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The Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Age
This 1955 civil defense film, “Duck and Cover,” teaches children how to respond to an atomic attack.

This 1955 civil defense film, “Duck and Cover,” teaches children how to respond to an atomic attack.

Citation Information
Mauer, Raymond J., “Duck and Cover,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/32e16b83d82a58e335ee6374695b04fd.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of WGBH Open Vault via Digital Commonwealth.

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Item 9 of 15 in the Primary Source Set The Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Age

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A photograph of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of the Manhattan Project, who is often referred to as the “father of the atomic bomb.”
A 1950 photograph of the cyclotron, an early particle accelerator invented by Ernest Lawrence, which was used to develop an atomic bomb.
A photograph of the first atomic bomb to be tested, “Trinity,” which was detonated on July 16, 1945.
The text of an eyewitness account of the Trinity bomb test, 1945.
President Harry S. Truman’s written approval, in late July 1945, to drop the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan.
A 1959 photograph of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
The “Enola Gay” was the Boeing B-29 bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
A film showing the destruction of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.
This 1955 civil defense film, “Duck and Cover,” teaches children how to respond to an atomic attack.
A photograph of members of Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons picketing in downtown Los Angeles on June 5, 1958.
A photograph of a fallout shelter, built in the backyard for personal use to keep people safe during nuclear attack.
An excerpt from the transcript of a top-secret government meeting about the possibility of Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, October 16, 1962.
The Limited Test Ban Treaty banning nuclear weapon tests between the US, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, signed August 5, 1963.
A 1953 cartoon of a hydrogen bomb leading the Earth off the edge of a cliff.
A 1950 cartoon of Death recording atomic and hydrogen bomb victims in his book.

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