spies between the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War, features a prominent scene in which grade school children watch Duck and Cover in their classroom. In the 1997 South Park episode "Volcano", the South Park residents are urged to "duck and cover" by a volcano safety film which loosely parodies Duck and Cover. This proves ineffective as the people who follow the film's advice are subsequently disintegrated by the lava from the volcanic eruption with only their skeletons remaining. The 1999 Warner Brothers animated feature film, The Iron Giant, set in 1957, features a social guidance film-within-a-film titled, Atomic Holocaust, the style and tone of which parodies the film. In another instance, near the end of the feature film, the villainous character Kent Mansley suggests they duck and cover into a fallout shelter in response to an offshore nuclear SLBM Polaris missile being launched by mistake at their position by the USS Nautilus, however all the other male adults in the vicinity claim that this would be of "no use", convincing bystanders and the young protagonist at the heart of the feature film to not attempt to evacuate to shelter. RiffTrax also spoofed this film in 2015.Duck and Cover (RiffTrax Trailer) on official YouTube channel See also Duck and cover, for further discussion of this method of self-defense. List of films about nuclear issues List of films in the public domain in the United States Civil Defence Information Bulletin, a 1964 British film which deals with the same topic. Protect and Survive, a 1970-80s British information film on the same topic. NYC Emergency Management Public Service Announcement on what to do in the event of a nuclear bomb—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zznmdUJbeU8 Notes References External links Duck and Cover at the TCM Movie Database Duck and Cover essay by Jake Hughes on the National Film Registry websiteDuck and Cover'' essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 , pages 451–453 America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry Production History of Duck and Cover A critical assessment of ducking and covering(waybackmachine) 1952 films 1952 animated films 1952 short films 1950s American animated films 1950s animated short films American black-and-white films American social guidance and drug education films Animated films about turtles United States National Film Registry films Disaster preparedness in