Bottom line: In the event of nuclear war we're all fucked. Say goodbye to your loved ones then go and dance around outside until the warheads go off. Better than surviving surely.
@richievegas01 I think that's what this documentary was also trying to get across that trying to survive would be a waste of time and effect, so don't bother trying too.
London would have been LUCKY to only get one 1mt warhead. The reality is, the Soviets probably had multiple high kiloton warheads targetted on London set to airburst in overlapping circles to ensure total destruction. Former Kennedy and Johnson Secretart of Defence Robert Mcnamara pointed out in 2004 that the Soviets had nearly 100 1mt warheads aimed at NYC. One can assume that London would receive similar treatment. Bottom line: total annihilation of life and property.
@lydiahoggarth Your right the Soviets would most probably have thrown 20 megatons at large cities like London and not just a 1 mt tonnes as this film showed. The reality was that the Soviets wanted total victory this would been by annihilation of the enemy; so having multiple warheads being air busted or ground detonated would have achieved their goal. In fact, we found out later, that the Soviet's had no scruples in putting the smallpox virus onto their missiles to make this happen.
@Professor6871 Interestingly, the destructive power of a nuclear weapon does not scale in direct proportion to the megatonnage of the weapon. In the early days of the nuclear age a weapon of that size might have been targeted at London, when the delivery systems were poor, but warhead sizes got smaller as delivery systems became more accurate. Using many smaller warheads, detonated in a grid-like pattern over a "soft" target, actually achieves much greater damage than a single large bomb.
@bitrex Well perhaps smaller warheads would do the job than just a large one would do. I imagine the Iranians must of learnt about this tactic and have put it into their nuke plans. But there's still large nukes out there and for that reason only, they would be used by the Russian or the US if a war was to brake out.
The same week in August 1985 that all the worst nuclear war films were released for the fortieth anniversary of Hiroshima, I found a Protect and Survive leaflet in my grandparents' farmhouse in Nottinghamshire, sixty miles from Sheffield. I was fourteen then, and at thirty-nine I still get cold sweaty feet thinking about it. Thank gods for sensible people.
When I speak to people in their mid-late 30s, a good deal of them remember this and will readily admit to have been absolutely terrified when they watched it!
The screeching strings used here are originally from the "Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta", by Bela Bartok (1936). This particular segment was later used in "The Shining" (a Stanley Kubrick film, 1980).
@joncfc1 Your teacher sounds eminently sensible. His beard and political beliefs were his own personal choices, but his atheism and desire to warn his students of the horrors of nuclear war clearly demonstrate his intelligence and humanity. You should have listened to him, instead of branding a concientious person such as him as a cunt. I can only assume you're a right-wing, god-bothering cunt who is too think to heed the lessons of history.
To Boobtuber06. The music you refer to isMissa Brevis in D by Benjamin Britten. It was specifically written for Trebles, Altos and organ and went completely against the grain for choral music and is incredibly difficult to sing especially for young boys of 11 or 12. Technically brilliant but not particularly joyful or uplifting!
@applesweeter QED are the initials for the Latin phrase "quod erat demonstrandum", which signifies completion of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument. It basically translates as "that which is to be demonstrated". Trivia: there is a KQED Channel 9 here in San Francisco; and there is also a WQED Channel 13 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (both PBS stations).
@applesweeter quod erat demonstrandum, used at the end of a definitive proof. Means "That which was to be demonstrated." i.e., "this is the logical conclusion demonstrated by the foregoing"
Don't worry, our great leaders will be nice and safe in their deep level bunkers outside London when it happens, with 6 months' food supplies and proper medical facilities. We can all sleep peacefully now.
According to IMDB this was broadcast on 26th July 1982, the first Monday night of the school summer holidays.... I was 11 at the time and I have being on holiday in Ireland to thank for not seeing this programme and therefore being spared considerable trauma and fear! Even now, in a post-Cold War world, it still makes extremely harrowing viewing!
I was 11 as well, and had you seen it you would have been subject to that indeed... added to what you are saying is that it was THE summer holiday, because it was the summer holiday where we had just left all our friends at junior school, and were just about to step up to 'big school'. Lots of fear, lot sof trauma. It felt so cold........
I was 11 as well, and had you seen it you would have been subject to that indeed... added to what you are saying is that it was THE summer holiday, because it was the summer holiday where we had just left all our friends at junior school, and were just about to step up to 'big school'. Lots of fear, lot sof trauma. It felt so cold........
An amazingly well-made and effective documentary.
How about this could be used for an alternative story of the American Rev but that Rev does not happen until the late 20th Cent with the colonists of the US attacking England with nuke wpns...
@funkyalfonso It is: his name is in the closing credits. This was 1982; it was later on in 1994 that he was knighted -- thus becoming Sir Ludovic (Henry Coverley) Kennedy -- born 3 November, 1919 (Edinburgh, Scotland); died 18 October, 2009 (Salisbury, Wiltshire -- age 89).
The Day After was deliberately toned down on instructions from the network, apparently feeling the American public unable to withstand the full effects of a fictional nuclear war. Originally, Day After was going to be broadcast in two parts, but again the network stepped in, feeling that the public would not want to sit through two nights of Armageddon.
Nuclear winter, at least in its original form, has been largely dismissed by the scientific community. It currently survives in a reduced form.
jesus. i watched this again and it still frightens me as much as when i first saw it as a kid. the guys voice and those chords at the start shit me up. derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Scientists have figured out that even a small nuclear war would dramatically alter the world's climate. The temperature would drop considerably and crops would fail. Probably, a significant portion of the world's population would starve. And everything would be all screwed up, so it would basically be back to the middle ages.
The idea of a nuclear winter is from the same global warming activists who couldn't predict there own birthday. Although millions would die from lack of food it would be little to do with the temperature.
I'm not sure whether to be happy for you or not. I hear it doesn't hurt for some because you turn to pure carbon in an instant but for others...you're toast.
I wonder why this disaster programming was so popular in the UK?
My wife is a Canadian, I'm an American and neither of us had any programming near this disturbing originate on our own soil...minus "The Day After" which, when held up to comparital scrutiny, sucked.
I suppose never having gone through the great wars on our own continent all war seems sort of far away and removed to North Americans. Our uncles told stories about their service but those stories originated "over there".
same, except it was just me, aged 11, my two brothers in bed.
My mum was out too.... possibly at a tupperware party !
and the repercussions didnt happen until it was repeated in 1983, and mum, dad and me watched it, and my dad had forgotten,.... until he saw the bit i was most scared of and it dawned on him, and then my mum saw my red, shocked face, and my heart beating through my chest and absolutely went mad at my dad really ! And me for watching again !!!
@michelleconchita But I bet you bloody well weren't proponents of nuclear deterrence when you grew up... I'd say that's worth a few nightmares.
In fact, I'd say this generation could use the same treatment, given that we've all forgotten how many warheads we still have pointed at each other. More than enough to kill us all ten times over.
@michelleconchita At school in year 10 we were forced to watch Threads! Probably the worst film I've ever seen!!! Nearly 20 years later it still sends shivers down my spine & this comes second!!
the effects in this are actually much better than threads! must have a had a higher nuclear effects budget..
this is fucking terrifying even now - i cant imagine why anyone thought it would've been a good idea to show this at the height of the cold war!!?!?! must've scared the absolute shit out of people.......!
OMG this video really makes you think nukes are real nasty and makes you wonder about the order to mass produce them. Wonder what iran will do with theirs.
I watched this when I was 11 and must admit it scared the hell out of me too! But I couldnt help watching it again and again as lets face it, when you are an 11 year old boy, watching a scary TV programme is pretty good fun. But back in the 80s, this was deadly serious and was more of a case of when rather than if......
I know what you mean. I watched it once and was drawn to it even though I sirt of regretted it. It wasnt so much fun for me as I was too scared, but I relate to what you mean. And the fact I relived it night after night was kind of like watching it again and again....
i remember being shown this at school by a teacher in religious education class when we discussed war. it made me feel really uncomfortable and frightened, but at the same time i couldn't take my eyes off it. i get the same feelings now as an adult. i love it.
Ok, these are the facts. I was 11 years old when I first saw it in 1982. The bit when we see the woman made up to show fallout symptoms traumaitised me. The rest was nowhere near as intense, but obviously it made the whole thing worse in context. The same goes for the fact that everyone saw nuclear war as a realitic threat, and it was in the media all the time - hence documentaries like these. I wont go into the details of the trauma but it lasted months...... and then it was on again in 1983.
... and in 1983, even though I wasnt really over it and certoainly remebered it, I somehow wanted that horror again. I was 12, and I was almost compelled. And the effect of me was the same.... horrible. I avoided watching The Day After and Threads around 1984. I guess t remained in my surface consciousness for another 2 or 3 years. I guess by the mid 90s I very rarely recalled it and I guess in this decade I didnt recall it spontaneously at all. Now, a few days ago, a vid from 84 reminded me.
... so I was scared for a few days, anticipating....... anyway I watched it, and it's fascinating. Really a big step for me. It must be remembered that nuclear war seemed a very real threat then, to everyone. ... p.s. the producer (no director) went on to direct The Bosyguard and LA Story
. . . so eat your fucking vegetables.
k9thru12 3 weeks ago
why do i keep watching this ??!?!!!?!!??!
christianheart100 1 month ago
I remember this scaring the shit out of me when I was a kid. Didn't sleep for a week without nightmares.
NPA1001 1 month ago
uplifting
pcaminador1 2 months ago
Awesome cameltoe
chairmanmeow1973 2 months ago
@midgum i remember watching a higher quality version of this here on youtube. Saw your commment and went to Danni4815162342's channel... crap!
"This account has been terminated due to repeated or severe violations of our Community Guidelines and/or claims of copyright infringement."
fuckin copyright nazis
Knaeckebrotsaege 2 months ago
@silver4883 unstable! ... m8 if they even thought for one minute about pushing it, we'd just pre-empt and all out war with middle east.
mrpfct 4 months ago
This was even more chilling than Threads because it showed the utter uselessness of civil defence when it came to nuclear war.
Professor6871 4 months ago
Bottom line: In the event of nuclear war we're all fucked. Say goodbye to your loved ones then go and dance around outside until the warheads go off. Better than surviving surely.
richievegas01 4 months ago in playlist Q.E.D. Guide to Armageddon
@richievegas01 I think that's what this documentary was also trying to get across that trying to survive would be a waste of time and effect, so don't bother trying too.
Professor6871 4 months ago
3:04 - Oh, the irony!
frogswallop 5 months ago in playlist QED A Guide To Armageddon
quod erat demonstrandum
drnickyp 6 months ago
London would have been LUCKY to only get one 1mt warhead. The reality is, the Soviets probably had multiple high kiloton warheads targetted on London set to airburst in overlapping circles to ensure total destruction. Former Kennedy and Johnson Secretart of Defence Robert Mcnamara pointed out in 2004 that the Soviets had nearly 100 1mt warheads aimed at NYC. One can assume that London would receive similar treatment. Bottom line: total annihilation of life and property.
lydiahoggarth 8 months ago
@lydiahoggarth Londons a shithole anyway and full of robbing theiving scum....best place for it!
bl0xta 6 months ago
@lydiahoggarth Your right the Soviets would most probably have thrown 20 megatons at large cities like London and not just a 1 mt tonnes as this film showed. The reality was that the Soviets wanted total victory this would been by annihilation of the enemy; so having multiple warheads being air busted or ground detonated would have achieved their goal. In fact, we found out later, that the Soviet's had no scruples in putting the smallpox virus onto their missiles to make this happen.
Professor6871 4 months ago
@Professor6871 The Russians have still got all the same weapons...
MrGoneTroppo 4 months ago
@Professor6871 Interestingly, the destructive power of a nuclear weapon does not scale in direct proportion to the megatonnage of the weapon. In the early days of the nuclear age a weapon of that size might have been targeted at London, when the delivery systems were poor, but warhead sizes got smaller as delivery systems became more accurate. Using many smaller warheads, detonated in a grid-like pattern over a "soft" target, actually achieves much greater damage than a single large bomb.
bitrex 4 months ago
@bitrex Well perhaps smaller warheads would do the job than just a large one would do. I imagine the Iranians must of learnt about this tactic and have put it into their nuke plans. But there's still large nukes out there and for that reason only, they would be used by the Russian or the US if a war was to brake out.
Professor6871 4 months ago
Did anyone notice that the high pitched violin music that plays when all the cars are burning was also used in the film "Children of Men"?
roylopear 8 months ago
@roylopear
Good find, I wouldn't have noticed that otherwise.
wadea912 8 months ago
@roylopear Goodness your observant there or is it trival I don't know.
Professor6871 4 months ago
The same week in August 1985 that all the worst nuclear war films were released for the fortieth anniversary of Hiroshima, I found a Protect and Survive leaflet in my grandparents' farmhouse in Nottinghamshire, sixty miles from Sheffield. I was fourteen then, and at thirty-nine I still get cold sweaty feet thinking about it. Thank gods for sensible people.
JakeFeatherston41 10 months ago
Ah yes, the good old 80's! Good times Good times! Don't forget to duck and cover kiddies!
Stupid fucking governments and their nukes.
MagnetoMasterOfEvil 1 year ago
DO WE TRUST IRAN WITH THIS BOMB CONSIDERING HOW UNSTABLE MUSLIM COUNTRIES ARE
silver4883 1 year ago 2
This is pretty fucked up stuff.
TheDeistAngle 1 year ago
When I speak to people in their mid-late 30s, a good deal of them remember this and will readily admit to have been absolutely terrified when they watched it!
superatticman 1 year ago
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THEBONEENGINE 1 year ago
The screeching strings used here are originally from the "Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta", by Bela Bartok (1936). This particular segment was later used in "The Shining" (a Stanley Kubrick film, 1980).
rayandreina 1 year ago
@JoLovesSpam do you live in chesterfield? i had this shown me in history as well!
the teacher was a bearded social studies taking leftist athiest c**t though! ;-)
joncfc1 1 year ago
@joncfc1 Your teacher sounds eminently sensible. His beard and political beliefs were his own personal choices, but his atheism and desire to warn his students of the horrors of nuclear war clearly demonstrate his intelligence and humanity. You should have listened to him, instead of branding a concientious person such as him as a cunt. I can only assume you're a right-wing, god-bothering cunt who is too think to heed the lessons of history.
mgo26 1 year ago
We watched this in History and all walked out convinced we would have a nuclear bomb kill us at any moment!
JoLovesSpam 1 year ago
To Boobtuber06. The music you refer to isMissa Brevis in D by Benjamin Britten. It was specifically written for Trebles, Altos and organ and went completely against the grain for choral music and is incredibly difficult to sing especially for young boys of 11 or 12. Technically brilliant but not particularly joyful or uplifting!
simonm7133 1 year ago
What is QED?
applesweeter 1 year ago
@applesweeter QED are the initials for the Latin phrase "quod erat demonstrandum", which signifies completion of a mathematical proof or philosophical argument. It basically translates as "that which is to be demonstrated". Trivia: there is a KQED Channel 9 here in San Francisco; and there is also a WQED Channel 13 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (both PBS stations).
rayandreina 1 year ago
@applesweeter quod erat demonstrandum, used at the end of a definitive proof. Means "That which was to be demonstrated." i.e., "this is the logical conclusion demonstrated by the foregoing"
TheIppus 1 year ago
I watched this in my 10th grade English class after reading "Alas, Babylon"...this was a very CREEPY film!!
ladyhardyfan 1 year ago
I remember watching this in my 10th grade English class after reading "Alas, Babylon"....this was a very CREEPY film!!!
ladyhardyfan 1 year ago
Don't worry, our great leaders will be nice and safe in their deep level bunkers outside London when it happens, with 6 months' food supplies and proper medical facilities. We can all sleep peacefully now.
Jerraph 1 year ago 2
walking along all day long walking along while i sing this song!!! tra la la la *flash* oh son of a mother duck!
1210djy 1 year ago
Well, we're still here almost 30 years on.
Cool2BCeltic 1 year ago
Pause @ 2:19. LOL
neil73 1 year ago
2:25 Eastenders!
Noodles37UK 1 year ago
According to IMDB this was broadcast on 26th July 1982, the first Monday night of the school summer holidays.... I was 11 at the time and I have being on holiday in Ireland to thank for not seeing this programme and therefore being spared considerable trauma and fear! Even now, in a post-Cold War world, it still makes extremely harrowing viewing!
RowleyMile 1 year ago
@RowleyMile
yes, I saw it and was traumatised !!
I was 11 as well, and had you seen it you would have been subject to that indeed... added to what you are saying is that it was THE summer holiday, because it was the summer holiday where we had just left all our friends at junior school, and were just about to step up to 'big school'. Lots of fear, lot sof trauma. It felt so cold........
An amazingly well-made and effective documentary.
texluh 1 year ago
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yes, I saw it and was traumatised !!
I was 11 as well, and had you seen it you would have been subject to that indeed... added to what you are saying is that it was THE summer holiday, because it was the summer holiday where we had just left all our friends at junior school, and were just about to step up to 'big school'. Lots of fear, lot sof trauma. It felt so cold........
An amazingly well-made and effective documentary.
texluh 1 year ago
1:51 Does anyone know the choral pieces in this program???
I know it's Benjamin Britten, but I don't know what piece; it's amazing.
That piano piece in the dance scene is pleasant too.
boobtuber06 1 year ago
Why isn't this banned by the BBC like "The War Game"?
JrOrlow 1 year ago
@JrOrlow I think The War Game is even more graphic
ITILII 1 year ago
I checked out this video because I saw a very distrubed movie last night.
CHECK OUT "THE ROAD" it is a movie adaptation from a Pulitzer Prize Winning novel from the author of "No Country For Old Men".
In a nuclear war, everyone loses.
lln003 1 year ago
Lucky for me, I'd just be instantly killed
mariotaz 1 year ago
{english accent} BLOODY NUCLEAR MURDER!!!
mikeenters 1 year ago
How about this could be used for an alternative story of the American Rev but that Rev does not happen until the late 20th Cent with the colonists of the US attacking England with nuke wpns...
rangeclerk 1 year ago
I'm pretty certain that it's Ludovic Kennedy speaking.
funkyalfonso 1 year ago
@funkyalfonso it is Ludovic Kennedy
ITILII 1 year ago
@funkyalfonso It is: his name is in the closing credits. This was 1982; it was later on in 1994 that he was knighted -- thus becoming Sir Ludovic (Henry Coverley) Kennedy -- born 3 November, 1919 (Edinburgh, Scotland); died 18 October, 2009 (Salisbury, Wiltshire -- age 89).
rayandreina 1 year ago
The Day After was deliberately toned down on instructions from the network, apparently feeling the American public unable to withstand the full effects of a fictional nuclear war. Originally, Day After was going to be broadcast in two parts, but again the network stepped in, feeling that the public would not want to sit through two nights of Armageddon.
Nuclear winter, at least in its original form, has been largely dismissed by the scientific community. It currently survives in a reduced form.
DefconWarningSystem 1 year ago
Well, there goes my sleep....for a year.
hotelmario510 1 year ago 2
jesus. i watched this again and it still frightens me as much as when i first saw it as a kid. the guys voice and those chords at the start shit me up. derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
thelatexone 1 year ago
Yes, many will be killed! But the vast majority of the world's population will survive -- at least, for quite some time to come!
rayandreina 2 years ago
@rayandreina
Scientists have figured out that even a small nuclear war would dramatically alter the world's climate. The temperature would drop considerably and crops would fail. Probably, a significant portion of the world's population would starve. And everything would be all screwed up, so it would basically be back to the middle ages.
plusplusplusplusp 1 year ago
The idea of a nuclear winter is from the same global warming activists who couldn't predict there own birthday. Although millions would die from lack of food it would be little to do with the temperature.
smoochym 1 year ago
The good news: you could be killed instantly! The bad news: more likely than not, however -- you're going to survive!
rayandreina 2 years ago
I'm not sure whether to be happy for you or not. I hear it doesn't hurt for some because you turn to pure carbon in an instant but for others...you're toast.
hotelmario510 2 years ago
By far the most terrifying thing ever.
hotelmario510 2 years ago
I guess "duck and cover" wouldn't do much good?
Kousaburo 2 years ago
dam, dude, i rather be the one getting a cheap half ass sun burn. this vid is serious!
kay2bmkm 2 years ago
I wonder why this disaster programming was so popular in the UK?
My wife is a Canadian, I'm an American and neither of us had any programming near this disturbing originate on our own soil...minus "The Day After" which, when held up to comparital scrutiny, sucked.
I suppose never having gone through the great wars on our own continent all war seems sort of far away and removed to North Americans. Our uncles told stories about their service but those stories originated "over there".
lesterclaypool1 2 years ago
Europe is a more mature society
z33xd 2 years ago
My dad actually thought this was suitable viewing for an 11 year old (me) and a 8 year old (my brother) whilst my Mum was out at a tupperware party!!
Ahhhhh the grilling he got when my Mum got home and us kids had to sleep with the lights on for weeks!!!
michelleconchita 2 years ago 28
hahahahaha. that's funny. ur adorable.
kay2bmkm 2 years ago
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texluh 1 year ago
@michelleconchita
same, except it was just me, aged 11, my two brothers in bed.
My mum was out too.... possibly at a tupperware party !
and the repercussions didnt happen until it was repeated in 1983, and mum, dad and me watched it, and my dad had forgotten,.... until he saw the bit i was most scared of and it dawned on him, and then my mum saw my red, shocked face, and my heart beating through my chest and absolutely went mad at my dad really ! And me for watching again !!!
texluh 1 year ago
@michelleconchita at least it wasn't Threads
Coogs42 1 year ago
@michelleconchita But I bet you bloody well weren't proponents of nuclear deterrence when you grew up... I'd say that's worth a few nightmares.
In fact, I'd say this generation could use the same treatment, given that we've all forgotten how many warheads we still have pointed at each other. More than enough to kill us all ten times over.
TheIppus 1 year ago
@michelleconchita I was a similar age 12 maybe. My mom wouldn't watch it she was too scared
rc2869 11 months ago
@michelleconchita tupperware now theres a blast from the past lol
123atj 9 months ago
@michelleconchita At school in year 10 we were forced to watch Threads! Probably the worst film I've ever seen!!! Nearly 20 years later it still sends shivers down my spine & this comes second!!
lagerdean1978 5 months ago
the effects in this are actually much better than threads! must have a had a higher nuclear effects budget..
this is fucking terrifying even now - i cant imagine why anyone thought it would've been a good idea to show this at the height of the cold war!!?!?! must've scared the absolute shit out of people.......!
ricjuk 2 years ago 4
That's why it was shown during the Cold War.
spidy671 2 years ago
Maybe it should scare the shit out of them...
agt334 2 years ago
Oh god this scared the shit our of me! D:
CoasterKid93 2 years ago 4
Well,that's cheered me up!
mistofoles 2 years ago 3
this is from just 1 megaton LOL :))
faszika 2 years ago
Haha the largest ever created is 50 megatons!
Petchhyy 2 years ago
I recorded this 25 years ago - QED was a great series.
heene 2 years ago
Excellent.
This featured on the ABC about 25 years ago. I've been wanting to see it again.
Thanks for posting it.
979708 2 years ago
OMG this video really makes you think nukes are real nasty and makes you wonder about the order to mass produce them. Wonder what iran will do with theirs.
NielsShoe 2 years ago
lol "nukes are real nasty". Yep they sure are.
zeonbub 2 years ago
I watched this when I was 11 and must admit it scared the hell out of me too! But I couldnt help watching it again and again as lets face it, when you are an 11 year old boy, watching a scary TV programme is pretty good fun. But back in the 80s, this was deadly serious and was more of a case of when rather than if......
superatticman 2 years ago
I know what you mean. I watched it once and was drawn to it even though I sirt of regretted it. It wasnt so much fun for me as I was too scared, but I relate to what you mean. And the fact I relived it night after night was kind of like watching it again and again....
texluh 2 years ago
i remember being shown this at school by a teacher in religious education class when we discussed war. it made me feel really uncomfortable and frightened, but at the same time i couldn't take my eyes off it. i get the same feelings now as an adult. i love it.
thelatexone 3 years ago 2
Ok, these are the facts. I was 11 years old when I first saw it in 1982. The bit when we see the woman made up to show fallout symptoms traumaitised me. The rest was nowhere near as intense, but obviously it made the whole thing worse in context. The same goes for the fact that everyone saw nuclear war as a realitic threat, and it was in the media all the time - hence documentaries like these. I wont go into the details of the trauma but it lasted months...... and then it was on again in 1983.
texluh 2 years ago
... and in 1983, even though I wasnt really over it and certoainly remebered it, I somehow wanted that horror again. I was 12, and I was almost compelled. And the effect of me was the same.... horrible. I avoided watching The Day After and Threads around 1984. I guess t remained in my surface consciousness for another 2 or 3 years. I guess by the mid 90s I very rarely recalled it and I guess in this decade I didnt recall it spontaneously at all. Now, a few days ago, a vid from 84 reminded me.
texluh 2 years ago
... so I was scared for a few days, anticipating....... anyway I watched it, and it's fascinating. Really a big step for me. It must be remembered that nuclear war seemed a very real threat then, to everyone. ... p.s. the producer (no director) went on to direct The Bosyguard and LA Story
texluh 2 years ago
To think that this is from a 1 megaton bomb.
Wormulus 3 years ago
So if that if that was what 1 megaton could do what could 10, 20 or 40 megatons do too a city
turner60 3 years ago