Civil Defense In Schools

Duration: 33

Genre: Educational

Creator: U S Office Of Civil Defense Mobilization

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Provides practical guidelines for developing Civil Defense Programs in schools. In a step-by-step review, school and civil defense officials are shown working together in planning and activating civil defense plans to protect children now, and to prepare them for adult life in the nuclear age., Depicts the traditional role of the school in protecting the student from natural disasters such as tornadoes; and indicates the need in this atomic age for a new type protection--protection from radioactive fallout. Describes procedures for setting up a civil defense program in the school system and shows the role of persons concerned, from the school superintendent through the classroom teacher. Stresses the importance of immediately setting up a protection program and adding a study of civil defense to the curriculum.

Complete Record: Provides practical guidelines for developing Civil Defense Programs in schools. In a step-by-step review, school and civil defense officials are shown working together in planning and activating civil defense plans to protect children now, and to prepare them for adult life in the nuclear age., Depicts the traditional role of the school in protecting the student from natural disasters such as tornadoes; and indicates the need in this atomic age for a new type protection--protection from radioactive fallout. Describes procedures for setting up a civil defense program in the school system and shows the role of persons concerned, from the school superintendent through the classroom teacher. Stresses the importance of immediately setting up a protection program and adding a study of civil defense to the curriculum.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.