EP38: Lessons in Imagined Disasters, Part 1 - CoG

In Part 1 of this series, the Vault looks at early attempts by the U.S. federal government to save itself in the face of nuclear war. What started out as a hopeful scheme was eventually abandoned when the Soviet weapons technology outpaced the ability of the government to survive.

Operation Alert 1956, emergency relocation tent.

This YouTube video is mislabeled. It is Operation Alert 1956, not 1954. But hey…whatcha gonna do?