Spread The Alarm

Spread The Alarm Explains the liaison between the telephone system and civilian defence units during wartime. Map showing New England states. CUs circled newspaper headlines re civil defence exercises in vars communities. Myron D Chase, co-ordinator of civil defence plans, stands in front of poster with ‘Air Raid Warning’ and using pointer explains the part telephones play in air defence - Air Raid Warning Service, Air Raid Alarming Service and Air Raid Precaution Service. Other poster detailing alarm service and air raid precautions - ‘When The Bombs Drop!’. 21:50:28 Air raid drill / civil defence exercise in Newton, Mass. Burning factory - Air Raid Warden running to telephone booth to report damage. INT report centre / telephone room; group of women on telephones round table receiving reports. CU report written on form by woman; hands form to boy scout who rushes it to the chief warden. Sea scout hands report to Chief Warden who reads out to officials in room. Location and extent of damage plotted on large wall map. Men on telephones. 21:53:10 Fire engines leave station; more men on telephones. Emergency car leaves garages. In control room boards show what equipment has been despatched. Vars name boards showing presence of representatives from all the essential community / public utility services. Men on phones directing operations; wide shot of control room. 21:54:36 Sign ‘District Warning Center’ - Operations control room. Map of New England w/ caption ‘New England Citizens Will Be Ready’. WWII. Cold War.