Civil Defense In Schools Pt. 1 of 3

Civil Defense In Schools Pt. 1 of 3 Norwood Studios, Inc. for Office of Civil & Defense Mobilization Children in school classroom, alarm horn (CU) sounds, kids leave room. VO “The threat of disaster is never pleasant...” VO re schools protecting children over shots of dark skies - sign ‘Tornado Shelter’ - school nurse tending to injured boy. Montage traffic speeding along street, past school bus w/ cutaways to warning signs ‘School Crossing’ etc. Traffic cop stops cars for school kids to cross. VO “...today however we are threatened with a new form and magnitude of disasters. For this is the age of the atom” - still shot of atomic mushroom cloud. 10:01:54 NYC city rooftops & skyline, tilt down to school building. 10:02:13 Suburban & rural school. VO re civil defense measures. CU ‘Disaster Protection Handbook’. Civil Defense Superintendent presentation (SOF) on protection proposals to school board, uses flipchart: ‘Fallout shelters - Evacuation or dispersal - Warning’. CUs, board member making notes. Board approves funding for a more detailed protection plan. 10:04:06 Sign on door ‘Superintendent’s Office’, INT meeting to discuss defense proposals & personnel allocated responsibility MOS. School principal in office discussing w/ school staff MOS. 10:05:47 CU scale model of school site. School Superintendent & architects examining blueprints & plans for new fallout shelters in school. 10:06:21 Busy school cafeteria - can double as bomb shelter. Men surveying building to find best site for shelter. Kids working on sets for theater production in coal storage room converted to shelter. 10:07:02 EXT prison-like inner city school w/ empty concrete playground. Boys in metalwork class in dual purpose underground “shelter classrooms”. Evacuation procedures: younger kids out of school, walk & cycle home; high school students out of school & onto bus. Cold War Paranoia; American Life; Nuclear Warfare; Education; 1950s Fashion; Americana; Architectural Drawings;