Civil Defense PSA (1965)

Public service announcements by the U.S. Civil Defense office inform farmers what to do in case of nuclear attack using marionettes.

[@AcetheBob]

"Who would have thought that I would ever work for the government!" -Some pupetteer

[@ITILII]

Politicians are the puppets that work for the government, getting their strings pulled by those with the $$$$$

[@unassistedsuicide2243]

I was a little kid in the mid-60’s. Believe me, stuff like this - meant to somehow be reassuring, I think - scared the crap out of me

[@orange70383]

These are awesome, they take me back to a simpler time when I was a kid visiting my grandpa's farm.

[@tuffy1124]

My great grand pappy was so thankful for this video when he went through an Apache Indian attack back in 1849

[@reubenthetadpole]

"Accidents can happen anywhere . . . such as those times when you hovercraft down the basement stairs."

[@bobbyknightmare]

Are these puppets supposed to represent what people and animals will look like after the bomb falls? If so, I'll just wait outside for a nice heaping bowl of fallout, thank you.

[@SuV33358]

Nightmare inducing for sure

[@Trainlover1995]

Should’ve gotten Gerry Anderson to make these.

[@SuV33358]

Sigh.........the good ole days when all we had to worry about was nuclear war 🤔

[@JohnChampagne]

Whoever thought of representing the citizen with a string puppet... BRILLIANT!

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

"You could have made things easier for yourself by preparing all these things BEFORE the emergency occurred." Coulda, woulda, shoulda.

[@flammenwaffle7976]

I wonder where the puppet is now.he seems like a really nice guy

[@jasonm949]

He got drafted, and was killed in Vietnam a few years later.

[@meatwad260]

"If you're having a picnic during the attack, just take shelter under your blanket, or lye in a ditch nearby, remember, duck and cover.Look at little Timothy and young Suzy, they forgot the basic rules, and now they've been liquified." What great times....

[@doublecheese65]

its actually a better movie than Hollywood makes now, and it has a plot

[@richardo5951]

God, this is eerie..

[@grahamkeithtodd]

er hay is flammable...

[@oliverpackman3138]

You had no choice back then

[@damonthaplaya8443]

Oliver Packman unless if the farm is _away_ from the targets.

[@michaelpope2886]

This is for fallout protection, not blast protection

[@RyanHannaMusic]

excellent point - i think these methods were designed for us to self bury ourselves to save them the cleanup

[@markkrause4407]

@@RyanHannaMusic Would you please.

[@980696]

0:19 they actually labeled "hay" that right there made me laugh so hard.

[@ARedMagicMarker]

That cow is gonna totally be hamburger.

[@markkrause4407]

They usually are !

[@ARedMagicMarker]

@@markkrause4407 No, I;m talking about if it's left outside and the blast hits.

[@markkrause4407]

@@ARedMagicMarker Its all in the "gonna be" . Funny comment though .

[@ITILII]

Damn, they sure had killer CGI back then !!!

[@warweasel2832]

0:48 it's gonna take freaking 5 minutes to get that cow in there, so no, your livestock cannot survive fallout

[@markkrause4407]

Promise them FOOD , smell of Food .

[@tuffy1124]

The dude who made this was run out of town and his lifetime membership in the puppeteers union was revoked.

[@INTERESTINGVIDEOS4AL]

Get to your shelter and move as slow as possible...like these string puppets..lol

[@23LWillie]

Don't forget to contact your county agent or civil defense director

[@unassistedsuicide2243]

I’m googling that right now…

[@tuffy1124]

Yes the ones who closed down their entire operation about 1968 ish.

[@fantom5894]

They must have used every bit of their $3.75 budget (in 1965 dollars of course) to produce this!

[@FlukeTog]

Better than nyc’s nuclear psa today.

[@vittoriostoraro]

Earlier than 1965. Does anyone know who Produced these and where they were shown ? They seem familiar.

[@hilarioph]

I think this PSA was aired on television in the afternoon or at night. This PSA is so very interesting

[@cavscout6b]

The threat of nuclear attack is less alarming than those creepy puppets.

[@maxwestcomics]

These are some of the cheapest looking puppets I've seen since the Letter People and Outerscope 1 (from the 1970s show "Vegetable Soup").

[@erikreichmann3963]

To think we worried so much about such things half a century ago...and we never foresaw the real danger we would one day face.

[@orange70383]

Yes, like a government who lies to the people who are so dam ignorant that they believe this pandemic lie. The people who watch main-stream media and gobble down the hoax instead of actually using basic common sense and researching the claims for themselves.. . . The people could have stopped this global psyop and saved the economy if they didn't have their heads up their asses.. So now people are going to get what they deserve for being so dam gullible and stupid, they're going to get the just now beginning unavoidable, severe, global, life changing, economic depression just like the elite planned. Good job people.

[@RyanHannaMusic]

too late for this bloke, his face is already in the midst of melting off

[@EattaCheesepaw]

The puppet from kraina grzybow!!!! THERE IT IS!!!! THERE IT IS!!!! THERE IT IS!!!!!

[@MurzynZBangladeszu]

Who in 2020 preparing for COVID-19 pandemic?

[@unassistedsuicide2243]

I tried to avoid contact with other people for years. So yeah I wasn’t put out in the least.

[@karvast5726]

Sure some planks and hay is totally protect you against a blastwave as fast as 70mph to 934mph depending on how close to the bomb and a fireball that is 7700 degrees celsius

[@unassistedsuicide2243]

Pass the ketchup!

[@almostfm]

It's for protection from fallout. If you're close enough that the blast heat sets the hay on fire, fallout is about #23 on your list of things to worry about at that moment.

[@CowboyPopper]

Stop giving this video terrible puns, this was for education and is still enjoyable today.

[@garymattscheck9066]

Ahh,the bad ole days!

[@KingThrillgore]

Yes, fortify your wood barn with hay, which totally isn't flammable from the heat blast of the bomb. BRILLIANT

[@adventureboy7855]

Atleast it’s better to have advice then wonder how in the bell your life stock can survive in case of a nuclear propaganda bull glittery

[@almostfm]

It's for protection from fallout. If you're close enough that the blast heat sets the hay on fire, fallout is about #23 on your list of things to worry about at that moment.

[@5TailFox]

Yeah, go ahead and stack that hay. Your makeshift shielding will let in just enough radiation to allow you to live on forever, as a Feral Ghoul.

[@Admiral8Q]

So stacks of hay shields you from a nuclear blast and the fallout. I learn something new every day.

[@chanchan9232]

Is that like a Tokyo Ghoul?

[@damonthaplaya8443]

Chan Chan No, feral ghouls are from the Fallout series.

[@vinny4411]

I was too busy playing in the dirt and getting germs to worry about it

[@flowersofthefield340]

Our Civil Defence🥂 is Top Notch ☘️

[@Chubstanley]

yup it was 1966 I put hay all around my barn. some smoker threw a butt and I lost the whole farm.

[@taurus38splul]

@viperxeon You a puppeteer expert?

[@TheToddy30]

No strings attatched!

[@imbombero]

I remember this blonde actor in old Hawaii 5 0 and Magnum PI episodes and Night Rider…then he just disappeared…what happened to him?

[@RFKFANTS67]

"Just ahve a toke", it'll all fall into perspective lol

[@videosuperhighway7655]

Lol Gamma radiation will cut through that hay like a hot knife on butter. Protection Factor must be close to 0.

[@INTERESTINGVIDEOS4AL]

Remember... "Duck and Cover"

[@jasonm949]

I'm kinda confused, do they want me to contact my county agent or civil defense coordinator?

[@tuffy1124]

Both in case the first guy is at a ballgame or banging his wife.

[@tuffy1124]

This video is what led to the creation of Thunderbirds go!!!

[@rwlwrestlingleague2975]

Actually filmed in the land of the dead.

[@TheToddy30]

@Debbie321lopez Sure they are as are all plant life

[@benitomorales577]

The history of psa's

[@warweasel2832]

1:18 he's got the force!

[@warweasel2832]

Actually 1:24

[@tuffy1124]

" Almost every home has a potential shelter" for the rest of you.... well it was nice knowing ya.

[@tuffy1124]

Proper tent pitching instructions at 2:08

[@JohnChampagne]

That was the first pig, no?

[@madcarew5168]

Farmers generally wear all their clothes at once so I defy any radio activity to get through!!

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

Damn. Why does this '65 film look like it's from the 40's. Guess they had a terrible budget.

[@Admiral8Q]

3:10 What to do when there is a fire, a flood, or an Indian attack...

[@markkrause4407]

East Indians , like the Country ?

[@furydeath]

1:10 I'd hit my TV and go WTF my TV is broken now. I'm a miss my show.

[@crystal646]

1:10

[@mrv2rocketman]

hay is not going to help against gamma radation from nuclear weapons

[@havanadaurcy1321]

This was how Muppets were designed.

[@tuffy1124]

I thank God everyday for my County agent. She has given me such good advice and she's pretty hot too.

[@grahamkeithtodd]

i take it the puppets shown in these films are the resulting offspring of radiation victims?

[@SuV33358]

Creepy af

[@hoomanm6807]

Am I the only one who thinks that that puppet looks awfully like Peter Graves?

[@tuffy1124]

Spittin image indeed

[@Droogie128]

Yes. Hide under hay. It will protect you from the fireball and searing temperatures. It's fireproof!

[@markkrause4407]

Mostly just a PSI overpressure of 1-2 ,(wind !)

[@warweasel2832]

"Contact your county agent or civil defense director" do the CDDs even exist anymore?

[@TimperialBroadcastingAgency]

+Derpy Face Gamer Short answer "not really," long answer "CDDs stopped existing under that title when the civil defense role moved to FEMA, then FEMA got folded into the Department of Homeland Security." You'd probably check with DHS nowadays.

[@warweasel2832]

+Timperial Broadcasting Agency ok I'll do that if North Korea gets nuclear power, oh wait.

[@nonsensicaldreamer]

indubidly.

[@broskibroski798]

Frankly this just isn’t made very well lol

[@brianfeezle3293]

i find this very disturbing

[@junkboxxxxxx]

💩💩💩 When they drop the big one we all die

[@CPorter]

why use a puppet?!

[@SuV33358]

A nightmarish puppet at that 😲

[@KingThrillgore]

They had a budget of 20 dollars, a reel of fishing line and a pack of clay

[@booklover6753]

Cheaper than actors and adds a little lighthearted air to something that's really scary.

[@paytopray1468]

who tf made these puppets

[@Admiral8Q]

Idiots. Funny though!

[@JacksonSadinsky]

anyone else here sampling

[@asafisher2461]

Remember to wait for 2 year then eat your life stock because there is no McDonald's anymore

[@Debbie321lopez]

Fruits are not living things! know that :)

[@RFKFANTS67]

"Indian attack?" We don't know how you Yanks handle that one? But all we do is put nets up in trees and below a case of beer:} works like a charm

[@RyanHannaMusic]

fertiliser was the IRAs no 1 explosive of choice - do please wrap yourselves in it, 1950s americans....

[@fraguzz]

oh and dont forget not to go out in about 1000years and dont let your animals eat from the ground.. ;-)

[@RimHammer]

TEAM AMERICA: The Prequel.

[@TheToddy30]

5:21 LOLZ!

[@scootmandu]

Did these people really tell us that radioactive fruit, like apples, are fine, just so long as you wash and peel it first? Is it any wonder why so many of us are wary about what is allegedly good for us?

[@15thPresident]

If the food was just sitting around when the fallout fell, the outside could become contaminated by radioactive dust, but there would be no mechanism for the inside of the food to become radioactive. Just washing off the radioactive dust would be sufficient to make it safe. However, if the food was grown in an irradiated field, then it could contain radioactive particles inside it and be unsafe to eat.

[@Debbie321lopez]

@TheToddy30 Yeah, my comment wasn't sarcastic enough,,,

[@SlingSalsa]

what, stop whatching the t.v and save your life?!?!?!?! OMFG TERRORIZT!

[@noahboock]

Anyone from BHS?

[@THEMINECRFATDUDE]

Well this was in an era where nobody knew jack sh*t about nuclear bombs.

[@GemCan78]

Most young people in our current society, have trouble knowing how to wipe their own ass, let alone knowing what to do in the event of a nuclear attack...

[@GarfieldChunks]

whats the point of even protecting animals lol

[@TheSoleToast]

Thefamily46107 Well food is always an option and you know milk so you know