Keyword: Civil Defense

An instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to...

Young America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne...

An instructional film released by the UK Warning and Monitoring Organization which depicts its operations in the lead-up to and aftermath of a...

A man takes his American freedoms for granted, until he wakes up one morning to find out that the United States Government has been replaced with a...

Created in 1963 at the height of the Cold War, this Civil Defense training film uses a dramatic premise to show how emergency staff should manage and...

Training film for shelter managers. Food, water, sanitation, medical, and radiation detection systems are explained.

Educational film for civil defense personnel on requirements for a fallout shelter. Explains types of shelters and degrees of protection.

A training film for public shelter managers explaining when people should be allowed to leave the shelter after a disaster.

Intercuts scenes from Jack London's To build a fire with modern urban and rural winter scenes to point out the dangers of winter storms and low...

A man named Walt who has recently completed building a fallout shelter in his home, a project initiated due to the threat of nuclear war during the...

This Cold War film "Information Within Public Shelters" (1953) takes place in a fallout shelter, showing how a well-trained staff that provides...

This short shows how the city of Reading, Pennsylvania would implement civil defense procedures to help residents survive a nuclear attack. Through a...

A heavily dramatized Civil Defense film that demonstrates how a public fallout shelter is supposed to function after a nuclear attack. This scenario...

Portrays the challenges of creating a film about nuclear disaster amid public apathy. It captures behind-the-scenes moments as the crew discusses the...

This Cold War civil defense film attempts to persuade viewers that building a home fallout shelter is a smart thing to do, and they are easy and...

The creation of the atomic bomb did not only unleash a destructive force—it transformed the imagination of the nation that made it, haunting its...

Explains what war gas is, how it is used by the enemy, and how simple household items, such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solution, may be...