Duck and Cover
Duck and cover is a suggested method of protection from nuclear weapons. Duck and cover is a method where the person must lay face-forward towards a wall or under a table in the fetal position. Today[when?] it is used for earthquakes and tornadoes.
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In the 1952 United States civil defense film, Duck and Cover, "Bert the Turtle" teaches schoolchildren how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack.
Duck and cover drill in a sсhool in Brooklyn in 1962
The adult-orientated Survival Under Atomic Attack issued in 1950, pre-dated the release of Duck and Cover in 1951-52. The booklet was accompanied by a companion film by the same name.
An Operation Doorstep mother and daughter mannequin pair in an improvised basement lean-to shelter prior to testing in Upshot-Knothole Annie. To shelter-in-place in such an area would offer, in a number of outdoor dose rates, an adequate fallout radiation protection factor (PF) or "dose reduction factor" of 20 or more.
