Inside an emergency control centre

Title

Inside an emergency control centre

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

11 May 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

An emergency control centre in South London has been opened to the media. The bunker, which is below a block of council flats near Crystal Palace, is intended to house up to 50 council and police officers for 30 days in the event of a nuclear attack. It was opened up for inspection at the insistance of Labour councillors, who believe the civil defence programme is a waste of public money. Reporter Simon Bowden went along to inspect the bunker.

Contributors

Simon Bowden; Brian Gubbins; Mary Crampsie(?)

Keywords

London; War; UK; England; Nuclear weapons; Civil defence; Civil emergencies; Nuclear war

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