COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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Kurt
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Bert
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Franklin
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Turtle
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bert the Turtle is shown in time with the lyric ‘I’ll duck and cover/ with my Yuletide lover’. The video for Peter Gabriel’s 1980 song ‘Games Without Frontiers’ features footage from the film at the end of song.
Detailed explanation-2: -Children learned to “duck and cover” whenever they heard the alarm, sliding under their desks, lunch tables, or whatever was sturdy nearby, and covering their heads and necks. In order to prepare Americans for a potential nuclear attack, the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) was established in 1951.
Detailed explanation-3: -Duck and Cover is a short film that was introduced into classrooms in 1951. This child friendly film created by Archer productions was a project funded by the FCDA in order to better educate children on what they can do in case of an attack.