A GUIDE TO ARMAGEDDON is a speculative documentary of what would happen if Britain suffered a nuclear attack . We`re shown via specially shot scenes and still pictures of the damage and terminal co...
A GUIDE TO ARMAGEDDON is a speculative documentary of what would happen if Britain suffered a nuclear attack . We`re shown via specially shot scenes and still pictures of the damage and terminal consequences wrought upon the people of Britain with the narration ending that " Would the survivors envy the dead ? "
Has it rung any bells yet ? Let me remind you of a few scenes featured: Meat cooking in a butchers window due to the heat generated from the initial nuclear flash , milk bottles melting on door steps along with childrens toys. That`s right , much of the footage shot and stills used were expanded , edited or re-used by director/producer Mick Jackson in his nuclear holocaust docudrama THREADS a year later . A couple of points
1 ) Some of the footage seen here is absent from THREADS ( Like the meat cooking in the butcher shop ) down to the fact that it interferes with the context of the docudrama . People have been panic buying for days before the bomb drops in THREADS hence meat cooking in shop windows contradicts this scenario
2 ) It`s clearly stated that the smoke and dust from a thermo-nuclear war would lead to a " nuclear winter " . Considering both A GUIDE TO ARMAGEDDON and THE DAY AFTER were produced at exactly the same time it`s clear that THE DAY AFTER has ignored the concept of a nuclear winter on purpose since it would have been known to the scientific community . One can`t help thinking TDA has ignored the nuclear winter on purpose rather than through ignorance. Indeed on its broadcast critics of TDA like Lord Denis Healey pointed out that the American TVM didn`t go far enough pointing out the consequences of global nuclear war and I couldn`t help thinking that was a straight referrance to this documentary
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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".
Better version of this program is on Danni4815162342's channel. Looks like this has been reencoded at the expense of quality just to add the 'Moss Media' logo at the start.
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.......!
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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".
Ahhhhh the grilling he got when my Mum got home and us kids had to sleep with the lights on for weeks!!!
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.......!