Bert the Turtle Taught Duck and Cover.

Posted by Alex in Video Clips, Weapons & War on March 4, 2007 at 12:13 pm


In 1951 the Civil Defense Department decided to use Bert the Turtle animation to teach children to "Duck and Cover" [wiki] in case of a Soviet nuclear attack.

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6 comments to "Bert the Turtle Taught Duck and Cover."

  1. Carl Huber
    March 4th, 2007 at 12:30 pm

    "Teached" ?

  2. KC
    March 4th, 2007 at 1:05 pm

    Maybe you should go back to school to learn English, not duck and cover. "Teached"

  3. paul
    March 4th, 2007 at 5:46 pm

    taught?

  4. Alex
    March 4th, 2007 at 10:43 pm

    hahaha! my mistake... must've skipped class that day!!

  5. travis
    March 5th, 2007 at 12:18 am

    so glad to know that if i duck and cover i won't be incinerated...

  6. no means maybe
    March 5th, 2007 at 2:09 am

    All the cool kids know the correct thing to do in case of a nuclear explosion is to stick a cigarette in your mouth and flip the bird with both hands.

    (well that would have been cool in the 80s, i don't know what kids are up to these days)


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