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In 2004, the film was selected for the National Film Registry of "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" motion pictures. [http://www.archive.org/details/DuckandC1951] (The film can also be viewed at this link, as it is in the public domain.)

In 2004, the film was selected for the National Film Registry of "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" motion pictures. [http://www.archive.org/details/DuckandC1951] (The film can also be viewed at this link, as it is in the public domain.)

Although Duck and Cover, as a means of surviving a nuclear blast, was of little protective value, it did serve other more useful purposes.  It helped to ingrain in children the necessity to remain vigilant, not only against a nuclear attack, but against what would most likely be the sources of that attack, the Soviet Union and the global communist movement.  It must be remembered that the movie was produced while U.S. forces clashed with communists in [[Korea]].  The threat of communism was even more especially real at the time of the movie's production.

Although Duck and Cover, as a means of surviving a nuclear blast, was of little protective value, it did serve other more useful purposes.  It helped to remind viewers the necessity to remain vigilant, not only against a nuclear attack, but against what would most likely be the sources of that attack, the Soviet Union and the global communist movement.  It must be remembered that the movie was produced while U.S. forces clashed with Communists in [[Korea]].  The threat of communism was even more especially real at the time of the movie's production.

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