Civil Defense Exercises in the United States (1957-1961)

View of part of an old cemetery in New York.

An empty square in New York during civil defense exercises.

A brochure with instructions on actions in case of a nuclear strike, photo illustrations on the pages of the brochure.

A civil defense duty officer receives a signal.

Photo illustrations on the pages of a civil defense brochure.

A glowing electronic control circuit of a nuclear power plant.

A demonstration unit for simulating uranium enrichment.

A demonstration of equipment that allows various manipulations to be carried out at a distance during radioactive contamination.

A woman puts on lipstick using a remote manipulator.

Faces of passers-by on a street in New York.

Women with posters stand in a picket line protesting against nuclear weapons.

Two men sit on a bench, talking.

Posters with slogans protesting against nuclear weapons.

A man wipes his nose with a handkerchief on the street.

A pole with street signs in New York.

A sample of one of the individual shelters at the exhibition.

Unfolding a bed in a shelter.

Interior of an individual shelter, a man takes a bottle of alcohol from the bar.

A man opens a cabinet with supplies of water and food.

Radiation monitoring devices on the wall of the shelter, a man leafs through a magazine.

A dog sleeps in a basket.

An American soldier in a protective suit and gas mask.

View of a tower with loudspeakers for warning the population.

Pigeons take off from a subway ventilation grill.

Policemen and soldiers show people the way to shelters during civil defense exercises.

A soldier stops a man on the street and shows him the way to the shelter.

A policeman runs up to the doors of a restaurant and gives instructions on radiation and chemical protection.

Views of empty intersections and streets of New York during general civil defense exercises.

Teachers at a kindergarten in Chinatown put protective masks on children.

Teachers conduct a lesson with children on protection from a nuclear explosion, the children, on command, cover their faces with their hands and lie down on the floor, hide under the table.