Civil Defence Bulletin - No. 2

Civil Defence bulletins were a chilling collection of Home Office films from 1964 that would have been broadcast to the public in the event of escalating hostilities between the superpowers.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• nuclear
• civildefence
• uk
• coldwar
• atomic

[LordlyJeremy]

This guy sure liked to pack stuff with earth. It was a hobby of his, his wife left him over it. But when the bombs start to fall, oh, he'll show HER... he'll show them ALL!!!

[willobi]

if the bomb is droped iam gonna be off my box with a bottel scotch and traqulisers so let it come.

[sakka0]

I like how kindly and sincere this guy is, despite the subject matter. It seems he is genuinely concerned for the people's safety. Thank goodness they did not have to put these bulletins into use in the 60s, but to be honest, maybe they should consider broadcasting this these days...

[RoyFan33]

You know, I do not see why there are not more people willing to prep and plan for this sort of stuff. With how unstable everything's becoming, it seems like an okay idea, and even if it's not superpowers gone made with nukes, there's always natural disasters to worry about. I wouldn't mind deep burring a few cargo containers, stocking food, water, gear and guns and top the whole thing off with an NBC filter. 

[THEFINALHAZARD]

Sandbagging: Not as effective as T-bagging!

[AxeyAxe]

Cold War HGTV.

[abyschan]

The bit at about 5:00 when they make the lean-to reminded me of one of the families in Threads. They had to make theirs out of a matress. The whole family died horribly, of course.

[MrCriminalwatch]

Hillarious ! ;-)

[Anotherrnumber]

They expected the british public to remove doors and brick up windows "just incase" or way in advance...its not practical advice since most people would not act unless they knew attack was imminent and by then its too late anyway.....

[kurioryu1013]

Its interesting to see how thoughts have changed over the years. The concept of civil defense and fallout shelters was ridiculed to death during the anti-war years. Today we face kiloton weapons as opposed to then facing tens of thousands of megaton weapons. If a terrorist detonates a 10 kiloton device in a major city today, for every person killed by the blast, many more will die from the fallout. Why do you suppose the Russians are still building them?

[WhiskasIII]

If nothing helped, and you are on the street when the bombs drop, just calm sit down and put out a cigarette - you can light it from the atomic bomb only once at life

[eltonator]

These videos (this and 'Protect and Survive') only make me think that a quick death would be easier, quicker and more convenient than everything that's suggested here.