Movie: Duck and Cover

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Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton

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    An 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.

  • Release Date

    1952-01-07

  • Average

    6

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
  • Tagline

    Bert the Turtle says duck and cover.

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  • Languages:

    English
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