Civil Defense Movies

An instructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to e...

Explains what war gas is, how it is used by the enemy, and how simple household items, such as bicarbonate of soda and bleaching solution, may be used...

A man takes his American freedoms for granted, until he wakes up one morning to find out that the United States Government has been replaced with a Co...

Young America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Ro...

This short shows how the city of Reading, Pennsylvania would implement civil defense procedures to help residents survive a nuclear attack. Through a...