From the civil defense film "Duck and Cover" in the United States. Scenes of explosion and fire. People from fire extinguishing department spray water on a building. A person near the fire extinguisher service truck. Traffic police directs the moving vehicles. Children cross a road. A professor explains to the children about the dangers of an atomic bomb. Cartoon animation: atomic explosion. A buildings being damaged by the explosion. A turtle covers itself. A woman applies medicine to a child. A teacher explains ways to protect oneself during an explosion. A picture of a turtle drawn on a board. A girl child hides herself under a table.
From the civil defense film "Duck and Cover" in the United States. Children in the corridor of a school building. A boy sits down near a wall and covers his head with hands. Children sit at a dinning table. A child ducks under the table and others observe. Children at the entrance of a house. Children on the way to a school. The children duck down and cover their heads with hands. A woman sitting on the stairs covers herself.
From the civil defense film "Duck and Cover" in the United States. A family on vacation. A woman and children sit on the ground having a picnic. A man adjusts a cooking fire with a stick. After a bright flash, the woman and children cover themselves with their picnic blanket. The man lies on the ground and covers his head with a newspaper.
Douglas Edwards interviews William Donner in the United States. Douglas Edwards, an American television anchor speaks about shelter and evacuation for nuclear fallout. Fallout shelter sign (for atomic or nuclear attack) in front of a family fallout shelter bunker with beds, furnishings, and supplies. He interviews William Donner from the Office of civil defense and mobilization. William Donner speaks about the situations in which to evacuate and to seek shelter. He speaks about the factors that govern the evacuate or shelter policies during an emergency.
Youth Congress in Washington DC soon after Russian invasion of Finland. Young people march in street, carrying large American flag held horizontally. Men hold a banner which reads 'Civil Liberties'. A woman on horseback holds a poster which reads 'No Arms'. U.S. President Roosevelt addresses the Youth Congress at the White House. He condemns the Soviet Union as a dictatorship and decries its invasion Finland, as an assault on a very small neighboring country that only wishes to live in peace as a democracy. Roosevelt extols the political nature of Finland.
John F Kennedy delivering American University Commencement Address and raises issue of human rights over all the other issues. He is honored with Honorary Degree of Doctor of Civil Law. 10 June 1963.
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