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NUCLEAR WAR: A GUIDE TO ARMAGEDDON was a documentary produced in 1982 by MICK JACKSON who went on to use the information (and much footage) in the 1983 film THREADS. A GUIDE TO ARMAGEDDON graphically demonstrates the effects of a one megaton nuclear detonation over central London. A deeply disturbing film, anyone who has seen THREADS will know what to expect. Extremely rare and if truth be told, as terrifyingly relevant today as it was 25 years ago.
As a added bonus, also included are four of the coldly creepy (and much ridiculed) PROTECT AND SURVIVE public information films that would be shown continuously on television in the run up to a nuclear exchange, giving advice to the population on how to survive a nuclear blast and subsequent radioactive fallout.
(Please note: Some buyers have reported a slight sound sync issue. It is only apparant in one part of the main film as most of the programme is an unseen narrator talking over various scenes of the effects of nuclear weapons. It should not spoil your viewing of this incredibly rare film but please bear this in mind before making an order.)
IMDB.com review of NUCLEAR WAR: A GUIDE TO ARMAGEDDON
USERS SCORE: 8.3/10
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
A GUIDE TO ARMAGEDDON is even more obscure than its offspring THREADS which still has a small but very hard core fan base . It would have been perfect as a companion piece on the THREADS DVD but like the cold war seems to have been consigned to forgotten history
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