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by nabeards 83 days ago
I had thought of building those exact Civil Defense devices a few years ago. Maybe it’s a viable product?
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I’m searching for the source material here but must not be using the right keywords, any hints?
I've looked a few times over the years but can't find it online. National Archives probably has it somewhere, but not indexed where Google can find it.
Is it present in "The Ark"? It's 290GB of stuff and might have it, or the component parts.
they're really packing in the whole kitchen sink into video games these days...

https://old.reddit.com/r/ARK/comments/p4xlpr/ark_is_over_200...

I sent a query into NARA. Maybe they know something. It's probably in some forgotten Civil Defense archive.
I got an answer back from NARA:

Specifically, you seek records related to practical instructions on how to rebuild society after a nuclear war.

We searched our holdings in Record Group 397, Records of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency. We identified the series External Publications, 1955-1976 which may include records related to your query. A full citation is provided here for your reference:

    Record Group 397
    Records of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency
    External Publications, 1955-1976
    Entry A1 56
    Boxes 1 thru 37@ 650/42/30/2
We will be happy to make the records and their finding aids available to you or your representative in the Textual Research Room (Room 2000) here at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. Please visit our website for information about visiting the National Archives in College Park, MD, including how to schedule a research visit.