“On The 8th Day” is chilling, a result entirely consistent with its aim. The one-hour documentary explores the possible ecological and atmospheric consequences of nuclear war, particularly as they would be expressed in a ”nuclear winter.” Darkness would shroud the Northern Hemisphere; temperatures would fall. The planet would survive, but not as a hospitable place.
Continue readingOn a recent episode of Podcast at Ground Zero, Jarred mentioned that he was on the lookout for a British documentary called On the 8th Day, that had been shown in the US after the airing of Threads on TBS in 1984.
Continue readingDuck and Cover is a civil defense film produced in 1951 by the United States federal government’s civil defense branch shortly after the Soviet Union began nuclear testing.
Continue readingThe basic plot of the movie follows one family in a small California town after a nuclear war of some sort silences most of the rest of the country.
Continue readingTime Enough At Last by Lynn Venable – The short story from 1953 that served as the basis for the classic Twilight Zone episode.
Continue readingA Day Called X is a dramatized CBS documentary film set in Portland, Oregon, in which the entire city is evacuated in anticipation of a nuclear air raid.
Continue readingBroadcast in 1982, A Guide to Armageddon was the eighth episode of the first season of the BBC science documentary series, Q.E.D., and demonstrates the effects of a one megaton nuclear bomb being exploded over London. It was written and directed by Mick Jackson, who went on to direct Threads two years later.
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