"Duck and Cover!" - Civil Defense Bureau
During the forties and fifties recording technology was still in its infancy. In order to record a voice during those times, certain voices were preferred over others according to recording capability and quality. A perfect example of this would be the government film: Duck and Cover. Duck and Cover was a film that championed the act of Ducking and Covering for protection during a projected nuclear exchange between the former Soviet Union and the United States. This kind of antiquated narration was also in educational videos of the time.
The video is available here:
The song Rasputin has its roots in education, yet is not at the same time. One huge indicator of its educational video roots are the spoken lines: Lines 23-26. They discuss how Rasputin became more and more notable as his exploits went on. The voice is very similar to the Duck and Cover narrator, and is just as informative.
redue of 1st verse translation
15 years ago
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing the video! The atomic bomb "can burn you worse than a sunburn" eh? Much akin to the "are you ready?" ads that ran after 9/11.
But I don't understand the 'education' connection. Are the lyrics educational? or story telling?
Would the writers of this song have been shown the "Duck and Cover" video? Would they have been influenced/indoctrinated by "Duck and Cover" education?
The Spoke lines halfway through the song are spoken in the same tone and swagger. However, the rest of the song is not this way.
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