- This RKO-Pathe short film promotes the need for cooperation and neighborliness in the event of a nuclear disaster and associated civil defense procedures. After preaching the power of modern (for 1956) atomic weapons, civil defense is what saves everyday citizens. The scene shifts to Reading, PA where 8,000 volunteers contribute to the civil defense effort. They may take first aid classes or firearms training for auxiliary police. The national alert system and local communications systems are all in place. All that is needed, the film suggests, is for everyone to be alert.—garykmcd
- The United States was built on the spirit of neighborliness and cooperation, a spirit which largely still exists today as a natural instinct. This spirit was fostered in part by a mentality of protection. This spirit is needed now more than ever due the possibility of hydrogen bomb attacks, although education is required to inform people that that cooperation is required for survival of such an attack. Key to survival of such an attack is civil defense. The National Civil Defense Administration, headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, is the primary coordinating body at the national level. However, much of the detailed work has to be done at the local level with local input and local organization. One such local civil defense unit, the Berks County Civil Defense which covers the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, is presented. The work of this and all other civil defense units not only prepare for surviving a nuclear attack, but surviving any disaster, natural or man made, that may befall their jurisdiction.—Huggo
- This short shows how the city of Reading, Pennsylvania would implement civil defense procedures to help residents survive a nuclear attack. Through a network of volunteers, makeshift hospitals would be set up, auxiliary police officers would maintain order, and other elements of the civil defense program would be put in place.—David Glagovsky <dglagovsky@verizon.net>
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