Duck N Cover - AI video enhanced

Duck and Cover b&w 1952 film - video enhanced with HitPaw online
Other Title
Civil defense for schools: duck and cover
Summary
Through animation, focuses on the steps to be taken for maximum safety in the street or in school in the event of an enemy attack by atomic or other weapons.
Names
Langlois, Leo, film producer, actor, composer
Middleton, Robert, 1911-1977, narrator
Calonius, Lars, 1916-1995, art director
Lambert, Dave, 1917-1966, arranger
Carr, Leon, composer
Archer Productions, production company
United States. Office of Civil Defense, contributor
National Education Association of the United States, contributor
Castle Films, inc., film distributor
Created / Published
United States : Castle Films, 1952.
Headings
Atomic bomb--United States--Safety measures
Civil defense readiness
Cold war--Children
Genre
Instructional films
Children's films
Sponsored films
Short films
Nonfiction films
Notes
"Produced in co-operation with the public schools of Astoria and New York, New York"--Credits.
Narrator: Robert Middleton.
Voice of Bert the Turtle: Carl Ritchie.
Vincent Bohan, Leo "Hitch" Langlois III, Ray W. Mauer.
Director of photography, Drummond Drury ; art director, Lars E. Calonius ; musical arrangement, Dave Lambert ; song "Duck and Cover" by Leo Carr, Leon Corday, Leo Langlois.
This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
Sources used: Variety, December 26, 1951, p. 17 viewed June 23, 2022 via the Internet Archive; Eagan, D., America's film legacy, 2010, p. 451-453; Library of Congress catalog: Motion pictures and film-strips, 1953-1957, p. 159.
Medium
1 video file (digital) (approximately 9 min.) : sd., b&w.
Source Collection
MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)
Digital Id
hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.01836081
Library of Congress Control Number
2022604365