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Cold War fallout shelter. Interior of a fallout shelter in the USA, around 1957. At this point, in the late 1950s, the Cold War between the USA and the USSR was reaching its peak. Designed for a family, this fallout shelter included a two-week supply of food and water, a battery-operated radio, auxiliary light sources, and first aid, sanitary and other equipment. Following a nuclear strike by the Soviet Union, the family would be able to shelter here until radiation had fallen to safe levels. This shelter was constructed by US Civil Defense personnel. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/US NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION/ SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)