Product Details

• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Quality Information Publishers, Inc.
• Run Time: 9 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001CDUEBO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,797 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This Duck and Cover civil defense film is the original "nuclear attack safety film" that assures children protection from atomic bombs by getting low to the ground and covering up. A pillar of 1950s history, this hilariously ineffective nuclear survival technique has been satirically mimicked on countless occasions. The cutesy film features the animated character Bert the Turtle showing kids the classic "duck and cover" way to survive a nuclear attack. Bert is walking down the street, minding his own business, while the "duck and cover" theme song plays in the background: 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! A monkey in a tree then dangles a little piece of dynamite in Burt's face, causing Burt to hide in his shell for cover, escaping the resulting explosion that takes out both the monkey and the tree! The film then switches to a live action family picnicking and the narrator advises children that when they see the flash of the bomb, they can survive as long as they crouch down and take cover. Duck and Cover is a riotous classic film exemplifying American governmental fear prevention and political propaganda.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Poor Transfer to DVD, September 3, 2009

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Mr Clyde (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Survival Under Atomic Attack Film: Duck and Cover (1951) [DVD] - Civil Defense Film with Bert The Turtle (DVD)

I was looking forward to seeing this in full, having only previously seen clips on TV. However, whoever was in charge of running the projector didn't bother to check the sound connections, so the resulting sound on the DVD only came from the left speaker. The incidental music for the menu came through both speakers, so it wasn't my system at fault.

4.0 out of 5 stars Takes Me Back, December 25, 2010

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G. G. (California, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Survival Under Atomic Attack Film: Duck and Cover (1951) [DVD] - Civil Defense Film with Bert The Turtle (DVD)

I remeber warching shown these films at school and then being scared everytime I heard a large boom that "The Bomb" had dropped.