Alert Today - Alive Tomorrow

1956 | 16 minutes | 5.0 ★ (1)

Alert Today - Alive Tomorrow
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    07 November 1956

  • DirectingLarry O'Reilly
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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