# "YOUR CIVIL DEFENSE" COLD WAR NUCLEAR DEFENSE / NORAD HISTORIC FILM 28182

Featuring Leo Hoegh, the director of the Office of Civil Defense, "Your Civil Defense" discusses the Cold War situation and what might happen if the "forces of Communism" were arrayed against the "forces of Freedom." To counter this threat the USA has many early warning systems including the DEW Line and NORAD, fallout shelters, counter-strike weapons -- and huge stockpiles of medical, engineering and other supplies buried in underground bunkers. The survival of every family in a nuclear disaster will rest with individuals, since "the strange menace of fallout" might make it impossible for aid to be delivered by government entities. The film shows a fallout shelter with fully stocked shelves of canned goods, intended to ensure two weeks of survive for a typical family. Thus, national security was equated with personal responsibility. 0:00 Images of natural and man-made disasters including Hiroshima. 0:44 Leo Hoyt, the director of Civil Defense, introduces the new reality of the nuclear age. One hydrogen bomb has more explosive energy than all bombs dropped in WWII. 1:34 Hoyt emphasizes that an attack is an "inescapable danger." The nation must have an effective non-military defense to assure its survival. 2:46 A comprehensive national civil defense plan, based on the premise that every citizen and all levels of government share the responsibility for protecting life and property from enemy attack. 3:38 The Distant Early Warning (DEW) line is described as America's first…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/28182YourCivilDefense)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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