@SFRuminations@sts@histodons I appreciate the framing. I'd be proud to have contirbuted in any way to those important works.
We tend to focus on the civil defense materials of that time in terms of their "camp" value. I read them as much more sinister. Perhaps you would be interested in this article about "Duck and Cover" and "Atomic Alert." For me the CD materials aimed at children had a profound and existential effect.
"Atomic Kids: Duck and Cover and Atomic Alert Teach American Children How to Survive Atomic Attack"
@SFRuminations @sts @histodons I appreciate the framing. I'd be proud to have contirbuted in any way to those important works.
We tend to focus on the civil defense materials of that time in terms of their "camp" value. I read them as much more sinister. Perhaps you would be interested in this article about "Duck and Cover" and "Atomic Alert." For me the CD materials aimed at children had a profound and existential effect.
"Atomic Kids: Duck and Cover and Atomic Alert Teach American Children How to Survive Atomic Attack"
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236749496_Atomic_Kids_Duck_and_Cover_and_Atomic_Alert_Teach_American_Children_How_to_Survive_Atomic_Attack
@dragonfrog@mastodon.sdf.org I can relate…