Duck-and-Cover Desks Fetch Big Prices in Japan

The "antique business district" of Tokyo is within walking distance of our apartment and I enjoy window shopping there.   Early to mid-20th century U.S. furniture and household items fill the stores, and go for BIG prices.  One of the owners told me that he does not negotiate prices because U.S. nostalgia items are in such high demand.  I am shocked to see "junk-tiques" fetching such high prices! (And these store owners tell me that their prices are low by comparison with more upscale antique establishments.)   Even the most fashionable stores in downtown Tokyo scatter antique and retro items throughout their merchandise.    the Japanese have no sentimental attachment to these items yet they are in demand merely because they are American. This school desk will go for 29,000 Yen or $290. 

If you went to school in the 1950s and '60s, do you remember these desks??  Do you remember watching the "duck and cover" civil defense film about Bert, the Alert turtle who was prepared for an atomic bomb attack upon his school at any time??   

Do you remember hiding under these desks during bomb drills and asking yourself:  Why would the enemy choose this town to bomb?   How are these desks gonna save us?!    Now that you've been reminded of these pointless exercises, how about watching the 5-minute film once again and thanking God that the world has not suffered nuclear devastation ever again?  Click the link and be reminded of the happy music and the terrifying message.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=120wGLgCTkg