Each month, DXtreme Software On The Web presents a slice of
Baby Boomer Civil Defense history.

How many of you out there remember good old Bert the Turtle and
those duck-and-cover exercises at school?

And how many remember those chilling CD public service announcements
and videos on early morning, black-and-white television? The kind that
gave Rice Krispies® a whole new meaning during breakfast ...

As young radio enthusiasts, did you — like us — worry
that one day you might find yourself tuning across a rather
subdued MW broadcast band ... ultimately discovering only
one station available for logging? You know the one. Yep,
that frightening government station with the funny name,
simulcasting on 640 and 1240 kHz.

For February 2012, we continue our look at the DEW line by
presenting a film produced by the National Archives and Records Administration.
The DEW Line was a radar early warning system designed to detect the launch
of atomic attacks.

Enjoy The Big Picture: DEW Line.

If the movie is not available above, click here to view it.