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\nTeachers, follow our store on TpT *** This video gives a brief description of the measures that families took to protect themselves from the threat of nuclear attack during the Cold War. *** Like our Facebook page Follow us on Instagram...\nTeachers, follow our store on TpT *** This video gives a brief description of the measures that families took to protect themselves from the threat of nuclear attack during the Cold War. *** Like our Facebook page Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter Check out our TpT store Check out our website Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. *** Music for this video was provided by: Adrian von Ziegler -Song: A Cold Presence In this video: Many communities were building large public fallout shelters intended for thousands of people. But what if a public shelter wasn't nearby or became overcrowded? Were there any steps individual families could take to protect themselves from nuclear fallout? Throughout the 1950s and ‘60s, many families constructed personal fallout shelters in their backyards. Companies marketed several different “family models” for homeowners hoping to protect their families. These ranged from a $13.50 “foxhole kit” all the way up to the $5,000 “deluxe model” which featured beds, a phone, toilet, and a Geiger counter for detecting radiation levels. Many families constructed their shelters in the middle of the night in an effort to conceal the facility from their neighbors. They feared that neighbors, who did not have shelters, would swarm their property in an emergency if they knew a shelter was there. Some families could not afford the commercially-produced shelters, so there were a number of do-it-yourself methods for shelter construction. One popular method was to take an existing basement and reinforce it for fallout shelter purposes. Many military surplus stores sold air filters, flashlights, fallout protections suits, first aid kits, and water which people used to supply their personal shelters. Civil Defense films encouraged the public to maintain a two week supply of water and non-perishable food in their basements. They also recommended having a battery-powered radio tuned to one of the two Civil Defense CONELRAD stations: 640 or 1240 on the AM dial. Today, most personal fallout shelters have been removed or dismantled, but some might still be found in homes around the nation. However, most of the few that remain have almost certainly been converted into basements, or storage facilities, and only serve as a lingering reminder of the Cold War.\n
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