This page currently has 42 links to Civil Defence films.
Some Civil Defence training films available online.
The H Bomb (1956)
Civil Defence Corps & Fire Brigade training film about the increased effects of the new Hydrogen Bomb.
Civil Defence Bulletins (1960?)
Includes 1: Nuclear explosions - the basic facts
2: Protective measures
4: Preparing the house
5: What to do if it happens - Warnings
6: What to do immediately after an attack
7: Life under fallout conditions
Radioactive Fallout (1960)
Radioactive Fallout -The Overall Situation" and "Fallout in the Affected Area" training films
The Warden, His Duties & Training (1961)
Training film for the
Warden Section of the UK Civil Defence Corps. Starts with new recruits,
prior to joining particular sections and proceeds through basic training
for wardens.
The Warden and the Householder (1961)
A Civil Defence Corps
training film for the Warden Section of the Corps, made in 1961 by the
UK Home Office. Includes archive footage of Hiroshima.
Civil Defence in Action - The HQ section (1962)
An excellent film showing the work of the various parts of the Headquarters section, using volunteers from Middlesex CDC.
Care of the Homeless (1965)
Civil Defence Corps and WVS training film, explaining the work of the Welfare Section of the Corps and WVS in the event of a nuclear attack. Filmed in Bath.
Some Civil Defence recruitment films available online.
Other People (1950)
A cinema interval recruitment film for the Civil Defence Corps
.Civil Defence Corps trailer (1950)
A cinema interval recruitment film.
The Waking Point (1951)
This is the classic Civil Defence Corps recruitment film.
Sheffield Civil Defence Recruiting film (195?)
Excellent film made for the city council.
Some films featuring Civil Defence Exercises available online.
Atom Exercise (Pathe - 1951)
For Britain's first big post-war civil defence exercise on 14th February 1951, a large number of troops moved into Bristol to aid Civil Defence workers.
Atom Bomb Drill in Bristol (1951)
Some different footage of the same exercise as above. The geiger counter being manfully waved around is a non-working mock up made for this film, no real ones had been issued yet.
Bristol Trains To Beat A-Bomb (Pathe -1951)
Some more footage of the same exercise as above.
Civil Defence Exercise at Southampton (Pathe - 1951)
The title says it all
Southampton on the Alert (1951)
More footage of the above exercise.
TA Practice Drill, Weapons Exercise And Civil Defence Exercise (1951/1955/1958)
A Scottish film compilation of the activities of the 278th Field Regiment of the Royal Artillery (T.A.), including civil defence training in the 1950s. No sound.
Civil Defence Exercise “Caviar” (1950-1959)
An exercise in Plymouth.
Civil Defence Gets New Gear (1955)
Promotional film showing the introduction of the Rescue Man Pack for the Rescue Section of the Civil Defence Corps in 1955. The idea was to improve flexibility in operation so that each member of a rescue squad carried their own basic equipment in the way of tools and ropes.
Doom Town (Pathe - 1955)
Army Civil Defence training at Millom in Cumberland.
Proud City (Norwich) (1955)
Norwich City Council promotional film showing Civil Defence Corps Rescue section training - in colour.
Civil Defence Amphibious Exercise (19??)
Evacuation of casualties using boats on the Thames in London. No sound.
Civil Defence Camp Millom (1959)
Civil defence training exercises on the site of RAF Millom in Cumbria, with soldiers from the Territorial Army. Colour, no sound.
Catterick Camp Civil Defence (1960/1)
Excellent home-made film of rescue teams teams training and it’s in colour! I like it because it shows them messing around a bit as well as doing their serious training.
Women’s Voluntary Service Cooker Building (1961)
Colour footage of WVS Welfare section members building field cookers from Lincolnshire.
Operation County (1961)
A Scottish exercise at Taymouth Castle training ground. In colour but no sound.
Exercise "Lifesaver" (1961)
A Scottish civil defence training session at the Lanarkshire civil defence HQ, showing a variety of rescue techniques. Colour, no sound.
Exercise "Show Down" (1961)
Week-end training at Taymouth Castle for the Civil Defence Corps, Lanarkshire Section, Coatbridge Division. Colour, no sound.
700 Practice Civil Defence (Pathe - probably 1963)
A Civil Defence exercise at Bully Fen Training Ground in Hackney.
Exercise "Challenge" (1963)
A Scottish film of the Civil Defence Corps, Dundee Division on exercise at Taymouth Castle. Colour, no sound.
Rescue And Relief (1964)
A Civil Defence exercise, filmed at the Home Office Training Ground Epsom.
Civil Defence Exercise (1968)
Civil defence emergency exercise staged in City of London at BP (British Petroleum) House. It features a plane crashing into a skyscraper.
Some other films featuring Civil Defence available online.
The Home Secretary Speaks on Civil Defence (Pathe - 1953)
The Home Secretary, Conservative MP for West Derby, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, speaking about Civil Defence.
Fyfe reviews Civil Defence (Pathe - 1953)
Horse Guards Parade, London.
Civil Defence Review in Hyde Park (some time between 1954 & 1962)
Lord Kilmuir, the Lord Chancellor inspected a Civil Defence Review in Hyde Park which was part of a nation wide campaign to recruit more members and to show how civil defence can help in an emergency.
Civil Defence Helicopter (Movietone News - sometime between 1954 & 1966)
On charter from BEA a Westland Sikorsky Whirlwind has joined up with Civil Defence. The inauguration ceremony took place at South Bank.
Civil Defence Headquarters (1955)
CD vehicles & visit to CD HQ in Birmingham.
Civil Defence shows its paces (Pathe - 1955)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
Pothole Tragedy (Pathe - 1959)
Film of Derbyshire Civil Defence Corps & Mines Rescue attempting to save a trapped pot holer, sadly unsuccessfully.
HAMILTONIA No.7: A Hamilton Newsreel of the Years 1962-63 (1962-63)
Civil Defence Corps playing Santa - collecting and delivering Christmas gifts in Hamiilton, Scotland Colour, no sound.
Archbishop sees Civil Defence (Pathe - 1964)
The Archbishop of York is shown Civil Defence School at Easingwold, Yorkshire, with training going on.
This is Tragedy -(Pathe - 1966)
A grim newsreel piece about the Aberfan disaster showing Civil Defence Corps working with volunteers.
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