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Duck and Cover
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Duck and Cover is a 1952 American black-and-white film produced by Archer Productions (II). Directed by Anthony Rizzo, the work is a documentary that combines live-action and animated sequences. It is presented in English and focuses on the subjects of nuclear warfare and the Cold War. The film is part of the National Film Registry and is held in the Prelinger Archives.
The runtime of the production is nine minutes. It was released on January 7, 1952. The narrative features Bert the Turtle and addresses themes of survival and civil defense for children. The film is available through History Vault. It has received a vote average of 6.081 on TMDb and a rating of 6.0 on IMDb.
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Film · TMDB
6.1An 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.
Cast
- Robert Middleton as Narrator
Themes
- nuclear war
- cold war
- survival
- kids
- civil defense
- public service
- cartoon turtle
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Named after
- duck and cover
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Duration
- 9
- Image
- Bert2.png
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- Commons category
- Duck and Cover
- publication date
- 1952-00-00
- title
- Duck and Cover
- color
- black-and-white
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