From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V6 #120 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Saturday, May 12 2001 Volume 06 : Number 120 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V6 #115--a clarification [Robyn Moore Subject: Re: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V6 #115--a clarification At 15:48 2001.05.10, you wrote: >Hmmmm, lemme see. What do I remember about the nuclear threat? > >Well, there was a crappy public info film called 'Protect and Survive' which >told you how to make a shelter in your home with your internal doors and a few >blankets, and a few other things I can't remember. Then there was the annual >peace march to Aldermaston, which iirc was the Ministry of Defence's atomic >research facility. I remember noting that there were always protesters >from all >political parties, which was probably one of the few occasions when >opposing MPs >agreed about something. >Every now and again there'd be press coverage of some event or when relations >between east and west were more flaky than normal. Then there was a TV drama >called Threads which tried to portray realistically what it would be like >in the >UK after a nuclear war. All depressing stuff, but I think a lot of people >became bored with the whole thing and either didn't take the threat too >seriously, or else were fatalistic about it and thought we'd all be crisped >pretty quickly if there was a nuclear strike. I haven't seen "Threads", although I've heard it's akin to a UK version of "The Day After", only grimmer and more realistic. What I -have- seen is "When The Wind Blows". For anyone who hasn't seen it, it's the tale of an older British couple living in the countryside who, when WWIII raises it's ugly head, depend on government-issued pamphlets to guide them as they try to survive in what becomes a fallout zone. It's based on a book by Raymond Briggs, and it's animated - in a style similar to "The Snowman", which he also wrote. Oh, and I'm moderately familiar with "Dad's Army", as it occasionally shows up on BBCAmerica and the odd Public Television station over here in the states. Robyn M @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.wiccans.net/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V6 #120 ***************************