4 Minute Warning - Radiohead

The four minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War. The name derived from the approximate length of time from the point at which a Soviet nuclear missile attack against the United Kingdom could be confirmed and the impact of those missiles on their targets. The population was to be notified by means of air raid sirens, television and radio, and urged to seek cover immediately.

The music video is a collection of Fallout Survival Footage, Nuclear Tests and Cold War Propaganda. The audio added at the beginning is an actual recorded warning message by Peter Donaldson, the BBC Radio 4 continuity announcer.

I did a lot of research into this video. I hope it does justtice to this beautiful song. I added a little bonus clip at the end. Enjoy Folks.

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• Four
• Minute
• Warning
• Radiohead
• Rainbows
• Scotch
• Mist
• Thom
• Yorke
• Nuclear
• Atomic
• Bomb
• Fallout
• Shelter
• Cold
• War
• Hiroshima
• nagasaki
• japan

[nsank72]

holy fuck.

[PACO1979]

holy "F" in a good way or a bad way?

[DefconWarningSystem]

> how is going under a table and lying on the

> ground with a jaket over ur head going to

> help???

Depends on where you are in relation to the blast. Fireball only goes so far, but air pressure from the blast can shatter windows up to 100 miles away given the correct conditions.

So yes, "duck and cover" can save many, many lives. It was never meant for people sitting on the bull's-eye.

[Iwilldieoldandinsane]

that was really good, nice one

[liosama]

well done, this video was great dude :)

this is one of my favourite rh songs and remains ever prevalent, why? israel is doing a similar thing this very moment.

[HorrorPixieMassacre]

Dr. Strangelove!!

[TheGamersEnjoyment]

What was the first clip about, with the WBS?

[getsdhc]

@PACO1979 I think is in good way, you video is amazing, felicidades paco! :D

[d0pedman]

Nice work! this vid has been the exact answer to what i was looking for, why a 4 minute warning? why put it as the title of the song ?

Now i know, thank you for the explanation...

i love the song!

[ALLERTORLOVER69]

dr strangelove

[DefconWarningSystem]

@plasticreality01 Ah, my mistake. You're correct that the original only mentioned blast not radiation. I misread it. Can I blame the mistake on the cold that I got?

The radioactive fallout from a nuclear bomb does not live very long, being the high-energy creature that it is. Wind and weather determine where this fallout lands. The longer it takes to get to you, the better off you are.

Additionally, air bursts create very little fallout as opposed to ground bursts.

Question answered or no?

[plasticreality01]

@DefconWarningSystem Not to start an argument, but I don't see how my concern was addressed in the original post. You didn't mention radiation, but were talking about "duck and cover" drills as a way to save lives. Hiding under a desk won't protect you from radiation. That's all I was trying to say.

Aside from that, you'd have to be pretty far away from the blast not to be affected by radiation (depending on the payload). Most likely hundreds of miles.

[DefconWarningSystem]

@plasticreality01 Your concern was already addressed, actually in the very message you were replying to. Radiation, as previously mentioned, can be survivable both depending on how far you are away from the blast as well as what kind of protection you rig for yourself.

Many people will die needlessly because they didn't take the time to prepare an adequate fallout shelter.

[plasticreality01]

@DefconWarningSystem If you're not killed by the blast, you would most likely die from radiation anyhow.