is asking a teacher, how can we tell when the atomic may explode . And a teacher is explaining that there are two kind of attack with warning and without warning. We think that most of the time we will be warned before the bomb explodes. So there will be time for us to get into our homes or some other safe place. Our Civil Defense workers and our men in uniform will do everything they can to warn us before planes can bring a bomb near. You may be your schoolyard playing when the signal. That signal means to stop whatever you are doing and get to the nearest place fast. Always remember the flash of an atomic bomb can at any time, no matter where you may be, you might be out playing at home when the warning come. And be sure to get into the house fast or. Your parents have fixed a safe place for you to go. If you not close to home when you hear the warning, go to the nearest safe cover. Know where you are to go, or ask an older person help you in the places marked with the sign. There are safe places to go when you hear the alarm. If there is a warning, you will hear it before the bomb explodes. But sometimes and this is very, very sometimes the bomb might explode without any. Then the first thing we would know about it would be the flash. And that means duck and cover wherever you are. There is no time to look around or wait be like burt when there is a flash duck and cover and do it fast. Here are some older boys showing what to do if the flash comes when you are not in the classroom, this is what to do. If you should be in a corridor. You and cover tight against the wall this way remember to keep your face in the back of your neck covered tightly try to fall away from windows or doors glass in them. Then if the glass breaks and flies through the air. It catch you. You might be eating your lunch when the flash comes duck and cover under the then if they makes anything in the room, fall down it cant fall on you. Getting ready means we will all have to be able to take care of ourselves. The bomb might explode when there are no grown ups near paul and patty. I know this and they are always ready to take care themselves here. They are on their way to school on a beautiful spring. But no matter where they go, what they do, they always try to remember what to do. If the atom bomb explodes right then it is a bomb that can cover paul and patty know what to do. Paul covered the back of his head so that he wouldnt be burned and patty covered herself a coat she was carrying. They knew how to duck and cover. They acted right away. When the flash came, if they had been at this when the bomb blast paul and patty would have ducked and covered this way like this girl. Heavy doorways are a good place to duck and cover. She will be to here is tony going to his cub meeting. Tony knows the bomb explode any time of the year. They are night. He is ready for it. Duck and cover had a boy tony that means act fast tony knows that it helps to get any kind of cover this wall close by so thats where he ducked and covered tony knew what to do. Notice how he keeps from moving or from getting up and running. He stays down until he is sure the danger is over. The man helping tony is a Civil Defense worker. His job is to help protect us. There is danger of the atomic bomb. We must obey the civil worker. We must know how to duck and cover in the school bus or in any other bus or streetcar that can cover. Dont wait. Duck away from the windows fast. The may break and fly through the air and cut you sundays holidays vacation time. We must be ready every day all the time to do the thing if the atomic bomb explodes that can cover this knows what to do just as your own family should they know that even a thin cloth helps them even a newspaper can save you a bad burn. But the most thing of all is to duck and yourself, especially where your clothes do not cover you no matter where we live in, the city or the country, we must ready all the time for atomic bomb that can cover. Thats the first thing to do. Duck and cover the next important thing to do after that is to stay covered until the danger is over. Yes, we must all get ready now so we how to save ourselves at the atomic bomb ever explodes near it . If you do not know just to do, ask your teacher when. This film is over discuss what. You could do in different places if a bomb older people will help us as they always do. But there might not be any grownups around when the bomb explodes then youre on your own. Remember what to do. Friends. Now tell me right out loud what you supposed to do when you see the flash. That and that and