INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY ACTION ON WARNING

[Music] yes [Music] Dad I'm finished okay okay me too there a new P where is it not my bookcase oh thanks Daddy [Applause] Kenny let's have some news it's about that time come on dad you can watch that show some other time okay thanks but due to the sudden resolution of the problem and the relaxing of tensions the Secretary General moved for an adjournment and this was approved by the council the issue will be debated by the general assembly and now for the local news with all eyes on the tense International situation last week we interviewed this morning the local official who is perhaps the man most directly concerned the director for civil defense for this city Mr Stanley J Packard and here is that filmed report Mr Packard did the international crisis affect your civil defense activities in any way yes many of our emergency civil defense activities were stepped up does our Continental defense system affect civil defense of course we learned some valuable lessons from last week's crisis and we're incorporating them in our community planning yes sir but was our local civil defense ready for any contingency not as ready as we could be how about the general public it's a little hard to say were you ready well sir I did remember that there was a shelter in the basement of my St if that's what you mean that's exactly what I mean fact that you know where a shelter is and how to get to it put you way ahead of a great many people I'm afraid many do not do you think the recent crisis has made people think about it I certainly hope so as a matter of fact this would be a very good time for everyone to make sure he knows the alert and take cover warning signals where the public shelters are located and how to get to them and most especially to review his own family preparedness plan in other words just what each member of his family is supposed to do in case of attack thank you Mr Packard that was Stanley J Packard director of our local office of civil defense and by the way do you know exactly what your family would do if an attack came say it 10:00 tomorrow morning it's a good question isn't it it's a darn good question mhm it is Mommy [Music] okay I know what you'd do you'd rush over to the grammar school to be with Janice how about you you'd probably jump into the car and dash like a madman for home Janice she'd probably run for home as fast as her legs could carry her oh no I wouldn't I'd go down in the basement in school like the teacher said look don't give me that give me that all right do we really know what to do if the warning comes of course we'd all go down to the grammar school it is the nearest shelter isn't it oh great you all come over with me that's fine if the warning came right now when we're all here suppose you were at the church at choir practice or if you were at the shopping center or with your Bridge Club say we were up at the lake oh G mommy what if Kenny was out in a scout hike red what's the point of all this you know you're right honey we need some answers do the kids know what to do if there is no warning just a flash of course they do Janice what did your teacher tell you well she told us to get under our desks and stay away from Windows and then we all go down the basement and stay there she knows well that's okay as far as it goes but the bombs can fall so far away from here that we won't see any flash or feel any concussion or hear any sound except the warning siren the danger will come a little later radioactive fallout oh yeah hey that's the stuff that gives off the Rays that can go right through you and you don't even know about it till you get sick or even die cut cut it's true you're just trying to scare Janice mom can I take my milk and apple now sure honey look all right all right look let's do this let's go over what each of us would do take different days and different circumstances all right but let's start first with the Mr Haron scar who me I know what to do oh all right then tell us start with 10:00 tomorrow morning and uh give us a few other examples okay see 10:00 tomorrow that's easy I'd be in school and I'd be just about finishing second period history now if the warning came we'd all go into the shelter in the basement we've done it lots of times before it only takes a few minutes oh well that's easy Janice even knows that yes that's right but let's just say this happened when you were on your way to school what would you do then all right let's say I heard the warning going to school or coming home after school if the warning came then I'd head for whichever was closest but if nobody was home I'd probably go to the school in any case I head for one or the other and fast now if I was somewhere else farther from here say over on Central Avenue with Bud well then I guess I'd look for shelter over there I think I remember seeing a sign outside of Mitchell's department store you know we had that practice drill last year sure we'd want to come home if we could but there might not be enough time another place I might be is over at the diamond in Shelly Park if the warning came then I'd be closer to home than anywhere else so I'd hop on my bike I could make it home in 10 minutes well that's what I do okay okay Kenny I don't know Fred I think we should all be together in a situation like that well listen Edith we'd be much better off to survive and get together afterwards besides the mark shelters would give more protection than our basement I suppose so Janice what if you were playing with Betty would you know what to do sure I would what honey go into Betty's house yes and do what Betty's mother tells me you know I'd come and get you just as soon as I could don't you sure I know you would and then we'd all go to my school basement if there was time don't worry about me Daddy all right now your turn well let's see tomorrow morning 10:00 tomorrow's Wednesday first I drive you to work then I come home then I go to the supermarket it would just be about 10:00 when I get there I don't know if there's a shelter in the store I doubt [Music] it besides it it's less than a mile from home so even if I couldn't use the main roads and I had to take the side streets all the way I think I could make it home in less than 10 minutes and then I could go to the grammar school and be with Janice or if it were afternoon and I took the bus downtown to the shopping district and the warning came well the sensible thing would be to go into the shelter right there if I knew the kids were safe in school I think I could do it [Music] there are a lot of other places I might be Mna Freeman's dary's or if it were Bridge Club day I could be at Ruth's house one of them always drives me to where we're playing so if the warning came I couldn't very well ask one of them to take me home they'd have their own families to worry about what would you do well I could walk to Kenny's High School hey I could come and put you on my bike we're on the handlebars I could I'm sure I could you just stay in school and we know where you are okay your turn alred well um number one if I were at the plant well they've got a perfectly good shelter right in the building if I had the car with me though I'd want to come home no I think you should stay at the plant that'd be hard to do I want to be sure that you and the kids were safe well that's what we're doing now isn't it making sure yeah that's right you know there's a fellow on my bowling team Joe mlen I drove him home after the game Saturday took me inside to show me something he'd built in his basement it was a concrete block shelter in a corner to take advantage of the basement walls and built it in a spare time stop it pretty well too folding Cs and chairs flashlights spare batteries portable radio all kinds of canned food containers filled with water tools first aid kit for works even books for the kids he lets them use it as a playroom as long as they keep their hands off the supplies made me wish we'd done something like that in our basement well I I feel pretty safe after all the grammar school's only a few blocks away yeah if we could get there well why couldn't we there might not be enough time traffic might delay US ah now look on a nice day when you've got plenty of time it's a short walk to the grammar school but with the Sirens blowing everyone on the Move every block could seem a mile long oh we'd make it easy oh what if we were delayed trying to cross Century Boulevard why because it's also Highway 61 that's why the main eastbound Road oh yeah I forgot about that I never thought about sentury either if for some reason we couldn't leave the house yeah then what do we do well um we could could improve the protection right here in our own basement how well I've got all those gunny sacks in the garage they could become sandbags Kenny and I could half fill them with dirt from around your rose bushes why half full try carrying a full bag of dirt sometimes then we could use them to block the window wells but it sounds as if there wouldn't be enough time I really ought to build a shelter like Joe mclen I could get one of those civil defense manuals and see the best way the best way is to go to school you're probably right you remember mner Freeman mhm well she taking one of those courses on medical self-help that's that well first aid is what you do until the doctor comes and medical self-help is what you do in case the doctor never comes well we've talked out every situation yeah but next month we're going on vacation what do we do then that's right we'll be in a strange town with Open Country we use common sense if we stay overnight in a hotel we always notice where the fire exit is on our floor don't we well we should do the same with shelter signs in the downtown area of any City there'll be shelters in most of the large buildings you keep your eyes open for them you can't miss them and if we're out in the open country Some Farms have shelter possibilities like a root cellar or some sort of underground storage room something like an upto-date Dairy far might have shelter potential too where the buildings are made of concrete or cement blocks and if we couldn't get to town the things we normally carry in our car would help flashlight tools first aid kit Kenny's transistor radio and on weekend trips we usually have some kind of food and a thermos of milk dad what if we were at Uncle Arnold's Farm well Kenny let's see that apple storage of his has the makings of a good fallout shelter if we had any warning at all we could fix it up in plenty of time if an attack comes the important thing is that we have a plan wherever we are together or alone still things are going to be pretty bad oh but not the end of the world people are going to survive and I think our chances now are darn good you know Fred I'm really awfully glad you made us have this talk me too dad you're on the ball oh that's okay Kenny I feel much better now I I really do so do I now each of us knows what to do just in case you know Mom maybe Janice would use her head and stay in school I don't know what everybody's worri in about my teacher knows what to do and so does Mama and Daddy and even Kenny my goodness grown-up sure do [Music] worry for