Duck And Cover Film Analysis

In December of 1962, president John F Kennedy broadcasted, “A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.” Even though there was little hand-to-hand combat during the Cold War, an estimated 389 men died while in air-combat. Nations experienced both victories and losses. But, without the Cold War, America (and other countries for that matter) would have never learned from their mistakes. To show their superiority, America was going to explode a bomb on the moon. Thankfully that never happened, but America and the involved countries have learned from their faults and decisions so history will not repeat itself. The Cold War, characterized as a time of constant apprehension and suspicion, produced

Because the film was such a hit, the Alert America Convoy was launched with 10 trucks and trailers touring the nation for nine months. They brought diagrams, models, and movies that provided information to 1.1 million people. The 1951 duck and cover pamphlet sold around 20 million copies. A film, a record album and even a radio program was produced! The franchise produced a travelling show called Alert America. This show toured the country for nine months, and the film was broadcasted across the nation. Bert the Turtle showed the children what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. The delivery was short and sweet, so the children could easily follow along with the message (“Duck and

Propaganda even was expelled in the form of Hollywood movies. The most infamous storyline was that anyone you knew could possibly be, or is becoming a Communist. These movies became a very proficient way to add to the already paranoid public, with scare tactics and nationalism. Since Americans were terrified by the idea of suddenly being attacked, producers promoted thoughts of post-explosion people, with grotesque features, cities in complete wasteland. Filmmakers made anti-communist films to influence, but more importantly, because they were being investigated by Washington D.C.'s Red Raiders. Because the United States wanted to remain allies with the Soviet Union, they continued to produce pro-Soviet films. This continued until the House Under American Activities Committee was questioning their motives. The HUAC was worried that these films would influence Americans to engage in Communism. Because of these investigations, filmmakers started filming obvious anti-Communist films, such as I Married a Communist (1950) and My Son John (1952) (Gustainis 550). One of the films that was created was titled Fail-Safe, which was about bombers who worked for the American side who were mistakenly asked to bomb the Soviet Union, with no way to be