Alert Today - Alive Tomorrow (1956)
• November 7th, 1956 • 0h 16min
Documentary
Overview
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.
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