Duck and Cover

Name: Duck and Cover
Director: Anthony Rizzo
Genre: Animation, Family
Released: 1952-01-07
Duration: 9 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Robert Middleton

“Bert the Turtle says duck and cover.”

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Directed by Anthony Rizzo

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.

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