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Civil Defense In Schools Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221504-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1950s

Country: USA

Location: Maryland,Rockville

TC Begins: 03:12:15

TC Ends: 03:24:09

Duration: 00:11:54

Civil Defense In Schools Pt. 2 of 2 Teacher opening door & high school students leaving classrooms, down stairs, teachers monitoring & watching. 03:13:22 Move thru large empty room. School cafeteria manager checking food supplies, blankets. CU of water valves. Battery powered radios, CUs. CU telephone w/ civil defense logo. Other supplies, Geiger counters. Emergency power generator. 03:14:43 Children playing games on floor in large. Rockville, Maryland fireman explaining equipment as young kids listening. Fifth grade kids making posters of home preparedness; boy shows teacher who reads it, nods approvingly & she puts on bulletin board w/ thumbtacks; leads discussion as kids look. First aid lesson in gymnasium w/ school nurse showing how to splint arm, bandage. School cooks showing tenth grade girls how to prepare food; cafeteria serving line; kids in crowded cafeteria talking, eating. 03:18:00 High school student taking notes as teacher behind desk lectures on American Government, points at blackboard. Boy testing foods w/ Geiger counter in physics class as others watch. 03:19:37 CU Lincoln Junior High School P.T.A. Program...guest speaker Civil Defense Director. At lectern, SOF. CU parents listening. Five points for survival for home explained. Points at model of family fallout shelter. 03:21:50 summary of film’s points. Montage of many schools. Students in classrooms. The End. Cold War; Atomic Threat; Nuclear Protection; 1950s; Preparations; Students; Government Propaganda;

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