[slow intro] [bass beat] [catchy hook] [Announcer, spoken word] Six Forty Kay Sea Twelve Forty Kay Sea [bridge] [transition] [Announcer, spoken word] To SAVE YOUR LIFE IN EVENT OF ENEMY ATTACK [Announcer, spoken word, serious] Take an active interest in Civil Defense. [Announcer, spoken word] An atomic alert will be signaled by steady whistle blasts of 3 to 5 minutes duration. [siren] [Announcer, spoken word] Immediately civil defense instructions and information will be broadcast on your Conelrad radio stations at six-forty or twelve-forty K. C. The Take Cover Signal will be a series of short blasts indicating that an attack is imminent. [hook] ARE YOU PREPARED? [trumpet] ! ! ! [hook] ARE YOU PRE-Pre-pre-PREPARED? [synth bridge] [Announcer, spoken word, serious] Take an active interest in Civil Defense. [Announcer, spoken word, serious] A successful attack on primary targets in the Northwest WILL result in failure of public utilities; electric power and telephone systems will be disrupted. An attack on cities may leave many survivors. No water, food, electric power, medical attention, or fire prevention would be available to those survivors for a period of time. [hook] ARE YOU PREPARED? [synth bridge] ACT NOW, ACT N-N-NOW. [Announcer, spoken word, serious] Determine which section of your home would give most protection from blast and radiation effects. Choose basement areas screened from probable flying glass and outside doors. [gong] [glass breaking] [siren] ! ! ! [Announcer, spoken word, serious] Assemble your Emergency Survival Kit: Water mains may be broken. Normal water supplies may be contaminated immediately following a blast. Remember, if the goo's alight, it's not all right! Select clean metal containers with watertight covers: Fill-with 2 gallons for each member of your family on possibility of attack. [Announcer, spoken word, serious] Additional stores for barter in the post-attack chaos are recommended, but not essential. [sting] [Announcer, spoken word, serious] Take an active interest in Civil Defense. A 7-day supply of canned or dried foods in metal containers; fish, meat, soups, cereal, fruit, milk, and baby foods for infants in the family. [bridge] [solo] [syncopated bass] [Announcer, spoken word, serious] You need to remember your sundries. [singing] blankets and clothing, flashlights and faint hope candles, fuel lamps, cooking pots and soap A Battery radio. First Aid Kit eyedrops, aid dressings, and don't forget The Official Civil Defense First Aid Guide, and bottled Benzalkonium chloride, ammonia, baking soda, table salt, triangular bandages, toilet tissue, axe, shovel, and matches all standard issue [solo] [Announcer, spoken word, serious] Furnish your home with fire-fighting equipment. [hook] Your fire department will not be able to help you. [Announcer, spoken word, serious] ON THE ALERT SIGNAL: Round up members of your family in the vicinity. Turn on your Radio to 640 KC.or 1240 KC. Turn off or disconnect all heating appliances, smother open fires. Make your peace with the demiurge if cowardice is your bag. Fill your bathtubs and sinks with water for fire fighting. Stay inside—do not attempt to use your telephone. Do not drive on streets or highways unless in obedience to instructions over Conelrad, or by your warden. ‘ Check and assemble your emergency survival kit. Close windows and doors and draw blinds. Remember the before time for those that are to come. [Announcer, spoken word, serious] Take an active interest in Civil Defense. UPON THE TAKE COVER SIGNAL: Follow instructions over Conelrad. Transfer survival kit to shelter. Have portions carried by each able-bodied member of your family. Keep battery or car radio tuned on Conelrad. [hook] Your fire department will not be able to help you. Many of these instructions and preparations are applicable to disasters other than an atomic attack. Every year natural disasters strike American communities and cause loss of life and property that could have been avoided if the residents had been prepared to cope with them. This year it could be our community and your life. Study these instructions, hang them in your home; review them at regular intervals. [Announcer, spoken word, serious] Take an active interest in Civil Defense.