Civil Defense In Schools Pt. 2 of 3

Civil Defense In Schools Pt. 2 of 3 Men examining strategic map of region. CU outdoor siren sounding various coded signals. People take cover inside building. Indoor warning systems explained - bell & light equipment, chain of communication , siren in town triggered. Switchboard operator alerted at consol, calls school principal who makes evacuation announcement MOS. Kids out of classrooms calmly, all immaculately dressed, file down stairs like zombies for shelter drills. 10:12:18 INT empty “combination fallout shelter/cafeteria”; female manager checking stock of food & blankets in store room, emergency water supply, battery powered radios & emergency telephone. Also first aid supplies, sanitation garbage cans, radiological equipment, emergency generator, ventilation. Kids playing in shelter. 10:13:54 Third-Grade childen visiting emergency facilities; Rockville, Maryland fireman showing them fire truck. Fifth-Grade class makes posters on “home preparedness”. Teacher pins poster on wall. CU crayon drawings & titles ‘when we hear the siren, we go to the shelter’; ‘a first aid kit would be helpful’. Class discusses (MOS). 10:15:48 Students practicing first aid in gymnasium supervised by school nurse; bandaging. VO “...the objective of curriculum planning is to give each student a background in the needs & methods of civil defence so they can be prepared for living in the nuclear age”. Cold War Paranoia; Preparedness; American Life; Nuclear Warfare; Americana; Education; 1950s; Fashions;