Civil Defense, 1955

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration

Advanced Search

Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

Advanced Search
Custom Query

All these words:

For very narrow results

This exact word or phrase:

When looking for a specific result

Any of these words:

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

None of these words:

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Language:

Dates

Publication Date Range:

to

Document Data

Title:

Document Type:

Library

Collection:

Series:

People

Author:

Clear All

Query Builder

Query box

Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by USDOT or funded partners. As a repository, ROSA P retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.

i

Civil Defense, 1955

2017-06-01
By United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Series: FHWA Highway History Website Articles

English

Details Related Documents You May Also Like

Details:

Corporate Creators:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Contributors:

Weingroff, Richard F.
Subject/TRT Terms:

[+]

Civil Defense Evacuation History
Series:

FHWA Highway History Website Articles
Resource Type:

Web Document
Right Statement:

Public Domain
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

The need for civil defense strategies, and operations in the event of a nuclear war during the Cold War Era. The document covers the historical context of the Cold War, and how bunkers, and actions to take during a nuclear war would help citizens remain safe. A drill on the steps government employees would take was put into action in “Operation Alert”, and the results are provided.
Content Notes:

The original format of this document was an active HTML page(s) located under https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.cfm. The Federal Highway Administration converted the HTML page(s) into an Adobe® Acrobat® PDF file to preserve and support reuse of the information it contained. The intellectual content of this PDF is an authentic capture of the original HTML file. Hyperlinks and other functions of the HTML webpage may have been lost, and this version of the content may not fully work with screen reading software.
Format:

PDF
Collection(s):

Federal Highway Administration
Main Document Checksum:

[+]

urn:sha-512:6a5c93b959cc6c2ff24813fb7141229ca75e186ce0e6fefff77c01bb71753e36bf407816a28887e7621b7b3cef6e9e73eb567c5d0e6b9bcae7cd83a232f67c30
Download URL:

https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68626/dot_68626_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF-346.70 KB]