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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:28 PM
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"Duck and Cover" TCM Saturday morning 5:45am est
Comcast describes as "Famous Civil Defense film"

from 1951

fyi if you want to record it.
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:33 PM
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1. I have lived that film
We used to do this in class every so often.
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:38 PM
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3. Me too
Because a desktop of half-inch thick pressboard will protect a child from a thermonuclear blast, right?
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Journeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:58 PM
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5. It will, but only if you remember to face away from the windows. . .
'cause remember, there's nothing that says safety so well as molten glass in your ass.
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pacalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:35 PM
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2. Hahaaa! I saw the listing for it earlier. What a classic!
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Lint Head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:43 PM
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4. It's the gum stuck to the bottom of the school desk that actually
shields one from the radiation.
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PSPS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 09:25 PM
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6. "Duck and Cover" on DU right now!
Edited on Fri Jan-14-11 09:26 PM by PSPS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2kdpAGDu8s
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Doc_Technical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 09:42 PM
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7. Have you seen "The Atomic Cafe"?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083590/
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