Sound An Alarm 2 - Part 2

[johnbarleycornmd]

I love watching the grace in which these people conduct themselves. Contrast this with "Threads," years later.

[GayGeisha]

These films are completly absurd. There is more truth and rationality in 'When the Wind Blows'.

[ZemplinTemplar]

Wow, nearly zero panic. How "realistic" of them. Once the nukes start flying, even seasoned servicemen would have shat their trousers. :-P

[TheRanalle]

Nowadays we just call it England.

[willobi]

oh ....!! How very british.

[lordofbore]

I was in the Royal Observer Corps,unlike the TA we were not armed we volunteered to do this unpleasant task,knowing that our families and friends would probably die,but we just got on and done it,thankfully we never had to do it for real

Perhaps some of you who are slagging off the ROC and UKWMO should do something constructive like joining the armed forces reserves,oh silly me you might get dirty,just go back to playing COD and MOH your mummy will bring you a nice cup of weak tea

[magnusrulz]

dont want to get my finger stuck in the metal door :L

[anthonythirteen]

This is a fascinating study into how to rationalise & bureaucratise the end of the world.

[PleasureTV]

Holly bureaucratic shit

it takes a few hours to confirm a nuclear blast

[GeneticsFTW]

Herp derp, I'll just climb out of this bunker in to an irradiated blast zone

[Celeon999A]

"After the last significant blast has occured ...."

And who is supposed to know which one is the last ? And who is volunteering for changing the cassettes risking being blinded , burned or irradiated by another detonation ? :-D

[jmossinca]

@Celeon999A And incinerated. Don't forget incinerated. A few thermal burns are trivial compared to being wiped from existence in the blink of an eye.

[manuelherrera777]

Its from an era when people thought nuclear war might be survivable.

Its a little disturbing at how matter of fact it sounds. Yes WWIII has just started and Britain will be peppered with thermal bursts and radiation, but the process of charting where the bombs fell......continues. Britain is the same size as the US state of Oregon, I imagine it wouldnt take many hits before the entire island is covered in fallout.

[stparamedic86]

People do slate this system and yes it did have major flaws in regards to communications, systems etc. but it is better than doing nothing and in the true spirit of clivil defence to try and do something to help the population whether it was futile or not. What would you have preferred the government of the day to do; nothing?

[gunsandroses1111]

Even in 1962 all government films used a plumby middle class voice never a Geordie or Brummie. Meanwhile Maggie was snug and comfortable in here Essex RSG whilst many outside were ...toast ...

[morgman43]

@gunsandroses1111 Well we need to be able to understand what they're saying...

[cryz8210]

this could be a cool "Fallout 3" trailer ^^

[radioactiveshoes]

i remember a protect and survive thing but it was for scotland any1 know wut it is?

[boots992134]

Ive lived in scotland for 24 years and Ive never heard of such a thing called the protect and survive

[DjHardaFasta]

I LIVE IN WATFORD!!!!!! :O

[anthonythirteen]

Sorry, you're going to die a slow death from fallout, just like those in Essex!

[anthonythirteen]

@DjHardaFasta Ironically one place where house prices will go up after an attack!

[Peonygreenleaf]

right...he steps outside and another one goes off...that would be sooo classic LOL..

Ohhhh then he turns into a zombie...

:p

[drroxter]

theres one of those ROC posts near me, they all look the same, its unlocked and everything is still inside haha

[XXACEOFSPADESXX]

of course it is, they might need to be used one day.

Thier like condoms,

Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it :D

[greendagger5]

lol it would be real funny if the guy that goes outside turns into a zombie

[MaryStewart]

why dos this say it's in 1962 and part 1 is 1971? that's odd!

[patbean]

the 1971 film (the one about the dector) WAS called "sound an alarm"

Sound an alarn was the moto of the UKWMO

the 1962 film was (I think) called "the/A hole in the ground"

[RainbowManification]

The A/ hole in the ground.... ha... thats funny, britian had a great sense of humor.

[MosinDisciple]

Those papa-1 people are pretty matter of fact about that nuclear weapon going off... as if its just an annoyance that happens every couple of days... lol.

[anthonythirteen]

Me! Me1 I'll go outside and change the cassettes - watch this after the War Game or Threads and you'll see just how pointless this was...

[knarvil]

A little perspective. That was 1962 before yeild and delivery made it a very different game! It's almost making me grimly nostaligic.

[anthonythirteen]

But even then the yields were far worse than Hiroshima and missiles would render this quaint system superfluous

[gab21113]

Yes, but in the early 1960s, the main threat was still bombers.

[Wolfboy183]

seen both couldn't sleep

[mubd1234]

@anthonythirteen Especially threads. What was the point of being stuck under the town hall charting out maps when all of the country was fucked anyway?

[ShiekUrBooty]

Papa 1 is manned by a goat herder and a bank teller. Which one is on top?

Hahahaha, "Papa 1 calling Royal Group leader, could you send more stout, tins of beef jerky and some dames, there appears to be a bit of a sticky wicket, what with those atom bombs going off and all that jolly good rot."

[Wolfboy183]

LOL the sound of the words and me imagining nuclear bomb observers saying that when they're supposed to be serious just made me laugh my ass off

[alastairward]

Eh? What? Six sections? What happens to poor old Northern Ireland?

Bit of a shame, seeing as how we have our own nuclear bunker and hosted V-bombers in RAF Aldergrove during the Cold War.

[weebelfastdude]

Sure you know how the mainlanders think of us ;)

[boredreiver]

It was covered by Caledonia.