Duck and cover! Fascinating video from 1955 shows children performing the futile drill they were told to carry out if an atomic bomb fell on the US

  • They were advised to crouch and cover their heads in the event of nuclear war
  • Public information videos showed children performing the drill in the 1950s
  • At the time, it was feared the Soviet Union would launch an attack on the US
  • The Federal Civil Defence Administration released this information video