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00:00:00 #1 Dumb, deal dumb dumb, deal dumb, never got hurt.

00:00:17 #2 Did what we all must learn to do.

00:00:30 #3 Be sure and remember what Bert the Turtle just did, friends,

00:00:41 #4 because every one of us must remember to do the same thing.

00:00:45 #5 That's what this film is all about.

00:00:47 #6 Duck and cover.

00:00:49 #7 This is an official civil defense film produced in cooperation

00:00:53 #8 with the Federal Civil Defense Administration

00:00:55 #9 and in consultation with the Safety Commission of the National

00:00:58 #10 Education Association.

00:01:00 #11 produced by Archer Productions Incorporated.

00:01:04 #12 Hey Bert, come on out and meet all these nice people.

00:01:07 #13 Please?

00:01:08 #14 Oh, all right.

00:01:09 #15 We really can't blame you.

00:01:11 #16 You see, Bert is a very, very careful fellow.

00:01:15 #17 When there's danger, this is the way

00:01:17 #18 he keeps from being hurt.

00:01:19 #19 Sometimes it even saves his life.

00:01:22 #20 That's why these children are practicing to duck and cover

00:01:26 #21 just as you do in your school.

00:01:28 #22 We all know the atomic bomb is very dangerous.

00:01:32 #23 Since it may be used against us, we must get ready for it,

00:01:35 #24 just as we are ready for many other dangers that

00:01:37 #25 are around us all the time.

00:01:39 #26 Fire is a danger.

00:01:41 #27 It can burn whole buildings if someone is careless.

00:01:45 #28 But we are ready for fires.

00:01:47 #29 We have a fine fire department to put out the fire.

00:01:50 #30 And you have fire drills in your school

00:01:52 #31 so you know what to do.

00:01:54 #32 Automobiles can be dangerous too.

00:01:56 #33 They sometimes cause bad accidents, but we are ready.

00:02:00 #34 We have safety rules that car drivers and people who are walking must obey.

00:02:04 #35 Now, we must be ready for a new danger, the atomic bomb.

00:02:10 #36 First, you have to know what happens when an atomic bomb explodes.

00:02:14 #37 You will know when it comes.

00:02:16 #38 We hope it never comes, but we must get ready.

00:02:19 #39 It looks something like this.

00:02:20 #40 There is a bright flash, brighter than the sun, brighter than anything you've ever seen.

00:02:25 #41 If you are not ready and did not know what to do, it could hurt you in different ways.

00:02:31 #42 It could knock you down hard or throw you against a tree or a wall.

00:02:36 #43 It is such a big explosion.

00:02:37 #44 It can smash in buildings and knock signboards over and break windows all over town.

00:02:43 #45 But if you duck and cover like Bert, you will be much safer.

00:02:48 #46 You know how bad sunburn can feel.

00:02:51 #47 The atomic bomb flash could burn you worse than a terrible sunburn.

00:02:55 #48 especially where you're not covered.

00:02:57 #49 Now, you and I don't have shells to crawl into like Bert the Turtle,

00:03:01 #50 so we have to cover up in our own way.

00:03:04 #51 First, you duck, and then you cover.

00:03:08 #52 And very tightly, you cover the back of your neck and your face.

00:03:12 #53 Duck can cover underneath the table or desk or anything else close by.

00:03:18 #54 In Betty's school, they are talking about the atomic bomb tool.

00:03:22 #55 Betty is asking her teacher, how can we tell when the atomic bomb may explode?

00:03:27 #56 And her teacher is explaining that there are two kinds of attack,

00:03:30 #57 with warning and without any warning.

00:03:34 #58 We think that most of the time we will be warned before the bomb explodes,

00:03:38 #59 so there will be time for us to get into our homes, schools, or some other safe place.

00:03:44 #60 Our civil defense workers and our men in uniform will do everything they can

00:03:48 #61 to warn us before enemy planes can bring a bomb nearest.

00:03:52 #62 You may be in your schoolyard playing when the signal comes.

00:03:56 #63 That signal means to stop whatever you are doing and get to the nearest safe place fast.

00:04:05 #64 Always remember, a flash of an atomic bomb can come at any time, no matter where you may be.

00:04:12 #65 You might be out playing at home when the warning comes.

00:04:16 #66 Then be sure to get into the house fast, or your parents have fixed a safe place for you to go.

00:04:25 #67 If you are not close to home when you hear the warning, go to the nearest safe cover.

00:04:30 #68 Know where you are to go, or ask an older person to help you.

00:04:35 #69 You know the places marked with the S sign?

00:04:38 #70 There are safe places to go when you hear the alarm.

00:04:41 #71 If there is a warning, you will hear it before the bomb explodes.

00:04:46 #72 But sometimes, and this is very, very important,

00:04:50 #73 sometimes the bomb might explode without any warning.

00:04:55 #74 Then the first thing we would know about it would be the flash.

00:04:58 #75 And that means duck and cover fast wherever you are.

00:05:01 #76 There's no time to look around or wait. Be like Bert.

00:05:05 #77 When there is a flash, duck and cover and do it fast.

00:05:09 #78 Here are some older boys showing what to do if the flash comes when you are not in the classroom.

00:05:15 #79 This is what to do if you should be in a corridor.

00:05:18 #80 You duck and cover tight against the wall this way.

00:05:22 #81 Remember to keep your face in the back of your neck covered tightly.

00:05:26 #82 Try to fall away from windows or doors with glass in them.

00:05:30 #83 Then, if the glass breaks and flies through the air, it won't cut you.

00:05:35 #84 You might be eating your lunch when the flash comes.

00:05:37 #85 Duck and cover under the table.

00:05:40 #86 Then, if the explosion makes anything in the room fall down, it can't fall on you.

00:05:45 #87 Getting ready means we will all have to be able to take care of ourselves.

00:05:50 #88 The bomb might explode when there are no grown-ups near.

00:05:53 #89 Paul and Patty know this, and they're always ready to take care of themselves.

00:05:58 #90 Here they are on their way to school on a beautiful spring day.

00:06:02 #91 But no matter where they go or what they do, they always try to remember what to do if the atom bomb explodes right then.

00:06:10 #92 It's a bomb, duck and cover.

00:06:13 #93 Paul and Patty know what to do. Paul covered the back of his head so that he

00:06:17 #94 wouldn't be burned and Patty covered herself with the coat she was carrying.

00:06:21 #95 They knew how to duck and cover. They acted right away when the flash came.

00:06:27 #96 If they had been at this doorway when the bomb flashed, Paul and Patty would have

00:06:32 #97 ducked and covered this way, like this girl. Heavy doorways are a good place to

00:06:36 #98 duck and cover. She will be safer too. Here's Tony going to his Cub Scout

00:06:42 #99 meeting. Tony knows the bomb can explode any time of the year, day or night. He is

00:06:47 #100 ready for it. Duck and cover. Add a boy Tony. That flash means act fast. Tony knows

00:06:55 #101 that it helps to get to any kind of cover. This wall was close by so that's where

00:07:00 #102 he ducked and covered. Tony knew what to do. Notice how he keeps from moving or

00:07:05 #103 from getting up and running. He stays down until he is sure the danger is over.

00:07:10 #104 The man helping Tony is a civil defense worker.

00:07:14 #105 His job is to help protect us when there is danger of the atomic bomb.

00:07:18 #106 We must obey the civil defense worker.

00:07:21 #107 We must know how to duck and cover in the school bus, or in any other bus or streetcar.

00:07:28 #108 Duck and cover!

00:07:30 #109 Don't wait. Duck away from the windows fast.

00:07:34 #110 The glass may break and fly through the air and cut you.

00:07:37 #111 Sundays, holidays, vacation time, we must be ready every day, all the time, to do the right thing if the atomic bomb explodes.

00:07:47 #112 Duck and cover!

00:07:49 #113 This family knows what to do, just as your own family should.

00:07:53 #114 They know that even a thin cloth helps protect them.

00:07:57 #115 Even a newspaper can save you from a bad burn.

00:07:59 #116 But the most important thing of all is to duck and cover yourself, especially where your clothes do not cover you.

00:08:06 #117 No matter where we live in the city or the country,

00:08:10 #118 we must be ready all the time for the atomic bomb.

00:08:14 #119 Duck and cover! That's the first thing to do. Duck and cover.

00:08:19 #120 The next important thing to do after that is to stay covered until the danger is over.

00:08:25 #121 Yes, we must all get ready now, so we know how to save ourselves

00:08:30 #122 if the atomic bomb ever explodes near us.

00:08:33 #123 If you do not know just what to do, ask your teacher when this film is over.

00:08:38 #124 Discuss what you could do in different places if a bomb explodes.

00:08:42 #125 Older people will help us as they always do, but there might not be any grown-ups around when the bomb explodes.

00:08:48 #126 Then, you're on your own.

00:08:51 #127 Remember what to do, friends. Now tell me right out loud.

00:08:54 #128 What are you supposed to do when you see the flash? Flash?

00:08:58 #129 No!

00:09:02 #130 Yes!