How to Terrify Children

This Civil Defense film from 1951 is a typical example of the propaganda we children were subjected to in the early days of the Cold War. The intention may not have been to scare the Bejesus out of us but that certainly was the result.

I recall often wondering on mornings as I left for school if it was going to be my last day on Earth. I also recall the frequent A-Bomb drills at school where sirens alerted us to duck and cower beneath our desks so we could get our clothes dirty!