Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Fallout Shelters




Photograph of a basement family fallout shelter that includes a 14-day food supply that could be stored indefinitely, a battery-operated radio, auxiliary light sources, a two-week supply of water, and first aid, sanitary, and other miscellaneous supplies and equipment, ca.1957. [National Archives. http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/fallout-docs/ ]







Pamphlet entitled "Facts about Fallout" page 7. [National Archives. http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/fallout-docs/#documents]





Civil Defense Museum Art. Gallery of Photos
http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/artgal/artgallery2.html




Bert the Turtle


Duck and Cover. Famous Civil Defense film for children in which Bert the Turtle shows what to do in case of atomic attack.
[Youtube. also view @ Internet Archive. http://www.archive.org/details/DuckandC1951]


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