Alert Today - Alive Tomorrow

  • November 1956
  • 16mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Larry O'Reilly,

    Starring

    André Baruch,

    Val Peterson,

    Marguerite Osmond,

    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.