This famous Civil Defense film fhas Bert the Turtle showing children
what to do in case of atomic attack.
The film starts with an animated sequence, showing an anthropomorphic
turtle walking down the road. A chorus sings the Duck and Cover theme:
There was a turtle by the name of Bert
and Bert the turtle was very alert;
when danger threatened him he never got hurt
he knew just what to do...
He ducked! [inhalation sound]
And covered!
Ducked! [inhalation sound]
And covered!
While this goes on, Bert is attacked by a monkey holding a string from
which hangs a lighted firecracker. Bert ducks into his shell in the nick
of time, as the firecracker goes off and blows up both the monkey and
the tree he is sitting in. Bert, however, is shown perfectly safe, because
he has ducked and covered.
The film, which is about 10 minutes long, then switches to live footage,
as a narrator explains what children should do "when you see the flash"
of an atomic bomb. The movie goes on to suggest that by ducking down low
in the event of a nuclear explosion, the children would be safer than
they would be standing, and explains some basic survival tactics for nuclear
war.
Producer: Archer Productions, Inc.
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 9:15
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