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  1. Top Secret Atom Bursts Released

    Date released
    26 Mar 1953
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1242A
    NoS ID
    018457
    Story no
    8 / 8

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Atom Bomb. Nevada. DESCRIPTION: Large numbers took part as close-up witnesses of the recent atomic blast in Nevada. The atomic device, a relatively small affair compared with some...

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  2. The Day After - Political reaction (1983)

    Genre
    News report; Interview

    Report on political reaction to the showing on ITV of The Day After, a film portraying the effects of a nuclear holocaust. SDP leader Dr David Owen, CND leader Bruce Kent, and Defence Minister, Michael...

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  3. Controversy over film, The Day After (1983)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on controversy surrounding The Day After, an American film for television which portrays the effects of a nuclear holocaust, and which is to be shown on ITV. Director, Nicholas Meyer and Chairman of...

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  4. Megaton Threat

    Date released
    2 Nov 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1691A
    NoS ID
    024345
    Story no
    5 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Megaton Threat. DESCRIPTION: This is one place in England where the effects of radio-activity from Russian nuclear tests are under constant examination. They’re testing milk for the...

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  5. Our kind of town (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Our Kind of Town. Keith Howell interviews author and science journalist Peter Laurie on his revised and updated book, Beneath the City Streets, which considers the effects of a nuclear attack on London, the...

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  6. First Pictures of Britain’s Bomb

    Date released
    11 Dec 1952
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1227A
    NoS ID
    018251
    Story no
    3 / 3

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Monte Bello Atom Bomb - Short Version. DESCRIPTION: It was among the desolate, little-known Monte Bello group of islands that Britain’s first atomic bomb was exploded. For the test,...

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  7. France’s 3rd Bomb

    Date released
    2 Jan 1961
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1648
    NoS ID
    023930
    Story no
    5 / 5

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: France’s 3rd Bomb. DESCRIPTION: Our pictures show the preparations in progress at Reggane in the Sahara desert, before the explosion of France’s third atomic bomb. The experiment...

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