Duck and Cover Flashcards
Duck and Cover 1951
A way to keep children safe during an atomic attack. And despite its over simplification the source is telling in how the US civil defense administration wanted to deal with public relation surrounding the USSR recent development
How the united states government use coinciding fear and assurance in order to create a society on high atmoc alert while still preventing widespread public
The videos dark content which is delivered in a cheesy supportive narration. The film starts off with a monkey setting off an explosive that destroys the monkey and the tree. But bert the turtle survived because he knew how to duck and cover.
There is a contrast between the dark themes of death and the cartoon especially because of the casual death of the small creature
The film produces simultaneously frighten the children snf reassure them. The terro and unpredictability of a bomb was scary yet by using cartoons and comapring this threat to the risk of a fire or car accident
This made it all familiar and graspable
-Fear helped to rally support for nuclear research programmes
The film makers use familar scenarios and semiotics in order to better reach young viewers
The deadly attack is portrayed as a household and to avoid death are rewarded in the way their decision to look both ways when they cross the street
