This Is Civil Defense

And the Winds Came

English · Radio, Education

This Is Civil Defense is a public-service radio program about preparing for emergencies and understanding the role of civil defense. Its title points to practical concerns surrounding community safety, with the episode title “And the Winds Came” suggesting a focus on wind-related hazards.

The program presents civil-defense information in a radio format, bringing emergency preparedness to listeners through spoken material rather than entertainment drama. Its subject is the ways people and communities can think about risks and respond to them.

The tone is informative and purposeful, suited to listeners interested in historical public-safety broadcasting and the language of preparedness. This recording offers a glimpse of how civil-defense topics were presented for a general radio audience.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.