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CIVI· DEFENSE F LM "DU I{ AND COVER"



A reprint of the Federal Civil Defense Administration's booklet.

'tOUR. CIT'?' AND ITS CIVIL DEFENSE: WII...L TR'i TO WARN YOU WITH A SPECIAL ALARM IN TIME TO GO TO SPECIAL 6HELTER ... THEN ...

You MUST GO QUICKL'7' AND QUlETL¥ TO THE SPECIAL 5HELTEI<. AS THE BLOCK. WARDEN, YOUR TEACHER OR. ,-(OUR PA~ENT5 TELL )IOU.

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UT 50METIMES .... A I I V 'f I T--

THE 80MB MIGHT EXPLODE AND THE BRIGHT FLASH COME ... WITHOUT ANY WARNING.'

'THERE IS ALWA'iS SOMETHING TO SHELTER 'IOU-INDOORS. A SCHOOL DESK, A CHAIR, A TABLE. ALWAYS DUCK AWA"1 FROM WINDOWSAt-JD GLASS DO'" -

OUTDOO~S, DUCK BEHIND WALLS AND TREES", EVEN IN A HOLLOW IN THE GROUND. IN A BUS OR AUTOj DUCK DOWN BEHIND O~ UNDER THE ScATS.

aUT REMEMBER ... 00 IT INSTANTLY ... DON'T STAND AND LOOK. DUCK AND COVER.'

NOTE: NEITHER THE T(TLE. "Due K AND GOVER" 0" THE CHARACTEI< ~'BERT THE TURTLE·' MAY

BE I<EP~OOUCED FOR SALE IN ANY FORM WITHOUT PERMISSION 01= THE COPVRIGHT OWNER A~CHER PRODU('TIONS, INC·1NEW YOR\<

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.OU HAVE LEARNED HOW TO TAKE CARE OF "-IOURSELF IN MANY w. se- TO CROSS STREETS SAI=EL'f.

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AND yOU KNOW WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF FIRE -- B-U'-T •.•

THE ATOMIC 80MB IS A NEW DANGER. IT EXPLODES WITH A FLASH BRIGHTER THAN ANY YOU'VE EVER SEEN.

THINGS WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN ALL OVER. TOWN, AND, AS IN A BIG WIND, THEY ARE BLOWN THROUGH THE AIR·, YOU MUST BE READY TO PROTECT YOURSELF.

SO, LIKE .BERT, '-IOU TO AVOJD

THE T~JNGS FL'i/N6 THROUGH THE AIR: ...

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TO KEEP FROM GETTING CUT OR EVEN BADL'i BURNED.

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