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Publication PDFs: Other Non-ROC Related Documents
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The documents contained on this page are for educational and research purposes only, and are published here under the permission of the original publishers or contains public sector information licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. They must not be reproduced without permission.
WW2 Period - ROC Aircraft Observation Role (1925 - 1955)
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PUBLIC INFORMATION LEAFLET #1 - IF WAR SHOULD COME (1939)
Leaflet produced by the Lord Privy Seal's Office, July 1939 for civilian Civil Defence |
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PUBLIC INFORMATION LEAFLET #2 - YOUR GAS MASK (1939)
Leaflet produced by the Lord Privy Seal's Office, July 1939 for civilian Civil Defence |
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PUBLIC INFORMATION LEAFLET #3 - EVACUATION (1939)
Leaflet produced by the Lord Privy Seal's Office, July 1939 for civilian Civil Defence |
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PUBLIC INFORMATION LEAF:ET #5 - FIRE PRECAUTIONS (1939)
Leaflet produced by the Lord Privy Seal's Office, July 1939 for civilian Civil Defence |
Cold War Period - ROC Nuclear Role (1955 - 1995)
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THE HYDROGEN BOMB (1957)
The booklet was issued in 1957 to simplify an earlier Government publication on Nuclear Weapons and their effects that was published in 1956. The object of the leaflet was to give, as briefly as possible, the facts about the hydrogen bomb. |
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THE H BOMB (1958)
Booklet produced by the COI as a recruitment document that explains the role of Civil Defence in Great Britain. The booklet explains the roles of the Auxiliary Fire Service and Industrial Civil Defence Service as well as the sections of the Civil Defence Corps i.e. Rescue Section / Ambulance and Casualty Collecting / Welfare / Warden and Headquarters Sections. |
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CIVIL DEFENCE - GENERAL INFORMATION (1960)
Booklet produced by the Home Office to explain the role of the Civil Defence Corps; its role and other organisations that would have assisted in the event of a nuclear attack. The booklet explains the effects of nuclear warfare and the equipment used to during and after a nuclear attack. |
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SURVIVAL (1961)
Produced for the Womens Voluntary Service in 1961, the document was used by the WVS to provide information on the impacts of nuclear attack on the UK. Mirroring the Protect and Survive information that was to come later, the document focused on the fact that protected accommodation for all was not planned and therefore survival of nuclear attack involved the understanding of the effects of a nuclear bomb. |
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CIVIL DEFENCE HANDBOOK NO.10
ADVISING THE HOUSEHOLD ON PROTECTION AGAINST NUCLEAR ATTACK (1963) The booklet was issued as a training publication for the Civil Defence, police and fire services. Its aim was to indicate to members of these services the sort of advice which would be given to the general public in the event of nuclear attack on the UK, and what they might do in their homes or out-of-doors. The booklet was generally seen as the first booklet of advice for the general public and led to the development of the "Protect and Survive" booklet in the mid-1970s. |
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CIVIL DEFENCE - PROTECT AND SURVIVE BOOKLETS
PROTECT AND SURVIVE (1980) Protect and Survive is a booklet produced by the British government during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It aimed to inform British citizens on how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack, and consists of a mixture of pamphlets, radio broadcasts, and public information films. DOMESTIC NUCLEAR SHELTERS (1980)
This booklet aimed to complement Protect and Survive, by providing more details regarding domestic shelters that could provide protection from nuclear explosion. CIVIL DEFENCE: WHY WE NEED IT (1981)
In response to the extensive criticism at the time of the release of Protect and Survive and subsequent release of protest organisations counter-pamphlets such as "Protest and Survive" by E P Thompson or "Civil Defence, whose Defence," by the Disarmament Information Group this booklet was also printed by the Home Office, which attempted to defend the reasons for civil defence |
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PROTEST AND SURVIVE (1980)
This booklet was produced by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation in counter-response to the introduction of the Government publication "Protect and Survive". The booklet was written by E.P Thompson who provided a good case for the need for nuclear disarmament. |
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PEACE AND DISARMAMENT (c.1981)
Booklet produced circa 1981 for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The booklet aimed to explain the arms control negotiations. |
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CND - Civil Defence: The cruellest confidence trick (1982)
In response to the Government's 'Protect and Survive' pamphlet, which purportedly aimed to provide a do-it-yourself guide to survival in nuclear war, CND produced this booklet to support their alternative views of protection and survival. Views that harness the principle that 'we' should throw away costly and terribly dangerous nuclear weapons and to inform the Americans that the UK will not remain their advanced nuclear base, thereby making the country a target. |
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KIRKLEES AND THE BOMB (1983)
Kirklees Metropolitan Council became a Nuclear Free Zone in January 1981. On becoming a Nuclear Free Zone the council also committed itself to giving the public more information about the questions of war and peace and the effects of nuclear war and a Peace Sub-committee was set up in May 1983. This booklet which forms part of that committment was produced to tell of the effects that a nuclear explosion might have on the Kirklees District |
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LEEDS AND THE BOMB (1983)
The booklet which was produced by Leeds City Council was produced to provide a hypothetical account of a nuclear bomb attack on Leeds and its consequences. This second document was a separate single page highlighting Leeds City Council's views on the bomb. |
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BRISTOL AND THE BOMB (1984)
The booklet which was produced by Bristol City Council was produced to provide a hypothetical account of a nuclear bomb attack on Bristol and its consequences. |
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SOUTH YORKSHIRE AND NUCLEAR WAR (1984)
During the 1980's the Government believed that civil defence planning could help us to survive and recover from a nuclear war. But, in the event of a nuclear war, South Yorkshire would face devastation, death and injury on a scale that is almost impossible to imagine. The scale of the emergency would be such that any plans made by the Councils would be utterly futile. This booklet which was produced by the South Yorkshire County Council in 1984, aimed to explain why this was deemed so. |
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KEEPING THE PEACE (1987)
Booklet produced by the Central Office of Information on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. The booklet aimed to provide information on the role of the Government in maintaining the peace between countries and provides a description of the roles between NATO and Warsaw Pact. |