Learning on ScreenGuide to Armageddon, A
- Synopsis
- Examines the effects of nuclear weapons. Looks at the physical effects of a single medium-sized nuclear warhead on a large city such as London, questioning how effective the various types of shelter might be. Two couples live experimentally in fall-out shelters for ten days each. The implications of the film are then discussed by medical, scientific and civil defence specialists.
- Series
- Qed, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.
- Year of production
- 1983
- Availability
- Sale
- Notes
- A 16mm print is held by Concord Video & Film Council for research purposes only.
- Subjects
- Social welfare; Sociology
- Keywords
- nuclear weapons
Credits
- Director
- Mick Jackson
- Writer
- Mick Jackson
- Contributor
- Mick Rhodes
- Cast
Ludovic Kennedy
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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