Civil Defense: NY Streets Cleared in Air Raid Drill
Civil Defense: NY Streets Cleared in Air Raid Drill
Civil Defense: NY Streets Cleared in Air Raid Drill New York City responds quickly to its first air raid test. In a matter of minutes, the streets are cleared and pedestrians herded into shelters. Until the sirens sound the all-clear, the world's biggest city look like a ghost town. Street scene, cabs passing. Wardens point pedestrians, some of whom look confused, toward shelters. Cab driver leaves his car. Stock brokers begin to leave floor of New York Stock Exchange, which is littered with papers. People walk down staircase marked "Shelter." Schoolchildren move quickly down stairs. Roomful of children duck and cover (covering their heads with their coats). VS nearly empty streets of New York, empty except for policemen, it seems. Policeman (?) wearing helmet talks on phone. VS women switchboard operators and men with armbands at work. Civil Defense Director Arthur Wallander points at a map with pointer. High angle empty NYSE floor, paper littered on it. Citizens come out of subways, one waves to camera; everything is back to normal. Homeland security, Cold War-style.