by Susan Duclos, All News Pipeline:

During the cold war, which started in 1947 after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, Americans were told to “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear explosion. The Federal Civil Defense Administration, in consultation with the Safety Commission of the National Educational, created and released the “Duck and Cover – Bert the Turtle” (1951) short film, which was a little over 9 minutes.

There is a short one minute version listed as the original TV advert, which we will show below for those young enough to have never seen it, with the full 9 minutes 14 second version at the bottom of this article.