Rural Civil Defense TV Spots (1965)

★★★★★ · I remember these! · RHM94611 · 2008-04-22

Wow! It was great to see these again. These were shown on TV on Saturday and Sunday Mornings when I was a kid along with the 4H television programing. I bet a lot of people watching this clip don't even know that during the 60's Saturday morning TV was educational for kids before the cartoons came on. We had 4H TV, Red Cross TV, Disaster Preparedness lessons on TV and a ton of government PSAs. I wish to heck that this would happen again until everyone actually knows and understands that when disaster strikes your local, county, state, and federal government expect you to TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF…

★★★★★ · rural civil defense · penelope kelly · 2009-04-29

wonderful trip in the way-back machine this video is from 1965, but even in the 50's elementary school we watched 'movies' on what to do to survive a nuclear attack. even then, in elementary school,i knew this was hooey. my plan for an attack was that i was going to run home to be with my mommy. remember: to protect from radiation, make a wall of straw. :-)

★★★★ · Creepy Marionettes · Real Kold War Kid · 2007-10-17

Well, when these PSAs were designed, obviously the creepiness factor was considered to get people to pay attention. That "farmer" could scare little kids, and seeing as how many PSAs are shown only at night, imagine the fun you would have trying to get Junior to go to sleep without the light on to protect him from the puppet farmer. And what was the deal with that cardboard rat? Does that mean that after 14 days are up, and everything is blown to hell and gone, that you shouldn't worry, Farmer Hank Hill, you can eat the vermin that would be running around? MMMUMM! Rat vittles is good eatin'!

★★★★ · Look, even the marionettes are preparing! · Neck Breather · 2007-02-20

PUPPETS BEWARE! The humans just might be serious about nuclear destruction, and wood is NO exception. 4 out of 5 stars simply because the puppet did not paint himself white, protecting him from blast effects, and contrary to my hopes a marionette mushroom cloud on strings failed to appear. I love these films, but sometimes I wish they'd take just that little step further into the ridiculous.