What is Duck and Cover (movie)?
{{Infobox movie | name = Duck and Cover | image = Bert2.png | caption = A poster for the movie that features Bert the Turtle. | director = Anthony Rizzo | producer = | writer = Raymond J. Mauer | narrator = Robert Middleton | starring = | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = Archer Productions | released = {{Film date|1952}} | runtime = 9 min 15 sec | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} [[File:Duck and Cover 1440 x 1080 01836081.webm|thumb|Full movie from the [[Library of Congress]]]] '''Duck and Cover''' is a United States [[civil defense]] movie for [[children]] from 1951. Like civil defense training movies for [[adult]]s, this movie was prepared for children and was widely shown to United States [[school]] children in the 1950s. It teaches [[student]]s what to do in the event of a [[nuclear explosion]]. The movie shows an [[animation|animated]] [[tortoise]] named Bert the Turtle and schoolchildren who show how to protect oneself from a nuclear explosion by using the [[duck and cover]] position.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2004/04-215.html Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry] – United States [[Library of Congress]], 28 December 2004.</ref> At the time, there was a [[Cold War]] between the [[Soviet Union]] and the United States, and their relations were bad. This [[fear]], [[:wikt:mistrust|mistrust]] and [[:wikt:perceive|perceived]] [[threat]] between the two countries, led to an [[arms race]] with more modern [[weapon]]s, and especially to a [[nuclear arms race]] with [[nuclear weapons]], which they often [[nuclear explosion#Nuclear explosions to date|tested]]. This led to a fear of [[World War III]], which could be a [[nuclear war]]. The United States was also fighting the Soviet Union's [[:wikt:ally|allies]] [[North Korea]] and [[China]] in the [[Korean War]]. The Cold War also led to the Second [[Red Scare]] in the United St