Lmfao at people scarred of Islamic countries,they are just like us but the genocide ideas are from terrorist and terrorist dosnt have enough money to even build a 1 kiloton bomb witch is worthless.
Islamic governament has atomic bombs not terrorists.
& I felt absolute horror, but then a peace came over me with no worries as I heard them talk about what we all had just seen. It was one of the most amazing moments in US history & as far as I am concerned, the whole world's history, as we all came together in a common unity & I have never felt that safe again since some of the Islamic countries have now got the nukes. It was like mass horror, then discussions & then mass bliss & relief at that time, unlike any thing I have ever felt or seen.
we all would end up destroyed. Nukes would be flying from one country to another making it clear that there could be no winners ever. Now, we cannot have that same guarantee, because Iran & most Islamic regimes don't care if they die, as long as they kill us all while they do it. The whole world knows that there is no winners, but Islam cares nothing about who they kill or if they die when these things happen. I remember such peace after those were shown to all of the world all at once continued
@Smallcherokeegirl08 I'm pretty sure Nicholas Meyer didn't intend on his movie encouraging hatred and misunderstanding of other peoples faiths, and I don't get how you think the world getting nuked all at once is better than singular terrorist attacks. They both suck, but i'd rather risk a dirty bomb than the whole planet get eradicated. Islam has about the same amount of hatred towards non isalmic people as the bible has towards non christians, and can be misinterpreted in just as many ways
Afterwards, many world leaders, along with Reagan & Gorbachev, talked about what we all felt that night & the discussions dealt with nuclear bombs in depth while we watched History being made. The world audience listened in awe as we hung on every word they spoke in the discussion held between all these leaders, which was unforgettable. It shook up everyone of us & then, we realized that we were all mutually assured that there would be no winners if even one nuke hit anywhere, because continued
I will NEVER FORGET watching this & threads & 1 other movie that same night. Reagan & Gorbachev had nearly the whole world watching these movies at the same time. Russia, the US, The UK, Israel & so many other countries were all watching these at the same time all over the world. They were the most horrifying movies I had ever seen. I cannot forget that nearly the whole world was in utter shock after we watched these. I was young & these were used to bring peace to us all at that time. continued
an ´d that is one big nukes, those other 2 nukes couldnt even kill that man like 2 miles away, or maybe htta guy was just lucky to have ducked right on time
This movie really made an impact on many people. It was during the cold war and really brought home what could happen in the US and Soviet Union really started something.
i remember being like 7 years old and looking for a movie in my mom's entertainment center. i saw this movie lying around int there and of course on the back it pics of big bombs which at the time i didn't know were nukes. i though cool!!! but then i actually watched the whole movie was like HOLY FUCK!!! especially when my mom told me about the cold war and other things.
@rylanstrong In theory. a nuclear blast in the upper atmosphere would create and EMP pulse that would fry all circuitry. Today It would have less of an effect but our entire power grid would go out. Some older cars would be toast, a few newer cars might still be operable. Computers might be damaged but operable. EMP hardened radios would be good.
it is a classic. But I wish they made an update. The nukes just look completely fake. At one point it looks like the nuke is a big bowl. Then it looks 2-D until it rises enough. And the mushroom clouds are just way two dark. They dont turn brown until about 10 seconds after the explosion. But then again, the movie was made for the understandably and how frightening a nuclear bomb is. But I wish it could be something more like the nuke from terminator 2 or Indiana jones 4, ya know what I mean? :/
@RainbowManification Then whyy do they look so fake?? They look nothing like the nukes like:The atomic cannon, Baker, Castle Bravo, Ivy king, little boy, fat man, trinity, grable (atomic cannnon), Ivy mike, Castle romeo, minuitman etc.
The mushroom cloud effects were made by injecting ink into water. Apparently there was no good way of simulating a nuclear explosion, in 1983 they didn't have CGI (Or at least nothing good).
I have this DVD and it is great!!! There was an English version of WW3 called "Threads" I saw it on HBO in the 80's It too is a great film... I don't care how many times I watch this movie, I still shake my head, with tears in my eyes and repeat "stupid" The unimaginable stupidity of a full nuclear exchange... I just can't fathom it... We ALL die,,, ALL of us. There is no winner... EVERYONE loses... Nukes were obsolete before they were even made.
@AloneAndOld He later dies from radiation sickness. He was far enough away to escape the pressure wave and most of the heat but the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma rays from the detonations caught up with him later. In the end, everyone was dead or dieing, which is the whole point of this film.... NO ONE LIVES..... Nukes are obsolete.... NO ONE SURVIVES!!!!
We would have shot half of the Russian missles out of the sky with Reagan Star Wars.
The other Russian missles would have been innacurate and missed.
The missles aimed at Andrews Air Force base were predicted to be up to 20 miles off course. I laughed at this stupid movie when 10years old and joined High School ROTC.
@UniverseCoach Playing with nuclear fire is not a smart thing to do. I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who ended all civilization on earth because I had an itchy trigger finger.
@AlbondigasDeMierda Of course it is fake, it was a movie and pretty damn good for its day. It did show the panic that would happen and what the after effects would be if there had been a nuclear exchange between the United States and the old Soviet Union. Had this really happened I seriously doubt you would be here today to make your idiotic statements. None of us would, because there would be no internet.
wouldn't the EMP destory the electrical equipment inside the nuclear missile and therefore stop the normal explosion happening which kickstarts the nuclear reaction? stupid film.
@NathanLawson27 EMP happens after the bomb is gone off. Besides, they could have impact explosions where conventional explosives explode on impact releasing the uranium bullet through the U235 thus the bomb still goes off and produces an EMP as well.
@NathanLawson27 I'm asking you this as a total dumbass about nuclear war. I don't know what an EMP is and how does that stop the normal explosion from happening? Basically I'm asking you to calm my fears, how is this a stupid film?
The warheads would still be affected... an EMP would take out all electrics on the eastern coast of america they would have to be out of this blast radius to not be affected... also they shockwaves in the air could cause the nuclear missiles to go off course...
Actually if you read Carson Kressley's "Nuclear War Survival" book, the general impression that a nuclear would involve the all-out targeting of all the cities in the other country--as depicted in this and other "nuke horror" movies--is NOT the way it would have been. The main targets of the Soviet Union were missile sites and especially airbases where B52's could take off from. Wasting weapons on spreadout population centers was not a priority.
@MoiselSpecky its only a movie, and in realaty , its all about , SURVIVAL FOR THE STRONGEST, the weak suffer while the strong lives, Its human behavior.
@rickonami It may be only a movie, but art imitates life. This 'survival for the strongest' is bullballs. Are we so inhumane that we would plow down with our fast car the old lady crossing the street because she is too slow and in the way? Are we so evil that we want to kill the newborn child that has a deformaty? If we simply shrug if off by saying its 'human behavior' then I would be the first to suggest that this behavior should be modified immediately! Peace Please. ~Moisel~
@MoiselSpecky Good point, but still, cannot FORCE a man or a woman to change their behaviour , its against their will, the only way, is they change them selves, to do that is all of us, we are responsible for all the actions in this world, and we should get together and fix the problems together.
@MoiselSpecky Don't let this movie get you down. It was a quick, cheesy effort on the part of Mr. Meyer to take advantage of the anti-Reagan hysteria of the Left in the early 1980's. Other than the first 1/3 of the movie, where the build-up to the attack and the actual attack takes place, the rest of the movie is maudlin soap-opera and is actually pretty boring (as many critics said at the time). Plus it shows strong evidence of a rushed, careless production.
@zooeyhall Thank you, my eyes are red as fire. This kind of thing, this mass killing, this evil, makes me so sick to my stomach. What problem or argument could lead to such a thing that it makes people want to kill, destroy, mangle life in this way? I can understand the leaders of an arguing country not liking each other, but why destroy the people, animals, the earth? Why not simply put the leaders into a boxing ring with a referee and let them have a go at each other? Peace Please! ~Moisel~
@MoiselSpecky It could be said that the existence of nuclear weapons may have prevented another major war, precisely for the reasons you mention and the realization of the leaders of the USSR and the US that such would happen if they took that fatal step.
Unfotunately, it is weakness that leads to war. If Hitler knew he would have gotten his ass-kicked invading Poland or Czech. it is unlikely there ever would have been a WWII.The reality is there are some bad guys in the world.
@potross11 I can't believe you are serious with such an asinine statement. If it weren't for America's participation in WWII, Britain and the rest of Europe would have been overrun by Hitler and the Third Reich.
Why don't you ask the Poles what they think of your friends the Soviets? Stalin was a brutal mass murderer, on par with Hitler. And Mao Zedong was another murderous bastard who learned every trick in the book from Stalin.
I like how the tech asks to confirm if this is an exercise AFTER the missiles are launched. Boy, wouldn't he be red faced if they told him it was all just an April Fool's joke!
my gawd i read everyone's comment some of you are wanting to kill each other just here on youtube about who is more evil etc..etc...come on ppl doens't this movie scary already peace man Peace..
I live in canada btw...love and peace ppl, this movie scared the living crap out of me in the 80's...and still today things like this can happen...scary crap
The thing about a nuclear attack is that it generates an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) that will knock out everything that is tied in with the power grids, or with any kind of solid-state technology. What this means is: A, you can turn the key and pump the pedal till the cows come home! -- to no avail; and B, your computer, TV, stereo, etc., will be rendered inoperable -- even if the power ever were to come back on (HA! -- fat chance!). Oh, well. Maybe things will look better in the morning.
The Soviets had, and CFS forces still have now, Small, MIREV style weapons on their subs and "truck" bases. They are smaller kiloton-grade warheads designed to overwhelm our missile defenses. It will always come down to whoever has the bigger stick, and how soon to get it. Except, everyone loses. That is why it is called a deterrent force. It deters one's country to take the steps towards war. At least we knew they had it. Now, we don't know who will.
this is really cool, find all this fallout and nuclear information really interesting lol. but honestly if i was in that idbe freaking the fuck out haha
visiari's speech ,kz2'' they try to clam our home by force but not by rite.....they sweep over our lands...never again will we bow before them ,never again endure there opresion,never again enure there terriany we will strik without warnin with out mercy fightin as one hand , one heart,one soul we will shatter there dreams and haunt there nightmares drensin our ancestors grave for there blood as our last breath tears of ther lungs as we rise again from the ruin of our city'' just postin a remark
visiari's speech ,kz2'' they try to clam our home by force but not by rite.....they sweep over our lands...never again will we bow before them ,never again endure there opresion,never again enure there terriany we will strik without warnin with out mercy fightin as one hand , one heart,one soul we will shatter there dreams and haunt there nightmares drensin our ancestors grave for there blood as our last breath tears of ther lungs we rise again from the ruin of our city'' just postin a remark
It wouldn't take months, it would take years. Radiation has to lower enough to safely come out of the ground. Those who come out right after the attack portrayed in this movie would die slowly and nastily from radiation poisoning.
5:22 Somehow I don't think he and his car should still be sitting there intact. I mean at least two nukes exploded very close by. If the intense heat didn't melt him with his car, the shockwaves from both blasts should've smashed his car and the others into millions of pieces and blown far, far away.
@potross11 You may call yourself English but your grammar and spelling indicates you are probably one of those Pakistani or other Middle Eastern immigrants who crashed into England and now enjoy the liberty that the "scum of the earth" helped save your adopted country from Hitler's and Stalin's tender mercies.
This film was'nt very realistic. There was no first strike target anywhere near Lawrence Kansas. The missile silos were all in southwestern Missouri. Kansas City had no major strategic target anywhere around it. It would have been struck much later in the war, during the countervalue phase.
@potross11 hey fuck you. this movie made the Russians appear more evil than in they were real life but it was for entertainment. and yes dip shit, the Soviets were fucking hostile. remember that they annexed most of Europe and invaded the middle east? they went to war with Pakistan i attempt for more power. not only that, but they were sending missiles to cuba so they could nuke us easier. if the soviets weren't so brutal, how come even your country feared being nuked you dumb British fuck.
America may have its faults but it's still the best hope for mankind. "Scum of the earth" who spent $13 billion ($150 billion today) to rebuild Europe after WWII, including Britain you dumb English troll fuck. While the Soviets allowed their troops license in mass rapes, and then stripped Eastern Europe of 80% of its assets to build-up Stalin's police state. Seems to me your author George Orwell wrote a little story about how England might have been under a Soviet-style regime: "1984"
the scene 4:09 when the father is carrying his flash blinded son into the house after the nuclear detonation..........if im not mistaken......wouldn't the heat blast have already incinerated them and the house.....?
the scene 4:09 when the father is carrying his flash blinded son into the house after the nuclear detonation..........if im not mistaken......wouldn't the heat blast have already incinerated them and the house.....?
You have to wonder watching this,what sense would it make for the US and Russia to destroy each others cities,How would killing millions of American and Russians ever prove useful in the long run.The object of war is to destroy your enemy without having too much damage inflicted on yourself,This is impossible to do in a all out nuclear war.
I sure dont feel safe,its not the Russian Im concerned with but with terrorists getting their hands on nuclear weapons for WE KNOW they would not hesitate to use them on us.
I'd rather not be warned if it ever comes to this, lets face it, if you're in the drop zone you're fucked anyway. I'd rather not spend my last 3 minutes watching everyone lose their minds.
@Dave54600 When I was in the Military, we used to laugh about this kind of thing. REASON: We ALL knew that since we were all on a U.S.Military Base, we were all sitting on "Ground Zero" anyway. In other words. We would NEVER actually "Feel" anything since we would ALL be instantly vaporized in a Microsecond, considering that Military Bases ARE ALL
I have like 20 bottles of water and like 50 cans of food and 10 first-aid kits in the bombshelter under my home. my friends and neighbours don't understand why i should have that, but when the bombs drop, i will be the only survivor in my town haha!
@rhettcoolgek What is your plan regarding the "Air" which you must breath?
Since EVERYTHING on the surface WILL be Highly Radioactive for about the next 2500 Yrs. I think it is safe to say that you will need a few more than 20 bottles of water. Oh, and I hope your basement is about 250'-500' feet down completely surrounded by granite bedrock.
Where's your Duck and Cover now?
danAWESOMEcollier 3 weeks ago
@CEMTV76 Russia were arent enemies with and China just cant play
DarPower1 1 month ago
mentira
ander1524 2 months ago
what is this film called?
baileys60 3 months ago
@baileys60
The Day After.
vgtslvr 3 months ago
@vgtslvr thanks man i'm on part 9 now!
baileys60 3 months ago
You didn't watch the movie did you?
finalfantasyrulz435 3 months ago
2:30 where the hell is that black guy going?
TheMrRistro 3 months ago
today+vaults=peace 4 us
gameplayer13100 3 months ago
Next time, be Indiana Jones and hide in the fridge.
DarPower1 3 months ago
Duck and cover.
komattaaa 4 months ago
Lmfao at people scarred of Islamic countries,they are just like us but the genocide ideas are from terrorist and terrorist dosnt have enough money to even build a 1 kiloton bomb witch is worthless.
Islamic governament has atomic bombs not terrorists.
redhatlt 5 months ago
I love Jebus!
Ticket4Me 5 months ago
Not as horryifing as threads
sitbit2012 5 months ago
1 EMP and 3 nukes on one city? Lol even one nuke would flatten everything. Yes, EVERYTHING
MattJoey2142 5 months ago
lol at 2:21- 2:32
fuzzygame12 5 months ago
And thus Fallout was born
InDestructibile 5 months ago
@InDestructibile Meh, not 50'ish looking. X(
NodDisciple1 4 months ago
And this is how the game fallout begins in another dimension.
Romanov117 6 months ago
& I felt absolute horror, but then a peace came over me with no worries as I heard them talk about what we all had just seen. It was one of the most amazing moments in US history & as far as I am concerned, the whole world's history, as we all came together in a common unity & I have never felt that safe again since some of the Islamic countries have now got the nukes. It was like mass horror, then discussions & then mass bliss & relief at that time, unlike any thing I have ever felt or seen.
Smallcherokeegirl08 6 months ago
@Smallcherokeegirl08 You're also looking at the 80's through some VERY rose colored glasses.
ZiddersRooFurry 4 months ago
we all would end up destroyed. Nukes would be flying from one country to another making it clear that there could be no winners ever. Now, we cannot have that same guarantee, because Iran & most Islamic regimes don't care if they die, as long as they kill us all while they do it. The whole world knows that there is no winners, but Islam cares nothing about who they kill or if they die when these things happen. I remember such peace after those were shown to all of the world all at once continued
Smallcherokeegirl08 6 months ago
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Smallcherokeegirl08 6 months ago
@Smallcherokeegirl08 I'm pretty sure Nicholas Meyer didn't intend on his movie encouraging hatred and misunderstanding of other peoples faiths, and I don't get how you think the world getting nuked all at once is better than singular terrorist attacks. They both suck, but i'd rather risk a dirty bomb than the whole planet get eradicated. Islam has about the same amount of hatred towards non isalmic people as the bible has towards non christians, and can be misinterpreted in just as many ways
ZiddersRooFurry 4 months ago
Afterwards, many world leaders, along with Reagan & Gorbachev, talked about what we all felt that night & the discussions dealt with nuclear bombs in depth while we watched History being made. The world audience listened in awe as we hung on every word they spoke in the discussion held between all these leaders, which was unforgettable. It shook up everyone of us & then, we realized that we were all mutually assured that there would be no winners if even one nuke hit anywhere, because continued
Smallcherokeegirl08 6 months ago
I will NEVER FORGET watching this & threads & 1 other movie that same night. Reagan & Gorbachev had nearly the whole world watching these movies at the same time. Russia, the US, The UK, Israel & so many other countries were all watching these at the same time all over the world. They were the most horrifying movies I had ever seen. I cannot forget that nearly the whole world was in utter shock after we watched these. I was young & these were used to bring peace to us all at that time. continued
Smallcherokeegirl08 6 months ago
2:42 - 3:07 that scared the shit out of me. The scariest moment in this film.
ArtificalSoldier 6 months ago
1:59 EMP bomb ?
Hamodyxxx0 6 months ago
@Hamodyxxx0
yes, it's a EMP bomb.
vgtslvr 6 months ago
@vgtslvr NOT an EMP bomb! it is a nuke that when detonated high produces the emp effect!
KC8YOQ 4 months ago 6
@KC8YOQ
thanks, this is corret ;¬) I expressed myself wrong before.
vgtslvr 4 months ago
That's fucked up
Reaper0397 6 months ago
they should've had a vault...
HFWLWiffle 6 months ago 15
@HFWLWiffle Oh yeah, because those turned out great :P
Lyagami25 2 weeks ago
what movieis this from?
BigR3DRocket 7 months ago
@BigR3DRocket lol " the day after " .
Narkootika 7 months ago
3:25
kansas city is f***ed
an ´d that is one big nukes, those other 2 nukes couldnt even kill that man like 2 miles away, or maybe htta guy was just lucky to have ducked right on time
FalloutMessiah 7 months ago
I have this on DVD, what a shitty movie. lol
Nakor420ish 8 months ago
And the tree hugers were finally happy.
goliathlup1 8 months ago
Cuz War... War never changes.
pipenissen 8 months ago
This movie really made an impact on many people. It was during the cold war and really brought home what could happen in the US and Soviet Union really started something.
xvoy2002 8 months ago
@xvoy2002
hey who knows, maybe it it helped prevent the nuclear war (:
FalloutMessiah 7 months ago
Why in God's name is there a wedding at 3:23???
favorites411 8 months ago
@favorites411 maybe they thoguh it was just another "false Alarm"
FalloutMessiah 8 months ago
@FalloutMessiah maybe....but a wedding?
favorites411 7 months ago
@favorites411
I guess
FalloutMessiah 7 months ago
Thumbs up if you were a kid when you saw this and were traumatized with nightmares for the rest of your life.
Politcalamity 8 months ago
ICBMs with thermonuclear warheads
That would've been cooler.
twotailedavenger 9 months ago
i remember being like 7 years old and looking for a movie in my mom's entertainment center. i saw this movie lying around int there and of course on the back it pics of big bombs which at the time i didn't know were nukes. i though cool!!! but then i actually watched the whole movie was like HOLY FUCK!!! especially when my mom told me about the cold war and other things.
polskie90 9 months ago
how come the car's would stop!
rylanstrong 9 months ago
@rylanstrong In theory. a nuclear blast in the upper atmosphere would create and EMP pulse that would fry all circuitry. Today It would have less of an effect but our entire power grid would go out. Some older cars would be toast, a few newer cars might still be operable. Computers might be damaged but operable. EMP hardened radios would be good.
RainbowManification 9 months ago
@RainbowManification actually it would be the other way around ^^;
the electronics in modern cars would all fry
if anything more things would be affected
prototype434 7 months ago
@rylanstrong the lectric stoped the systmes
pokemonfan8883 9 months ago
it is a classic. But I wish they made an update. The nukes just look completely fake. At one point it looks like the nuke is a big bowl. Then it looks 2-D until it rises enough. And the mushroom clouds are just way two dark. They dont turn brown until about 10 seconds after the explosion. But then again, the movie was made for the understandably and how frightening a nuclear bomb is. But I wish it could be something more like the nuke from terminator 2 or Indiana jones 4, ya know what I mean? :/
Shotgun8502 9 months ago
@Shotgun8502 srry for bad spelling. *too *It
Shotgun8502 9 months ago
@Shotgun8502 The nuke blast were taken from stock footage of nuclear test in the 50s.
RainbowManification 9 months ago
@RainbowManification Then whyy do they look so fake?? They look nothing like the nukes like:The atomic cannon, Baker, Castle Bravo, Ivy king, little boy, fat man, trinity, grable (atomic cannnon), Ivy mike, Castle romeo, minuitman etc.
Shotgun8502 9 months ago
@Shotgun8502 Nuclear tests were conducted in Nevada, so they would look orangy
RainbowManification 9 months ago
@Shotgun8502
The mushroom cloud effects were made by injecting ink into water. Apparently there was no good way of simulating a nuclear explosion, in 1983 they didn't have CGI (Or at least nothing good).
ballebanan 8 months ago
I have this DVD and it is great!!! There was an English version of WW3 called "Threads" I saw it on HBO in the 80's It too is a great film... I don't care how many times I watch this movie, I still shake my head, with tears in my eyes and repeat "stupid" The unimaginable stupidity of a full nuclear exchange... I just can't fathom it... We ALL die,,, ALL of us. There is no winner... EVERYONE loses... Nukes were obsolete before they were even made.
Landotter1 10 months ago
Now, the old man's driving a VOLVO with TWO nukes exploding on either side and he Survives?
AloneAndOld 10 months ago
@AloneAndOld He later dies from radiation sickness. He was far enough away to escape the pressure wave and most of the heat but the Alpha, Beta, and Gamma rays from the detonations caught up with him later. In the end, everyone was dead or dieing, which is the whole point of this film.... NO ONE LIVES..... Nukes are obsolete.... NO ONE SURVIVES!!!!
Landotter1 10 months ago
i saw a 2t22
gameexpert385 10 months ago
A lot of the f/x in this sequence (the sky scaper exploding, the bridge falling down) were ripped-off from the 1979 film "Meteor".
boy18inva 10 months ago
We would have shot half of the Russian missles out of the sky with Reagan Star Wars.
The other Russian missles would have been innacurate and missed.
The missles aimed at Andrews Air Force base were predicted to be up to 20 miles off course. I laughed at this stupid movie when 10years old and joined High School ROTC.
OOOOH AHHH!!!!!!!
UniverseCoach 10 months ago
@UniverseCoach Playing with nuclear fire is not a smart thing to do. I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who ended all civilization on earth because I had an itchy trigger finger.
RainbowManification 9 months ago
Is it bad that I laughed at the terrible effects ?
Avataryoutuification 11 months ago
@Avataryoutuification No, not at all but it was pretty good for its day.
resinslinger 11 months ago
@resinslinger ok
Avataryoutuification 11 months ago
this is fake!
AlbondigasDeMierda 11 months ago
@AlbondigasDeMierda no fucking shit....
mario4817 11 months ago
@AlbondigasDeMierda Of course it is fake, it was a movie and pretty damn good for its day. It did show the panic that would happen and what the after effects would be if there had been a nuclear exchange between the United States and the old Soviet Union. Had this really happened I seriously doubt you would be here today to make your idiotic statements. None of us would, because there would be no internet.
resinslinger 11 months ago
wouldn't the EMP destory the electrical equipment inside the nuclear missile and therefore stop the normal explosion happening which kickstarts the nuclear reaction? stupid film.
NathanLawson27 11 months ago
@NathanLawson27 EMP happens after the bomb is gone off. Besides, they could have impact explosions where conventional explosives explode on impact releasing the uranium bullet through the U235 thus the bomb still goes off and produces an EMP as well.
Avataryoutuification 11 months ago
@NathanLawson27 I'm asking you this as a total dumbass about nuclear war. I don't know what an EMP is and how does that stop the normal explosion from happening? Basically I'm asking you to calm my fears, how is this a stupid film?
StanBennet 11 months ago
@NathanLawson27 No. The warheads following behind the high-altitude EMP warhead would be at too great a distance to be affected by the EMP.
resinslinger 11 months ago
@resinslinger
The warheads would still be affected... an EMP would take out all electrics on the eastern coast of america they would have to be out of this blast radius to not be affected... also they shockwaves in the air could cause the nuclear missiles to go off course...
NathanLawson27 10 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
this day is coming
spintecmaster 11 months ago
Actually if you read Carson Kressley's "Nuclear War Survival" book, the general impression that a nuclear would involve the all-out targeting of all the cities in the other country--as depicted in this and other "nuke horror" movies--is NOT the way it would have been. The main targets of the Soviet Union were missile sites and especially airbases where B52's could take off from. Wasting weapons on spreadout population centers was not a priority.
farmerne 1 year ago
I can't stop crying now. This is so evil, so horrible. Why?? Why do this?
MoiselSpecky 1 year ago
@MoiselSpecky its only a movie, and in realaty , its all about , SURVIVAL FOR THE STRONGEST, the weak suffer while the strong lives, Its human behavior.
rickonami 1 year ago
@rickonami It may be only a movie, but art imitates life. This 'survival for the strongest' is bullballs. Are we so inhumane that we would plow down with our fast car the old lady crossing the street because she is too slow and in the way? Are we so evil that we want to kill the newborn child that has a deformaty? If we simply shrug if off by saying its 'human behavior' then I would be the first to suggest that this behavior should be modified immediately! Peace Please. ~Moisel~
MoiselSpecky 1 year ago
@MoiselSpecky Good point, but still, cannot FORCE a man or a woman to change their behaviour , its against their will, the only way, is they change them selves, to do that is all of us, we are responsible for all the actions in this world, and we should get together and fix the problems together.
rickonami 1 year ago
@MoiselSpecky Don't let this movie get you down. It was a quick, cheesy effort on the part of Mr. Meyer to take advantage of the anti-Reagan hysteria of the Left in the early 1980's. Other than the first 1/3 of the movie, where the build-up to the attack and the actual attack takes place, the rest of the movie is maudlin soap-opera and is actually pretty boring (as many critics said at the time). Plus it shows strong evidence of a rushed, careless production.
zooeyhall 1 year ago
@zooeyhall Thank you, my eyes are red as fire. This kind of thing, this mass killing, this evil, makes me so sick to my stomach. What problem or argument could lead to such a thing that it makes people want to kill, destroy, mangle life in this way? I can understand the leaders of an arguing country not liking each other, but why destroy the people, animals, the earth? Why not simply put the leaders into a boxing ring with a referee and let them have a go at each other? Peace Please! ~Moisel~
MoiselSpecky 1 year ago
@MoiselSpecky It could be said that the existence of nuclear weapons may have prevented another major war, precisely for the reasons you mention and the realization of the leaders of the USSR and the US that such would happen if they took that fatal step.
Unfotunately, it is weakness that leads to war. If Hitler knew he would have gotten his ass-kicked invading Poland or Czech. it is unlikely there ever would have been a WWII.The reality is there are some bad guys in the world.
zooeyhall 1 year ago
is this a movie?
thefalloutnutjob 1 year ago
@thefalloutnutjob no its real, lol
keffje007 1 year ago
@potross11 I can't believe you are serious with such an asinine statement. If it weren't for America's participation in WWII, Britain and the rest of Europe would have been overrun by Hitler and the Third Reich.
Why don't you ask the Poles what they think of your friends the Soviets? Stalin was a brutal mass murderer, on par with Hitler. And Mao Zedong was another murderous bastard who learned every trick in the book from Stalin.
Communism is evil. Period.
topjimmy72 1 year ago
the special effects made me LOL, but I could still 'get into' that mentality.
Warsie 1 year ago
watch the war game it is a lot better than this and threads
kevinkards1 1 year ago
if this happens im gonna walk across the street and shoot a cow and have a bbq
SupremeAmerican 1 year ago
They've been EMPed
xRUSSIANMEx 1 year ago
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Looks like a zombie apocalypse out there.
destructivegta 1 year ago
Looks like a zombie apocalypse out their.
destructivegta 1 year ago
If only we could show the people of the 50s the raw power these weapons really held. I'd think they would have wised up the real threat much sooner.
PzGSephy 1 year ago
the missiles taking off look like the one from the coast of California last month
zombiesack 1 year ago
I like how the tech asks to confirm if this is an exercise AFTER the missiles are launched. Boy, wouldn't he be red faced if they told him it was all just an April Fool's joke!
DefconWarningSystem 1 year ago
emp, all eletronic's are down
987bmx987 1 year ago
now i hate mushrooms
iownage4youi 1 year ago
my gawd i read everyone's comment some of you are wanting to kill each other just here on youtube about who is more evil etc..etc...come on ppl doens't this movie scary already peace man Peace..
I live in canada btw...love and peace ppl, this movie scared the living crap out of me in the 80's...and still today things like this can happen...scary crap
jocelyna38 1 year ago
EMP!!
applesause1998 1 year ago
Scariest movie of all time
johnalang 1 year ago 10
@johnalang Threads was worse.
PanzerFrog 7 months ago
@johnalang Nah, "Grease 2" is by far the scariest movie of all time.
Spartacus217 6 months ago
Good no more Hollywood too when California gets theres!!!!
DetroitLove4U 1 year ago
@DetroitLove4U it's theirs, you used the non possessive form
elephant37020 1 year ago
@DetroitLove4U Good no more Wolverines too when Michigan get theres!!!! >:D How do you like that!?
MarineSim09 1 year ago
thumbs up ive you came here because the russian missle and the bear t95 plane above holland
desfa000 1 year ago
i love how its a montage of nuclear testing videos that are in the middle of the dessert yet, doesnt this take place in a city? lol
bahhamack 1 year ago
@bahhamack well i do doubt we are in the middle of a cake or ice cream
SilentRevolver25 1 year ago
i think they should play the end by the doors it can make this film more interestng.
retroman84 1 year ago
i miss bows and arrows, swords and shields.
JACKnoSally 1 year ago
......Trinity.
xrockthe40ozx 1 year ago
Hell yeah!!! Nuclear war!!!
BatNuklier 1 year ago
I Think Threads was better, I think it was more realistic.
jklash1987 1 year ago
The thing about a nuclear attack is that it generates an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) that will knock out everything that is tied in with the power grids, or with any kind of solid-state technology. What this means is: A, you can turn the key and pump the pedal till the cows come home! -- to no avail; and B, your computer, TV, stereo, etc., will be rendered inoperable -- even if the power ever were to come back on (HA! -- fat chance!). Oh, well. Maybe things will look better in the morning.
rayandreina 1 year ago
@rayandreina It would take anywhere from a few months to a decade for the field to lift
Nanomaster828 1 year ago
The Soviets had, and CFS forces still have now, Small, MIREV style weapons on their subs and "truck" bases. They are smaller kiloton-grade warheads designed to overwhelm our missile defenses. It will always come down to whoever has the bigger stick, and how soon to get it. Except, everyone loses. That is why it is called a deterrent force. It deters one's country to take the steps towards war. At least we knew they had it. Now, we don't know who will.
KJOSCOT 1 year ago
Remember nuclear weapons help keep the peace.
MyDhogan 1 year ago
DEFCON 1 HOLY FUCKIN SHIT! -flash-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!
1210djy 1 year ago
Makes me want to play Missile Command
msudreaming 1 year ago
Why is this possible???
LegoLad1111 1 year ago
I would fucking kill myself if this happens.
nirualos 1 year ago
1:45 It's all ME ME ME, isn't it?
Noodles37UK 1 year ago
@Noodles37UK More like frame 3:08 where they're trampling that little girl in the plaid dress! Now THAT'S ME ME ME!
hrdknox2000 1 year ago
this is really cool, find all this fallout and nuclear information really interesting lol. but honestly if i was in that idbe freaking the fuck out haha
geass1928 1 year ago
Why is there an ice cream truck with "POLICE" painted on it? 1:23
El135o 1 year ago
russians=germanys , britans,chinas, russian snacks
cammander263 1 year ago
visiari's speech ,kz2'' they try to clam our home by force but not by rite.....they sweep over our lands...never again will we bow before them ,never again endure there opresion,never again enure there terriany we will strik without warnin with out mercy fightin as one hand , one heart,one soul we will shatter there dreams and haunt there nightmares drensin our ancestors grave for there blood as our last breath tears of ther lungs as we rise again from the ruin of our city'' just postin a remark
cammander263 1 year ago 8
@cammander263 Sound like somethong Pesident John Henry Eden (FO3) would say.
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visiari's speech ,kz2'' they try to clam our home by force but not by rite.....they sweep over our lands...never again will we bow before them ,never again endure there opresion,never again enure there terriany we will strik without warnin with out mercy fightin as one hand , one heart,one soul we will shatter there dreams and haunt there nightmares drensin our ancestors grave for there blood as our last breath tears of ther lungs we rise again from the ruin of our city'' just postin a remark
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cammander263 1 year ago
The sound quality is excellent
johnalang 1 year ago
I'm glad I invested in a living space deep underground in a 'Vault -tech' vault.
restlesspride666 1 year ago
@restlesspride666
You play too much Fallout
y512516 1 year ago
Respond to this video... so unrealistic the old man would be dead and instantly turning into a skeleton is to kind compared to the real thing
primeval96 1 year ago
Hey look! A Russian BTR in the american suburbs! And look I have an AT-4 bitches!
darkpast99 1 year ago
the explosion sounded like a jet going super sonic
brody3199 1 year ago
It wouldn't take months, it would take years. Radiation has to lower enough to safely come out of the ground. Those who come out right after the attack portrayed in this movie would die slowly and nastily from radiation poisoning.
TheTickingtime 1 year ago
Someone needs to explain to me why an older car with a simple points/plugs/condensor spark system would fail. No computer brains = It wouldn't fail.
BARRIEMOREBARLOW 1 year ago
@BARRIEMOREBARLOW nuclear electromagnetic pulse will short out all electrical systems: it killed the battery and fried some diodes.
TheTickingtime 1 year ago
Kind of sad that the cold war is over but the threat still remains
visionsofed 1 year ago
5:22 Somehow I don't think he and his car should still be sitting there intact. I mean at least two nukes exploded very close by. If the intense heat didn't melt him with his car, the shockwaves from both blasts should've smashed his car and the others into millions of pieces and blown far, far away.
Akira625 1 year ago
@Akira625 Yeah and remarkable since everyone else around him got (on the highway) vaporized. What kinda car was he driving? Volvo?
sirmercutio99 1 year ago
Why did all car engines stop?
7at2 1 year ago
@7at2 EMP electromagnetic pulse
DumaH86 1 year ago
yeah but... who the hell am i kidding... we're all going to die :,(
GoodByeKyle 1 year ago
I love how near the end of this clip the film's makers just get lazy and start using footage from old atomic tests.
IAmFwee 1 year ago
If I was the USA and some1 launched one missile at me. I would launch ALL of my nukes and fuck that biatch up. Payback!
Devine5496 1 year ago
@Devine5496 And that's the MAD theory in a nutshell.
MrScienceTypeGuy 1 year ago
@potross11 You may call yourself English but your grammar and spelling indicates you are probably one of those Pakistani or other Middle Eastern immigrants who crashed into England and now enjoy the liberty that the "scum of the earth" helped save your adopted country from Hitler's and Stalin's tender mercies.
zooeyhall 1 year ago 2
This film was'nt very realistic. There was no first strike target anywhere near Lawrence Kansas. The missile silos were all in southwestern Missouri. Kansas City had no major strategic target anywhere around it. It would have been struck much later in the war, during the countervalue phase.
geinman1287 1 year ago
@potross11 hey fuck you. this movie made the Russians appear more evil than in they were real life but it was for entertainment. and yes dip shit, the Soviets were fucking hostile. remember that they annexed most of Europe and invaded the middle east? they went to war with Pakistan i attempt for more power. not only that, but they were sending missiles to cuba so they could nuke us easier. if the soviets weren't so brutal, how come even your country feared being nuked you dumb British fuck.
AnEvilLemon 1 year ago
America may have its faults but it's still the best hope for mankind. "Scum of the earth" who spent $13 billion ($150 billion today) to rebuild Europe after WWII, including Britain you dumb English troll fuck. While the Soviets allowed their troops license in mass rapes, and then stripped Eastern Europe of 80% of its assets to build-up Stalin's police state. Seems to me your author George Orwell wrote a little story about how England might have been under a Soviet-style regime: "1984"
frantic1971 1 year ago
@frantic1971: Actually, Orwell was critiquing fascism more than anything{of course, he probably didn't have any love for Stalinism, either.}, TBH.
MiracleMile90 8 months ago
no no no the nuke can only be unlocked after a 25 killstreak this video has it all wrong
Mapleholic 1 year ago
these are the things ur car better have after the blast
1. carburator
2. mechanical fuel pump
3. points and condenser distributor
carcollector1 1 year ago
in fact
it won't take long
in 0.008 second, the whole city centre within 5 km will be compacted into particles, citizens there won't feel pain
10 second after impact, the temperature within 15 km will increase to 3000c
the impact breeze will wipe off everything within one minute
ilovemokona2 1 year ago
@ilovemokona2 yeah makes you actually feal bad for the ones who survived and had radiative poisoning (i mean i Japan of course)
LuisRC91 1 year ago
@LuisRC91 well some argue that the japs had done worse, i dont agree tho
MrSquelcher 1 year ago
Those mushroom clouds. rediculous.
TrueBlue152 1 year ago
the scene 4:09 when the father is carrying his flash blinded son into the house after the nuclear detonation..........if im not mistaken......wouldn't the heat blast have already incinerated them and the house.....?
this is just my observation
jedimasterjoe 1 year ago
the scene 4:09 when the father is carrying his flash blinded son into the house after the nuclear detonation..........if im not mistaken......wouldn't the heat blast have already incinerated them and the house.....?
this is just my observation
jedimasterjoe 1 year ago
7 missiles
kochkochkoch 1 year ago
You have to wonder watching this,what sense would it make for the US and Russia to destroy each others cities,How would killing millions of American and Russians ever prove useful in the long run.The object of war is to destroy your enemy without having too much damage inflicted on yourself,This is impossible to do in a all out nuclear war.
noaanhc 1 year ago
@noaanhc That is the entire purpose of M.A.D. ( Mutual Assured Destruction )
This very scenario is what keeps them / us on their / our best behavior.
In other words; It is a LOSING proposition for either side. However, "WE"
were far SAFER back in the days when the Soviet Union was our ONLY
potential enemy. Consider the World "WE" live in today? Do YOU feel Safe?
ancientastronomer 1 year ago
@ancientastronomer
I sure dont feel safe,its not the Russian Im concerned with but with terrorists getting their hands on nuclear weapons for WE KNOW they would not hesitate to use them on us.
noaanhc 1 year ago
I'd rather not be warned if it ever comes to this, lets face it, if you're in the drop zone you're fucked anyway. I'd rather not spend my last 3 minutes watching everyone lose their minds.
Dave54600 1 year ago
@Dave54600 I completely agree with you. It'd be panic.
nameless7nothing 1 year ago
@Dave54600 When I was in the Military, we used to laugh about this kind of thing. REASON: We ALL knew that since we were all on a U.S.Military Base, we were all sitting on "Ground Zero" anyway. In other words. We would NEVER actually "Feel" anything since we would ALL be instantly vaporized in a Microsecond, considering that Military Bases ARE ALL
First Strike Targets.
ancientastronomer 1 year ago
omfg!!!!!! what a shit explosion
suffernow97 1 year ago
I have like 20 bottles of water and like 50 cans of food and 10 first-aid kits in the bombshelter under my home. my friends and neighbours don't understand why i should have that, but when the bombs drop, i will be the only survivor in my town haha!
rhettcoolgek 1 year ago
@rhettcoolgek What is your plan regarding the "Air" which you must breath?
Since EVERYTHING on the surface WILL be Highly Radioactive for about the next 2500 Yrs. I think it is safe to say that you will need a few more than 20 bottles of water. Oh, and I hope your basement is about 250'-500' feet down completely surrounded by granite bedrock.
ancientastronomer 1 year ago
but cant they hide in the underground subway station?
thegamelover21 1 year ago
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noaanhc 1 year ago
@thegamelover21 Repeat after me; "Mass Grave".
ancientastronomer 1 year ago
Yeah!, I got a tactical nuke on (COD) modern warfare 2.
solrac18619 1 year ago