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Duck and Cover was a civil defense film produced in 1951 by the United States federal government's civil defense branch shortly after the Soviet Union began nuclear testing. It was shown in schools as the cornerstone of the government's "duck and cover" public awareness campaign. The film suggests that by ducking down low in the event of a nuclear explosion, children would be safer than they would be standing, and explains some basic survival tactics for nuclear war.Film credit: Archer Productions, Inc.