All language subtitles for Threads.1984.BluRay.1080p.REMUX.AVC.DTS-HD.MA.2.0-LEGi0N

(birds cbirping)

(gentle music)

- [Man] In an urban society,
everytbing connects.

Eacb person's needs are fed
by tbe skills of many otbers.

Our Iives are woven togetber in a fabric,

but tbe connections
tbat make society strong

also make it vulnerable.

(airplane engine roaring)

("Jobnny B. Ooode" by Cbuck Berry)

(airplane engine roaring)

- Peaceful up bere, isn't it?

Ob, I'd love to Iive out in tbe country.

Wouldn't you , Jimmy?

- Would I , beck!

- Wby not?

- It's dead.

Nowt to do.

Just imagine living down tbere.

Take you an bour to get
to tbe nearest boozer.

(Iaugbing)

- Ob, I know, but tbe air's Iovely.

(inbaling)

(sigbs)

Do you know, I love it tbis time of year

witb spring coming on.

Look, see tbe Ieaves just coming out

on tbat busb over tbere?

♪ Oo Jobnny, go ♪

- Wbat are you Iooking at?

- I'm trying to make
out wbere our bouse is.

Wisb I bad a pair of binoculars.

You can see tbe floodligbts
at United , look.

- [Radio Announcer] Witb tbe news...

- Ob, wbat time is it?

- [Radio Announcer] Tbere's
been furtber figbting in Iran...

- Tbe balf-time scores
will be on in a minute.

- [Radio] Tbis is tbe Civil War...

- Ob, bonestly!

We come out bere for a drive,

we're surrounded by all tbis countryside

and all you can tbink about is football?

- It's not all I can tbink about.

- Ob, stop it.

Honestly, you've got no
consideration at all, sometimes.

You tbink you can do wbat you like.

- Wbere are you going?

- [Radio Announcer] West Brom
one, Mancbester United nil.

West Ham United , two,

Queen's Park Rangers, nil.

Division, two, Barnsley,
one, Derby County, nil...

- Tbere you are, it's a peace offering.

Not mucb smell to it, tbougb.

- It's Iovely.

- Heatber's supposed to
bring good Iuck, innit?

- It's wbat tbey say.

- Wonder if it'll bring me any.

- Tbis film , sbot secretly

by a West Oerman
television crew on Tuesday,

sbows one of tbe Soviet convoys

on tbe move in norfbern Iran.

Tbe convoys were first spotted

by United States satellites on Monday

moving across tbree of tbe mountain

passes Ieading from tbe Soviet Union.

Tbe Soviet foreign minister

bas defended tbe incursions

and bas accused tbe United States

of deliberately prompting

last week's coup in Iran.

Speaking on bis arrival in Vienna,

Mr. Oromyko claims tbe Soviet vebicles

were responding to an
appeal , from an ocial ...

- Are you serious?

- Of course I'm being serious.

I've never been more serious in my life.

- [News Reporter] Covert
activities in Iran.

- Wbat are we going to do, Jimmy.

Jimmy.

- Are you sure?

- Well not definitely.

I'm normally as regular as clockwork.

Anyway, wbat if I am?

It's not tbe end of tbe world , is it?

- [Man] And now a look at programs

Iater tbis evening on BBC1.

(funky music)

♪ All creatures tbat on eartb do dwell ♪

♪ Sing to tbe Lord witb cbeerful voice ♪

- And don't forget number 24 today.

- Wbat?
- I said don't forget

number 24 today.

You're gonna ruin your bearing

witb tbem tbings on
all tbe time, you know.

(engines rumbling)

(clattering)

- [Man] Honestly, Jimmy,

you want your bloody bead seeing to.

- [Woman] I tbink be wants
sometbing else seeing to as well.

- Don't blame me, it's not my fault.

- [Man] Wbose fault is
it, you daft bugger?

- Don't go blaming it all on Rutb, Jimmy.

Tbat's not fair.

It's irrelevant wbo's to blame now.

Tbere you are.
- Ta.

- Tbe point is, wbat are
you going to do about it?

- We're gonna get married.

- Wbat for?

- Because we want to, wbat do you tbink?

- You don't bave to, you know, Jimmy.

I wouldn't want you tbinking
we were pusbing you into it.

- Nobody's pusbing us into owt.

It's wbat we want, we've decided.

(indistinct voice on TV)

- I suppose you've
talked about an aborfion?

- Course we bave, but
neitber of us want tbat.

Wanna get married and bave tbe baby.

- Mom, wbat's tbat mean?

Aborfion.
- Micbael!

- Never mind wbat it means,
you get on witb your game.

It's notbing to do witb you.

(electronic tunes)

- We were tbinking of
getting engaged anyway.

So it don't make mucb difference, really,

it's just brougbt it
forward a bit, tbat's all.

- I bope you know wbat
you're doing, Jimmy.

It's a bell of a time
to be starfing a family,

in tbe middle of a recession.

(beeping)

- Wbat are you doing witb tbat?

- I'm not burting it.

Our Jimmy's getting married.

- [AIIison] Are you?

- [Jimmy] I migbt be, wby?

- Well , it's a bit sudden, innit?

You're not even engaged.

- How do you know?

Anyways, it's nowt to do witb
you , so keep your nose out.

- Are you getting married in a cburcb

or in a registry oce?

- AIison, wbat's an abortion?

- Micbael, I've told you once...

- Ob, so tbat's it.

- I'll give you a good biding, Iad ,

if you don't Iearn to
keep your moutb sbut.

- Wbat for?

I baven't done anytbing yet.

- Are you gonna sbut up about it?

- I bope you two are botb satisfied now.

- Wbat are you blaming me for?

I baven't done anytbing wrong.

(electronic tones)

♪ Radio two ♪

- [Jimmy] Come on.

(uplifting music)

- [Man] Tbe time now 7:30.

Douglas Barton witb tonigbt's beadlines.

- [Douglas] Tbe United States bas binted

it may send troops to tbe Middle East

if tbe Russians don't move
tbeir forces out of Iran.

- Come on (clicks tongue).

- [Douglas] Tbe Prime Minister bas joined

tbe course of
- Come on.

- [Douglas] Western Ieaders calling

for immediate witbdrawal
and bas spoken of...

- Hang about.

- [Douglas] Four people were killed today

on tbe M6 motorway
- Come on.

- [Douglas] in
Staffordsbire, wben tbeir car

was in collision witb a tanker.

Tbe accident bappened at tbe junction...

(macbinery rumbling)

(sigbs)

- Do you tbink we'll get on all rigbt?

- I can't see wby not,
tbey're ever so nice.

- I just wisb we were meeting

in different circumstances, tbat's all.

- You're making it sound like a funeral.

- Well, it's just a bit
embarrassing, isn't it?

It ougbt to bave been a bappy occasion.

- It is a bappy occasion.

Well, I'm bappy, anyway.

- I must say, it's brougbt out

a very determined streak in you , bas tbis.

- Motber.

- United States war sbip

in tbe waters off tbe coast of Iran.

No furfber details are given in tbe story,

attributed to tbe paper's
defense correspondent.

However, one rumor
being beard increasingly

in tbe Capitol tbis morning

says tbe vessel
- Looks like tbey're bere.

- Is a U .S. submarine tbat bas disappeared

wbilst on routine patrol in tbe area.

- Didn't you bear wbat I said , Oordon?

Mr. and Mrs. Kemp are bere.

Come on, turn tbe television off.

You can't watcb wbile tbey're bere.

(doorbell rings)
- A Pentagon spokesman

bas refused to be drawn one
way or tbe otber on tbe crisis

carrying all reporters' questions...

- Ob.
- Hello.

- Do come in, do come in.

- Mum, Mrs. Kemp, Mr. Kemp.

- Pleased to meet you.

- [Mrs. Kemp] How do you do?

- [Mr. Kemp] How do you do?

- [AIIison] Jimmy, my
dad , Mr. and Mrs. Kemp.

- Ob, bello.
- Hello.

- [Mr. Kemp] How do you do?

- [Oordon] How do you do, Mrs. Kemp?

- Ob, do go tbrougb.
- Tbank you very mucb.

- Tbank you.

- [Woman] BBC news at 8:00.

Tbe Soviet Union bas protested strongly

to tbe United States about wbat it calls

dangerous provocations
by American war sbips

in tbe Oulf of Oman yesterday.

Tbis follows an incident
in wbicb serious damage

was caused to tbe Soviet cruiser Kirov

wben sbe was in collision witb
tbe U .S. destroyer Callagban.

- It's in a bit of a state,

but it's got possibilities.

- I'd bave tbat door stripped down,

all tbis paper off and tbe walls wbite.

- [Jimmy] Tbere's about 16 Iayers on bere.

- Ab, my motber and dad'II belp us,

I'm sure tbey will.

- My dad'II give us a band as well.

He'll be glad of summat to do.

(Iaugbing)

- Wbat you Iaugbing at?

Just tbinking of bis
face wben my motber said

we could borrow bis redundancy money.

- Ob don't.

- He were fancying a
trip to Bermuda on it.

(Iaugbing)

- Looks like being BIackpool again.

- Ob, dear.

I like tbe gardens.

I tbink it's Iovely for cbildren
to bave somewbere to play.

- I wonder if tbey'II let me
build an aviary down tbere.

- Ob, you and your birds.

- Makes you feel funny, tbougb, don't it?

- Wbat do you mean?

- Us owning a bome, being
married, baving cbildren.

Enougb to put years on you , isn't it?

- Don't be silly.

It'll be Iovely.

I just know it will.

(sootbing music)

- [Mom] Here, love.

- Ta.

- American and Israeli
searcb and rescue vessels

in tbe area, today came
across debris and oil slicks

tbat could only bave come
from tbe missing submarine.

It's still being said in
Wasbington tbat tbe Los Angeles

was on a routine reconnaissance mission

off tbe coast of Iran,
wben sbe sank last Tuesday

witb a loss of all bands.

After paying tribute to
ber 127 officers and men,

tbe President said be
beld tbe Soviet Union

solely responsible for tbeir deatbs

and for tbe vessel's disappearance.

- [U .S. President] Tbe unprovoked attack

on our submarine and tbe move into Iran

are tbe actions of a
reckless and warlike power.

I bave to warn tbe Soviets in
tbe clearest possible terms

tbat tbey risk taking us to tbe brink

of an armed confrontation

witb incalculable
consequences for all mankind.

- [Man] Britain bas
emergency plans for war.

If central government sbould ever fail,

power can be transferred instead

to a system of Iocal officials

dispersed across tbe country.

In an urban district like Sbeffield ,

tbere is already a designated
wartime controller.

He's tbe city's peacetime cbief executive.

If it sbould suddenly become necessary,

be can be given full powers
of internal government.

Wben, or if, tbis bappens
depends on tbe crisis itself.

(siren wailing)

- [U .S. President] Tbe
United States government

bas been forced ,
reluctantly, to take action

to safeguard wbat it believes

are Iegitimate Western
interests in tbe Middle East.

Tbis administration bas tberefore resolved

to send units of its
rapid deployment force,

tbe U .S. Central Command ,
into western Iran.

We are confident tbat tbe Soviet Union

will take note of our resolve

and will desist from its present
perilous course of action.

(typewriter clacking)

- [Man] Now on to football,

tbere's an important score
coming in from tbe Hawtborns,

wbere West Brom bave taken tbe Iead

over First Division
Ieaders, Mancbester United.

It's West Brom one, Mancbester United nil ,

McKenzie getting tbat all-important goal.

(imitating plane engines)

(typewriters clacking)

- Tbank you very mucb, sir.

- Tbank you.

- [Terry] So, if you want to
tigbten up tbe tbigb muscles,

tbese are very simple
but very good exercises.

Now tbe only piece of equipment you want

is a cbair witb Iegs.

Rigbt, I'll just let you
listen to tbe Iovely.

(indistinct conversation)

(pbone beeps)

- Hello.

- Mary, I want you to
contact tbe following people

and bave tbem in my
office in 10 minutes time.

I don't care wbat tbey're doing,

tbey're to drop it and
get bere rigbt away.

Is tbat clear?

Rigbt, you got a pencil?

OK.

AIan Boulton, Oeorge Cox,

Roger Fisber, Susan Russell.

Yes, Administration.

Tony Barnes, Roy Cbamberlain...

(beeping)

- It's busy for a Wednesday, isn't it?

You'd tbink it were Cbristmas.

(beeping)

- [Weatberman] Best of tbe
weatber again tomorrow,

it looks as if nortbern.

- And wbat about tbe food situation?

Wbat bave we got?

And wbat about flour?

Wbat else is tbere?

Corned beef.

I bope it's not from Argentina.

OK, wbat about supplies
to tbe first-aid post?

Is tbat all?

Well, tbat's not going to
get us very far, is it?

Wbat?

Well, I'm sure I don't know if I'm bonest.

We've beard notbing about
emergency powers as yet.

Anyway, don't make a
song and dance about it.

Just get on witb it.

And don't tell anybody
you don't bave to, eb?

OK.

(sbouting and singing)

- [Man] Tbe remaining units

of tbe United States
Tentb Airborne Division,

wbicb paracbuted into
western Iran yesterday,

bave taken up defensive
positions near Isfaban,

designed , according to tbe spokesman,

to block any possible move towards

tbe oilfields in tbe Persian Oulf.

Squadrons of American B-52 bombers

bave been arriving at
U .S. bases in Turkey...

- All rigbt tben?
- All rigbt Iad.

- [Man] Togetber witb tbree
AWACS early-warning aircraft.

It's believed tbey'II be
used in a supporting role

to tbe Middle East task force.

- All rigbt, Jobn?

- [Man] Tbe 84tb Airborne
Division bas also been placed

on a state of combat readiness...

- Come to give me a band , tben?

- No cbance, I've done enougb
for one day, I'm knackered.

- Not too knackered to be
going out tbougb, I see.

- It's different, innit?

Anyway I need a break.

I've been down at tbe bouse
every nigbt tbis week.

- [Jobn] How's it coming on?

- Not too bad.

Trying to get tbe living
room and bedroom finisbed

before we move in.

(roaring engine)

Rutb says will you take some flowers down

wben you've finisbed?

- Tbird since teatime.
- Aye.

- Wbere tbey going to?

- Finningley, I suppose.

- Wby don't you pop down to
WH Smitb's and buy yourself

an aircraft spotter's book?

You can start a new bobby,
make a cbange from gardening.

- You can Iaugb but tbere's
summat going on, I'm telling ya.

- Tbere'II be summat going
on tonigbt after a few pints.

- Don't be going mad.

You baven't only got yourself
to tbink about now, you know.

- Wby not?

Migbt as well enjoy
myself wbile I'm single.

Not long to go now, you know.

- You could be rigbt tbere.

Et engine roaring)

("Jobnny B Ooode" by Cbuck Berry)

- Come on, bit it off.

- I'll bave a balf.

- Half?

Wbat's up witb you?

Oetting into training
for wben you're married?

Two bitters, please.

Cbeers.

(indistinct voice on TV)

- In a statement issued a
sbort time ago by tbe Pentagon

in Wasbington, tbe
United States bas accused

tbe Soviet Union of
moving nuclear warbeads

into tbeir new base at
Masbad in nortbern Iran.

According to tbe American spokesman...

- Hey, I were watcbing tbat.

- Turn it back again.

- Aboard two giant Antonov transporf

planes late yesterday afternoon,

and were immediately moved under cover

into temporary bangars.

- See tbat?

I were watcbing tbat
tbing about tbe Far East

and be turns it over.

- Far East?

Wbat's going on tbere?

- Iran.

Tbe Americans bave just.. .
- Iran?

Tbat's not tbe Far East, you pillock,

tbat's tbe Middle East.

Cbina, Hong Kong, tbat's tbe Far East.

- So wbat?

It's far enougb, innit?

- Sooner go to tbe Near East myself.

Scarborougb and Skegness.

- Skeggy?

I'd ratber watcb my
toenails grow tban go tbere.

- Never mind tbat rubbisb.

Wbat about tbese two birds
at eigbt of tbis tben?

- [Man] NATO's position

on tbe United States' action in sending...

- You're dead rigbt, you
know, it's getting serious.

- Tbere's naugbt we can
do about it, is tbere?

Migbt as well enjoy
ourselves wbilst we can.

- Don't it scare you ,
wbat it migbt Iead to?

- Yeab, it bloody scares me

but tbere's nowt we can
do about it, is tbere?

Tell ya one tbing, if tbe bomb
does drop, I wanna be pissed

out of my mind and strapped
underneatb it wben it bappens.

- [Man] Arriving bere in
Brussels a sbort time ago,

tbe NATO Secretary Oeneral...

- Come on, you miserable bugger.

It's all tbese family responsibilities.

You're acting like a married man already.

- It'll not be long now, you know.

- You migbt as well make tbe best of it

wbilst you can, baven't ya?

Wbat about cbatting
tbese two birds up, tben?

- [Man] Divisions witbin NATO
is sometbing we sball know

in a few bours' time.

- I can't do tbat.

- Come on, it migbt be tbe
last cbance you'll get.

Anyway, if we are gonna cop it,

migbt as well go out witb a
bang tbat's wbat I would say.

- Can't be many better
ways of going, I suppose.

BIown up on tbe job.

- And we've just beard
tbat tbe Prime Minister

bas issued a message of support

for tbe United States government.

Tbe statement just released
from Downing Street

condemns wbat it calls,
reckless Soviet actions

wbicb can only worsen an
already grave situation.

- To tbe Director of Tecbnical Services.

Please let me know wbat fuel stocks

are currently beld in eacb depot.

Please ensure tanks are kept topped up

and tbat no fuel is used except
for essential works only.

(vebicles approacbing)

(indistinct radio communication)

- [Woman] Tbere's been no response

from tbe Soviet government as yet

to tbe United States' ultimatum

delivered to Moscow last nigbt.

Tbe American note calls
for joint witbdrawaI

of all US and Soviet forces from Iran

by noon on Sunday.

However, NATO observers in West Oermany

bave reporfed increasing build-ups

of Warsaw Pact troops and vebicles

at points along tbe central
frontier tbis morning.

Tbe Ministry of Defense
bas announced it's sending

more troops to Europe to reinforce

tbe Britisb commitment to NATO.

Tbe first contingents left
RAF Brize Norton tbis morning.

- (cbanting) Jobs not bombs!

Jobs not bombs!

Jobs not bombs!

Jobs not bombs!

Jobs not bombs!

Jobs not bombs!

Jobs not bombs!

Jobs not bombs!

(cbanting continues)

- [Woman] Tbe day bas
been marred by a number of

demonstrations up and down tbe country,

reflecting support for and
against tbe government's

decision to reinforce Europe.

AItbougb most of tbese
passed off witbout incident,

police made a number of
arrests for disorderly conduct

at rallies in tbe Norfb and Midlands.

- [Man] Tbe government bas taken controI

of Britisb Airways and
all cross cbannel ferries.

Tbey say it's a temporary step

to belp move troops to Europe.

Tbousands are stranded
at Heatbrow and Oatwick.

And tbe Royal Navy is to
guard tbe Nortb Sea oil rigs.

Tbe MOD says it's a prudent
precautionary measure.

- Tbis time tbey are
playing witb, at best,

tbe destruction of life as we know it,

and at worst, total annibilation.

You cannot win a nuclear war.

(cbeering)

Now, just suppose tbe
Russians win tbis war.

Wbat exactly would tbey be winning?

Wbat would tbey bave conquered?

Well, I'll tell you.

All major centers of population

and industry will bave been destroyed.

- Industry?

Wbat industry?

We ain't got no industry in Sbeffield.

- Yes, and if tbe money badn't...

(sbouting)

If tbe money badn't been
spent on nuclear weapons,

you'd bave industry.

- Oet back to bloody
Russia wbere you belong!

(sbouting)

- Wbere's your red flag?

- We'd bave put money into welfare,

we would bave found
alternative sources of energy.

Industry...

(sbouting)

Industry will bave been destroyed,

oil refineries will bave been destroyed ,

all our water will bave been polluted ,

tbe soil will bave been irradiated,

farm stock will be
dead, diseased or dying.

Tbe Russians would bave
conquered a corpse of a country.

- [Priest] Let us pray.

- [All] Our Fatber wbo art in beaven,

ballowed be tby name.

Tby kingdom come...

(sbouting)

- [Woman] Since tbe expiry
of tbe American ultimatum

to tbe Soviet Union at noon yesterday,

tbere bave been intense diplomatic efforfs

to mediate between tbe two countries.

Tbere is still no
information from Iran itself.

No news teams bave been allowed in or out

out of tbe country since
pbone and telex Iinks were cut

on Friday evening.

Questioned in tbe House tbis morning

tbe Foreign Secretary said

be bad no definite news to report

and tbat it would be
unbelpful to speculate

in tbe absence of any bard
information from tbe area.

Tbere's been a run on tinned food ,

sugar and otber storable items,

wbicb is causing sbortages in some areas.

A spokesman for tbe main supermarket cbain

said tbat panic buying is unnecessary.

Fuel sborfages are bindering
resupply in some areas,

but overall tbere is
no sborfage of stocks.

Tbey urge tbe public to calm down...

- 40p?

Tbat's scandalous!

Tbey were only 26p last week.

- You could always sbop
somewbere else, you know,

if you're not satisfied.

- Honestly, tbere's a
national emergency going on

and all you can tbink about
is Iining your pockets.

- Nobody's forcing you to buy 'em.

Put 'em back on tbe sbelves,
if you don't want tbem.

- Yes, I will.

I'd sooner starve first.

Excuse me, love.

- Tbey've started figbting, Mum.

- Wbo bas?

- Tbe Americans and tbe Russians.

It's just been on tbe news.

My dad says you've got to come bome now.

- [Man] Hey, you baven't
paid for tbem tbings.

- [Man] In response to today's news

of tbe outbreak of
bostilities between vessels

of tbe United States and Soviet navies,

a special session of Parliament

bas tbis evening passed
an emergency powers act.

Tbere will be a special announcement

at tbe end of tbis bulletin

and details will be given
tben of bow tbis affects you.

Tbe Prime Minister is expected

to address tbe nation on
tbe international crisis

Iater tbis evening.

A statement issued earlier
from Downing Street

said tbe government is optimistic

tbat a peaceful negotiated
settlement to tbe conflict

is at band.

In tbe meantime tbe public is urged

to remain calm and to continue normally.

- All rigbt?

(sbouting)

(glass sbattering)

(sirens wailing)

(distant sbouting)

- Are you all rigbt, love?

- It's noisy.

- It must be tbe pubs turning out.

- [Man] Neverfbeless people are allowed

to tbink tbere is a Iack of advice

or information from tbe government.

- [Man] Tbe policy of tbe government is

quite clear on tbe matter.

We are urging people to keep calm.

- Doing a moonligbt flit, tben?

(tutting)

- No, we're going to our
Jack's in Lincolnsbire

wbile tbings get sorfed out.

I reckon we sbould be safer over tbere.

- Carol , will you stop messing about tbere

and come inside tbe bouse
and do sometbing to belp.

- Yeab.

- We'll not be safe
anywbere, as far as I see.

- I don't know.

We've a better cbance of
surviving in tbe country,

really baven't we?

I mean wbere our Jack Iives

tbere's only a row of bouses and a pub.

I don't tbink tbey're gonna bomb tbat.

- I tbink tbat's about it, Ron.

- [Carol] Mum!

- Carol!

- Have you turned tbat gas off?

- I bope so, we don't want
tbe wbole street blowing up

wbile you're away.

- Come on, Carol.

- Spot!

I'm coming.

I can't find our Spot.

- Well be was bere a
minute ago, wasn't be?

Have you looked inside tbe bouse?

- I've looked upstairs, along tbe street,

next door neigbbor's garden, all over!

- It's ridiculous, all tbis.

Spot?

- Spot?

- [Woman] He was bere
a minute ago, bonestly.

- Come on.

- He'll be bere in a minute.

I know be will be.

Spot!

Come on!

- Come on, love.
- Spot!

- We're going witbout bim.
- Ob, Mum , tell bim.

Mum!

- Spot!

- [Woman] You're being a rigbt fool.

Notbing'II bappen.

- Come on, we're not
standing about bere all day

waiting for a bloody dog.

Oet in.

- Don't be so cruel.

We can't leave bim.

- Spot!
- Carol , get in.

Oet in!

- Spot!

Spot!

Come on, Spot!

- Come on, get in tbere, bloody tbing.

- [Man] Tbe Russians
bave cut tbe road Iinks

into and out of West Berlin.

- See you , tben, Bill.

- Let's bope so.

- [Man] Details are still coming in

but it seems an American army
convoy bound for West Berlin

bas been turned back at Helmstedt

on tbe East Oerman border.

Unconfirmed reports say
tbe Russians bave offered

a safe passage out of tbe city

to tbe US, Britisb and Frencb garrisons.

It's not clear if tbis news is connected

witb yesterday's riots in East Oermany.

We'll bring you more details on tbe story

as soon as we bave tbem.

(engine revving)

Aunty music)

(pbone buzzes)

- Sutton bere.

Yes, I understand.

Do I bave to go rigbt away?

No?

Wben?

Yes, I see.

- [Man] Local autborities
bave been given tbe power

to suspend cerfain peacetime functions

and to requisition premises

and materials for civil defense purposes.

A government spokesman said tbat

tbis was a precautionary move only.

It was not a cause for alarm.

- [Man] All rigbt, love.

- Take your time.

- [Man] Tbe AA and RAC bave
reported beavy congestion

on roads up and down tbe country,

parficularly tbose Ieading to Wales

and tbe West Country.

Police are urging motorists not to traveI

unless absolutely necessary
and , if it is essential,

to use only minor roads

and leave motorways and
intercity trunk routes

clear for official traffic.

A full Iist of designated
essential service routes

is posted outside your Iocal
autbority beadquarters.

It includes tbe M 1 , M 18, A63 and A62g.

(belicopter wbirring)

- [Man] Tbis is an
essential service route.

Tbis is an essential service route.

Unless you bave official
or essential business...

- We're trying to get
across to our relatives

in Lincolnsbire.
- Not tbis way you're not.

Essential services only tbis road.

You'll bave to find
anotber route I'm afraid.

- Tbat's bloody ridiculous.

You can't stop people like tbat.

- Excuse me, wbere are you going?

Sorry, love, you can't...

- You just can't stop people.
- Tell you wbat.

Try Junction 35l36 of tbe M 1.

Tbey've opened up tbe bard sboulder

for single line trac only.

It'll be (mumbles) cbock-a-block.

If I were you I'd go bome and sit tigbt.

Tbat's wbat tbey're advising people to do.

- [Man] Tbis route is for
essential trac only.

- Tbere's growing evidence
overnigbt from scientists

and observers in many countries

tbat tbere bave been
two nuclear explosions

in tbe Middle East.

Tbere's no official confirmation of wbat

bas bappened and tbe
Foreign Office in London--

- I've put balf a dozen in.

I can fetcb some more if you like.

- No, tbat'II be plenty.

Well, tell bim to improvise, tben.

Rigbt.

- CIive, you don't tbink anytbing's really

going to bappen, do you?

- No, it's just a precaution tbat's all.

- Have you bad a sbave tbis morning?

You sbould never bave said you'd do it.

You don't bave to.

You won't get tbe sack if you refuse.

- Look, Marjorie, it's dicult
for me as well, you know.

I don't want to go and
leave you and tbe cbildren.

- Well , tben, wby are you going?

- Somebody's got to
pick up tbe pieces if...

(pbone buzzes)

Wby didn't you say sometbing before

if you were worried about it?

You never said anytbing wben
I went on tbose courses.

Sutton bere.

- [Woman] Unconfirmed reports...

- Yes, in balf an bour's time.

I sbould be going off now, if I were you.

Tbe roads will be getting busy.

Well, use your common sense, man.

How sbould I know?

Marjorie, leave tbat.

I'll ring you Iater.

Wbat?

Yes.

Yes.

- It is imperative, wbile
tbere is still time left,

tbat tbe TUC call a general strike

in protest against tbis
disaster wbicb faces us all.

(cbeering and booing)

- Tbat's wbat'II destroy tbis country!

- Tbere is still time to avert disaster

if we act resolutely and sbow

botb tbe Russians and tbe Americans

tbat we will bave no truck
witb tbeir warmongering.

- Wbat about tbe Falklands?

- Wbat about tbe Falklands?

Listen mate, tbere's nobody
more patriotic tban I am.

I've been trying to get us
out of tbe Common Market

for bloody years!

(sbouting)

But first...

Please do not play into tbeir bands.

Tbis is a peaceful demonstration.

We are exercising our
rigbt of free speecb.

Tbe police bave no rigbt
to stop tbis demonstration.

Do not play into tbeir bands.

You bave no...

(sbouting)

- Tin openers!

£1 .50 a go.

Come on, all of you.

£1 .50 could save your life!

(sbouting outside)

- Morning, CIive.
- Morning, AIan.

Wbat's it like in tbere?

- It's a bit primitive.

Take a look.

- We'll get it organized.

Wbere tbe bell is everyone?

Tbere's only balf of tbem bere.

- You know Steve, tbe Information Ocer?

- Wbere tbe bell is everybody?

- Jeff just rang and says
bis car's broken down.

- Tbat's no good , is it?

How many missing?
- About 10.

- Oet on tbe pbone.

Tell tbem I want 'em bere immediately.

Wbicb is my desk?
- Straigbt tbrougb.

- Mind your bead.

- I don't see any sign of tbe
Emergency Committee, do you?

- You know wbat tbose
bloody councilors are like.

- Tbey're not getting paid
for tbis, aren't tbey?

- Tbis is it, tbis is tbe best I could do.

- Dr. Talbot, Regional Healtb Autbority.

- How are tbings going?

- We're doing our best.

- [Man] In tbe last few days,

emergency beadquarters like tbis

bave been bastily improvised
up and down tbe country

in tbe basements of town
balls and civic centers.

Et engine roaring)

- [Man] Tbe time bas now
come to make everytbing ready

for you and your family in
case an air attack bappens.

Tbis does not mean tbat
war is bound to come,

but tbere is a risk of tbis

and we must all be prepared for it.

(siren wailing)

Wben you bear tbe attack warning,

you and your family
must take cover at once.

Do not stay out of doors.

If you are caugbt in tbe open, Iie down.

(electronic buzzing)

- Can you pass us tbat...

- [Man] If you leave your bome,

your Iocal autbority may take
it over for bomeless families,

and if you move, tbe
autborities in tbe new place

will not belp you witb food ,

accommodation or otber essentials.

You are better off in your own bome.

Stay tbere.

(ominous music)

(indistinct radio communication)

(dog barking)

(car rattling)

- [Man] If anyone dies wbile you are kept

in your fall-out room,

move tbe body to anotber
room in tbe bouse,

Iabel tbe body witb name and address

and cover it as tigbtly as possible

in polytbene, paper, sbeets or blankets.

If, bowever, you bave bad a body

in tbe bouse for more tban five days

and if it is safe to go outside,

tben you sbould bury tbe body
for tbe time being in a trencb

or cover it witb earfb and
mark tbe spot of tbe burial.

(ominous music)

(retcbing)

Here are some ideas for
making your inner refuge.

One: make a Iean-to witb
sloping doors or strong boards

rested against an inner wall.

- You all rigbt, love?

- I've just been sick again.

Ob, I feel awful.

I tbink I'll go back to bed.

- Don't worry about it, love.

It'll only last for a week or two.

- No.

- [Man] Partly close tbe two open ends

witb boxes of earfb or
sand or beavy furniture.

- I'll ring work for you and
tell tbem you're not coming in.

- If anybody's tbere.

Tbere were only one or two in yesterday.

- [Motber] It's worse tban before.

I can't get anytbing now.

Tbe Iine's dead.

- [Fatber] I tbink we ougbt
to be getting tbe rest

of tbe tbings out of tbe cellar now.

- [Man] Tbe time bas now come to make

everytbing ready for you and your family

in case an air attack bappens.

Tbis does not mean tbat
war is bound to come,

but tbere is a risk of tbis

and we must all be prepared for it.

Wben you bear tbe attack warning,

you and your family
must take cover at once.

Do not stay out of doors.

- Hello, County.

Tbis is Sbeffield District.

Testing, one, two, tbree, four.

Please report my signal.

Over.

- Wbose bloody responsibility is it tben?

We've all got families.

Look, just get down bere.

Tbere's nine otber people.

- I've got a serious public order problem.

I need at least an extra six PSUs.

Yeab, but wben?

Look, I'm using traffic wardens already.

- [Man] Many of tbese ocers

bave bad no training at all.

Some bave learned of tbeir emergency role

only in tbe last few days and almost all

are unsure of tbeir exact duties.

- I suppose I ougbt to
take tbis one off as well.

- You wbat?

It'll get scratcbed to pieces.

It's only just been painted , Bill.

- Better tban getting
blown to pieces, innit?

- Sball I go to scbool tben, Mum?

I'm gonna be late.

- I don't know.

Wbat did it say on tbe telly?

I can't remember wbetber it
said scbools were closed or no.

- Ob yeab, closed.

It said so on tbe news.

We're ougbt to stay at bome.

- Are you sure?
- Of course I am.

Tbey said tbey're sending notes out.

- Is tbere time?
- Oreat.

I bad a bistory test tbis morning.

- [Motber] AIison, go down to Kirby's

and see if tbey've got any food left.

- Like wbat?
- Anytbing.

Bread , tinned stuff, bring wbat you can.

And take my purse.

- Dad , you gonna build
one of tbese in bere?

- Over my dead body.

I want to know sometbing
more definite, Bill ,

before we ripping tbis place to pieces.

- Can I belp you?
- Here, bold tbat.

- It'll be great.

We'll be able to sleep in it.

It'll be like going camping.

- [Man] Tbe most widespread
danger is fall-out.

Fall-out is dust tbat is sucked up

from tbe ground by tbe explosion.

Fall-out can kill.

- [Man] It's 8:30am.

3:30 in tbe morning in Wasbington.

Over tbe past four days
neitber tbe President

nor bis senior staff will bave bad

more tban a few bours' rest.

Tbis is wben tbey may be asleep

tbis is wben Western
response will be slowest.

- As we expected nearly
all tbe supermarket sbelves

are empty, but we've managed
to get tbe warebouses

controlled by tbe police.

As yet we baven't Iocated all tbe

root vegetable clumps on Iocal farms,

but stocks of sugar,
wbeat, flour and rice...

(rapid beeping)

- [Man] Attack warning red.

- Attack warning.
- Is it for real?

- Attack warning, it's for bloody real.

- Oet to your stations.

Oet tbat generator going!

Lock tbe doors.

- As soon as you can, every single scrap

of information you've got on casualties.

I must bave tbose.

(rapid beeping)

- Oet your beads down.

- Look, we can't sell you any timber.

You'll bave to see tbe boss about it.

It's a bloody joinery, not a timber yard.

You can't just bave a piece of tbat.

(siren wailing)

Come on, quick.

Oet down.

(alarms blaring)

(screaming)

(siren wailing)

(explosions)

- Tbese bave gone.

Everytbing's dead .
- Wbat about tbe tellies?

- Wby didn't you pull
tbe bloody aerial out?

- Oet tbe standbys working.

Come on.

(siren wailing)

(screaming)

(tires screecbing)

- BIoody bell.

- Hold on, Oordon.

You're going too fast.

(screaming)

(Ioud rumbliong)

(screaming)

- Come on!

Tbat migbt just be tbe starf of it.

- Jesus Cbrist, tbey've done it.

Tbey've done it.

Wbere are you going?

- I'm driving to Rutb's.

See if sbe's all rigbt.

Ob, sbit.

(screaming)

- Come on, move it inside.

- Wbat about all tbese?

- Tbat's all rigbt.
- Tbat's wrong.

Come on, get it off.

We gotta get tbe mattress on tbe bottom.

- Tbat's rigbt.

- OK, roll it, put it down tbere.

- Wbere's our AIison?

- Build it up.

- Tbis one's on Finningley.

(indistinct cbatter)

- A brown burst.
- Four-tbree.

- [Man] Wbat was tbe otber power station?

- Hang on.

Tbere's sometbing on tbe airport, I tbink.

- Sbine tbe torcb furtber down.

(grandmotber wailing)

Rutb, come down bere and give us a band.

Rutb, come and belp your grandma!

- [Motber] Rutb, please!

(Ioud rumbling)

It'll be all rigbt, it's falling out.

Come on.

All tbis stuff on.

Come on, put tbat on.

Come on, tben.

Rutb!

Come on.

(sbouting)

(sobbing)

- Micbael!

Micbael!

(explosions and glass smasbing)

(fire raging)

(cougbing)

- [Man] Take it easy, don't burry.

(indistinct instructions)

Ab, tbat's tbe girl, well done.

It won't be long now.

Well done, Oordon.

How long can you keep tbat going?

- Two weeks if we're careful.

- First-aid kit, quickly.

We've lost County again, I tbink.

Aerials must bave blown.

Tbey were on tbe roof.

Switcb tbe Iigbts off wben you get tbere.

Can we raise any districts?

Wbat about tbe radio amps?

Can we improvise an aerial?

- We'll try.

- Let's do sometbing quick.

- Wbere tbe bell's tbe first-aid kit?

- It's on tbis sbelf at tbe back.

- I've looked out bere.

I can't sbift a tbing.

- How is be?

- [Man] I can't find tbe first-aid kit.

- Forget tbe first-aid kit.

Bring me sometbing to cover bim up witb.

(fire raging)

(sobbing)

(cougbing)

- Tbere.
- No!

Leave me.

(wbimpering and sobbing)

- [Woman] Please.

- Help!
- Somebody!

(cougbing)

(cougbing and sobbing)

- [Fatber] Everybody all rigbt?

Motber?

(sobbing)

(rumbling)

(screaming)

- [Woman] Let me out of bere in tbis dark!

- Jesus Cbrist, anotber one.

- Tbis could go on for ever.

(distorfed voice on radio)

It's Stocksbridge police.

Wbat about rescue?

Is tbere anytbing you can do?

Over.

- Oive me anotber bin Iiner.

(distorfed voice on radio)

- [Man] Wbat is your RADIAC reading?

- Wbat about tbe depot?

- [Man] I repeat, wbat
is your RADIAC reading?

Over.

- 100.
- 100.

It's too bigb.

You've got to get your men under cover.

(all sbouting)

Can you get us tbrougb

to tbe County Central Headquarfers?

Over.

Can you patcb us tbrougb?

Over.

Stocksbridge, are you receiving me?

Over.

- [Man] Oreen, I tbink.

- Have you beard anytbing from tbem?

- Never mind about tbat.

Ask if tbey've got casualties.

(distorfed voice on radio)

- Tbey've lost tbem.

- Wbat about Hillsborougb
and Stocksbridge?

- [Man On Radio] Notbing
from Hillsborougb,

but Stocksbridge not too bad.

Windows blown in and structural
damage but not too bad.

- Wind bas blown in tbat far out?

Jesus Cbrist!

- [Woman] Ask bim wbere tbe last one was.

- Switcb tbat tbing off, will you Oordon.

- [Man] Tbe first fall-out
dust settles on Sbeeld.

It's an bour and 25
minutes after tbe attack.

An explosion on tbe ground at Crewe

bas sucked up tbis debris
and made it radioactive.

Tbe wind bas blown it bere.

Tbis Ievel of attack bas broken

most of tbe windows in Britain.

Many roofs are open to tbe sky.

Some of tbe Ietbal dust gets in.

In tbese early stages, tbe
symptoms of radiation sickness

and tbe symptoms of panic are identical.

(retcbing)

- You all rigbt, Rutb?

Rutb?

- I couldn't belp it.

It just came on.

- Don't worry about it, love.

It's not your fault.

We've all got it.

- I know, but I'm so asbamed.

Messing tbe bed at my age.
- It's tbe sbock, isn't it?

- It's like being a little baby again.

- Lie down.

Come and belp me clean Orandma.

Rutb, be careful witb tbat, love.

You don't know long it's
gonna bave to last us.

- Rutb, don't just sit
tbere, do sometbing for once.

- Ob!

Urgb!

- [Mrs. Kemp] Micbael.

Micbael, I've got to find bim, Bill.

- [Mr. Kemp] You stop bere
and I'll go and look for bim.

You stop bere.

I'll only be out a few minutes.

Stop bere, love.
- No, I've got to come.

No.

- Help me.
- All rigbt.

Ob, my Ood.

Micbael?

Micbael?

(cougbing)

(sobbing)

- [Man] We baven't beard
from County HQ for two days.

(distorfed voice on radio)

- Wbo tbe bell else bave you tried?

- [Man On Radio] All of
tbem, but notbing back yet.

- Send anotber motorcycle.

- Tbere are no roads left.

- All tbe people bere
will be dead already.

It's completely flattened.

Round bere 50o/o would still be alive

but bere tbey're as good as dead already.

Tbey've probably received a Ietbal dose.

- Wbat about bere?

- It'll be pretty beavy tbere.

If tbe wind's still blowing
out from tbe west, soutbwest

it's in direct line from Crewe.

800 rads, 1 ,000, dicult to say.

Depends wbat sort of cover
tbey've built of course.

If tbey've got a decent cellar
we'll get it on tbe radio.

- Tbere's no way of getting anytbing out.

I'm calling--

Listen.

- Yeab.

Yes, I'll pass tbe message on.

- Wbat am I expected to do?

(all sbouting at eacb otber)

- I can't get anytbing out, can I?

- Listen.

Hey!

I've got a message from
Rivelin Valley police.

Tbey've managed to get
tbrougb to BOIF works depot.

Tbey've got some vebicles on tbe road

but tbey're nearly out of fuel.

- Wbat tbe bell bave tbey
been doing witb it all?

Tbey didn't tell me.

Tbey just said ,

tbey want to know wbere
tbey can get some more.

And tbey've got no food .
- Ob, Ood.

- I've got--
- Let me get on witb it, OK?

- Here you are, Motber.

Sometbing to eat for you.

Better leave ber, tbe rest'II do ber good.

- At least it won't go cold.

- Rutb.

(sobbing)

Rutb, love.

Come on, love.

You'll bave to eat sometbing.

But you'll bave to, love.

It's not just you now, you know.

Tbe baby needs some food as well.

Come on.

- I don't care about tbis baby any more.

- Ob, Rutb.
- I wisb it was dead.

- Don't say tbings like tbat.

- Tbere's no point witb Jimmy dead.

- But you don't know.
- He is.

He is, I know be is.

- You can't be cerfain.

- We're breatbing in all
tbis radiation all tbe time.

My baby.

It will be ugly and deformed.

(sobbing)

- Ob, Micbael.

AIison and Jimmy.

All of tbem gone.

(retcbing)

AIison...

Micbael...

All dead.

- No.

We don't know tbat.

Tbey migbt be safe somewbere.

- I wisb I were dead.

I wisb it were me.

(sobbing)

- I wisb I could swap places witb bim.

- [Man] Rigbt, let's get in.

Watcb tbat bloody water.

How far does tbis go back?

- It's bloody four floors
bave come down on tbis,

it could go back for yards and yards.

- Try it again, Oordon.

Still notbing coming tbrougb.

It must be blocked furfber up.

- How mucb stuff do you
tbink's on top of us?

- [Man On Radio] Most of tbe
town ball, I sbould tbink.

- Wben will you be able to get to us?

- [Man On Radio] I can't get
tbe Iifting gear tbrougb.

- Wbat about tbe army?
- Tbere's no way tbrougb.

Tbe roads are all blocked.

- [Man] We've not beard from County.

- [Man] If we don't bear from some soon,

we'll never get tbings under control.

- You try getting tbrougb to tbem.

It's bloody useless.

- I've got starving mobs
in Sballow, Ecbofield--

- Look, it's not our decision anyway.

It's up to Zone to autborize

tbe release of buffer stocks

and tben it becomes a County decision.

- We can't get tbrougb to County.

- Wbat are we going to do?

Let tbem starve?

- Look, even if we did
bave tbe autbority--

- We're on our own.

You've got tbe autbority.

It's about bloody time
you did sometbing witb it.

- Look, wbat's tbe point of wasting food

on people wbo are going to die anyway?

- [Man] I agree witb CIive.

Tbe food stocks are not gonna last long.

A lot of people just didn't stock up.

- How could tbey?

Tbe bloody sbops were empty.

- Now tbey're coming out of tbe sbelters.

I know it sounds callous but
I tbink we sbould bang on

to tbe little food we've got.

- I need tbat food to
force people to work.

- [Man] Tbere's about 2,000
outside Roxburgb fire station.

- Make us a cup of tea, Sbaron.

- Come witb we, you suffering.

I'm not your bloody wife.

- Anybody got a fag?

(indistinct voice on radio)

- Bad for your bealtb, innit?

- [Man On Radio] Tbey're
pulling tbe place aparf.

- Look, I don't care bow
mucb trouble tbey're causing.

We're not sending our men
in tbere witb radiation

as bigb as tbat.

Look, I know tbat but wbat's tbe point?

Tbey're all gonna die
on tbat patcb anyway.

- Bill, just get me a drink.

Please, a drink.

- I'll see if I can find anytbing.

(groaning)

I won't be long.

(groaning and cougbing)

(cougbing)

- [Man] Just a minute.

Just a minute.

For Ood's sake.
- Just a minute, love.

Tbat's it.

- Ob, Ood.

Look at it.
- Just a minute.

Just a minute.

Just a minute.

- Can you run tbis?

Tbat's it.

- All rigbt, put ber down bere, mate.

Put ber down bere.

Oive us one of tbe blankets.

Come on.

Ob, my Ood.

- Rutb?

- Rutb!

- Rutb!

(sobbing)

Come on, down you go.

Careful.

- [Man] Radiation Ievels
are still dangerous.

Residents of Release Band A,

tbat is Woodspring, Nortb
Patbway and Abbey Dale,

sbould not go from tbeir sbelters

for more tban two bours per day.

Residents of Release Band B,

tbat is Neveredge (mumbles) and Broombill,

no longer tban one bour per day.

(water trickling)

(spitting)

- [Woman] Mandy!

Mandy!

Have you see our Mandy?

Mandy!

Mandy!

- Mum!

Mum!

Mum!

Mum!

Mum!

Mum!

(low rumbling)

- Wbat time is it?

- Half past two.

- Nigbt or day?

- Nigbt, I tbink.

I'm not sure.

I'm losing track.

I'm not sure wbetber it's
nigbt or day any more.

(footsteps)

- [Man] Hanging in tbe
atmospbere, tbe clouds of debris

sbut out tbe sun's beat and Iigbt.

Across Iarge areas of
tbe Norfbern Hemispbere

it starts to get dark,
it starts to get cold.

In tbe centers of Iarge land masses

like America or Russia,

tbe temperature drop may be severe,

as mucb as 25 degrees centigrade.

Even in Britain, witbin days of tbe attack

it could fall to freezing or
below for long, dark periods.

(sbouting)

- Oo back to your bomes.

AIIocation of foodstuffs
will begin sbortly.

Tbe distribution points will be announced.

I repeat, go bome.

Tbere is notbing we can do.

We bave no autbority to distribute food.

- Wbo are you saving it for?

- Tbis is a warning.

Any attempt to appropriate provisions

from tbese premises will be met by force.

I advise you to disperse
and go back to your bomes.

(sbouting and banging)

Prepare to fire gas.

(sbouting and banging)

One round CS gas, straigbt at gates.

(gun firing)

One round at tbat man.

(gun firing)

(man giving order)

(cougbing)

(people groaning)

- [Man] Tbe entire peacetime resources of

tbe Britisb Healtb Service,
even if tbey survived ,

would be unable to cope witb tbe effects

of even tbe single bomb
tbat's bit Sbeffield.

(sobbing)

- [Oirl] Rosie!

Rosie!

Diane!

(people groaning)

(cougbing)

(screaming)

- [Man] Listen...

(sbouting and groaning)

(cougbing)

- [Man] By tbis time, witbout
drugs, water or bandages,

witbout electricity or
medical support facilities,

tbere is virfually no way a
doctor can exercise bis skill.

As a source of belp or comfort,

be is little better equipped
tban tbe nearest survivor.

(cbild moaning)

- [Cbild] Ma!

Da!

(cbild crying)

- [Sutton] We've no
cboice, as far as I see.

- [Man] Can't we get
any food from outside?

- Wbere from?

We've told County and
everybody's in tbe same boat,

aren't tbey?
- Wbat about tbe broilers?

- Trouble is we can't contact
Rockley or Haresbrook,

Ood knows wbat's bappened tbere.

- Probably been raided.

- Wbat do you tbink, Doctor?

- We'll bave to cut tbeir rations.

I've worked it out.

1 ,000 calories for manual
workers and 500 for tbe rest.

- 500?

500?

Tbat wouldn't keep a flea alive.

- Sbould we be botbering
to keep anybody alive

if tbey can't work?

- A lot of people are gonna die anyway.

Back to survival of
tbe fittest, I suppose.

- Wbat is tbat in terms of
food , tben, 500 calories?

- I don't know.

A few slices of bread, some soup.

A Iamb cbop, a treacle tart,

a few pints of beer.

Bastards!

- Look, you must bave an empty factory

somewbere to put tbem.
- No, you look.

I've got tbousands of
bomeless bloody people

up tbere walking around.

I've got enougb on witb tbem

witbout worrying about bloody criminals.

- You're gonna bave to find
somewbere to put 'em , aren't ya?

- Well , I don't know.

Look, sboot tbe buggers.

I don't care.

- [Woman] Can we get a
water tank to Broombill?

Tbe standpipe's run dry.

- Ob, Cbrist, Steve.

Tbis sbould bave been sorted out days ago.

- Wbat about tbe rest centers?

Can we not tell tbem to
make tbeir way tbere?

- No, no, tbere'II be no point.

Tbey'II be overrun anyway.

- Wbat about tents?

Oot any tents we could use?

- Tents?

How tbe bell sbould I know?

Look, if you want to know about tents,

go and pbone tbe bloody Boy Scouts.

- Piss off, will you?

You're not tbe only one under pressure.

- I bloody know!

- You sorf it!

- And wbat tbe bell are you
doing about digging us out?

Tbat's wbat I'd like to know.

(cougbing)

(rats squeaking)

(cougbing)

- BIoody bell , wbat a stink.

Let's get out of bere.

- [Man] I'm gonna puke.

- [Man] Halt or I'll fire.

Number tbree, a round
for tbat man over tbere.

(gun firing)

Number one, go and searcb tbe bouse.

Up against tbe wall.

- We weren't doing anytbing.

- Did you even know tbe
penalty for Iooting?

- We aren't Iooting.
- Quiet!

- Searcbing empty bouses.
- Sbut up!

- Wbat cboice bave we got?
- We were bungry.

- Wbat else can we do, eb?

We're starving!
- Two bodies in tbe cellar.

A man and a woman.

Not been dead long, tbe
man's bead's battered in.

- It were like tbat wben we went in.

- It weren't us, it were bim.

- Out.

- We ain't done notbing.

- Number two, pick up tbe stolen goods.

- [Man] We were only after a bit of food.

- Cbeck tbe bouse and searcb tbe body.

- Bag of crisps.
- Wbat flavor are tbey?

- Prawn cocktail.

- Tbey fucking would be.

I bate tbem.

Come on.

(wbimpering)

- [Man] All able-bodied citizens,

men, women and cbildren,

sbould report for reconstruction duties

commencing 0800 bours tomorrow morning.

Tbe inbabitants of Release Band F,

tbat is Dore and Totley,

Abbeydale and Woodseats,

sbould rendezvous in Abbeydale Park.

Release Band B, tbat is...

- [Man] Money bas bad no
meaning since tbe attack.

Tbe only viable currency is food ,

given as reward for work
or witbbeld as punisbment.

In tbe grim economics of tbe aftermatb,

tbere are two barsb realities.

A survivor wbo can work

gets more food tban one wbo can't

and tbe more wbo die, tbe more
food is left for tbe rest.

(cougbing)

- I could murder a fag now.

I used to love a fag after a meal.

- Have you got owt to swap?

- I've got some Scotcb.

- Obb.

BIoody bell.

(fire crackling)

(cougbing)

(spitting)

(cougbing)

(electronic tune)

(groaning)

(sbouting)

- [Man] Detention camps are improvised

to cope witb Iooters.

Tbeir numbers are growing.

(sbouting)

- [Man] Let me out!

- [Man] Bastard!

- [Woman] Let bim out!

Fucking full of yourself
like a traffic warden!

Let us out!

(man giving instructions)

- Come on.

Watcb yourselves bere, Iads.
- Rigbt.

- Oet tbat Iigbt down bere quick.

- Watcb tbe girder.

Come on.

(indistinct cbatter)

(clattering)

- Over bere.
- Anotber one bere.

- Anotber one over tbere.

- [Man] How many altogetber?

- [Man] About four, five, six.

(indistinct dialogue)

(flies buzzing)

(gunsbots)

- [Man] A growing exodus from
cities in searcb of food.

It's July.

Tbe countryside is cold
and full of unknown

radiation bazards.

By now, five to six
weeks after tbe attack,

deatbs from tbe effects of fall-out

are approacbing tbeir peak.

(spluttering)

(cboking)

(airplane engine roaring)

- [Man] Return to your bomes.

Return to your bomes.

(sbouting)

Return to your bomes.

Turn back.

Turn back.

- Rigbt, down tbere.

Come on.

- Oeorge Langley?

- Yes, wbat do you want?

- You've been designated
four temporary residents.

- I'm baving no strangers
coming to Iive bere.

- You've no cboice in tbe matter.

It's Iaw under tbe new emergency--

- I don't care wbat it is.

Tbis is my bouse and I'm
baving no strangers in it.

- According to my records
you've got four spare rooms...

- Aye, and tbey're stopping spare and all.

Tbey can't just walk into people's bouses.

It's not rigbt.

- Look we're not bere to argue

tbe rigbts and wrongs of tbe matter.

Rigbt, you four.
- Beside.

- It's bloody dangerous.

Tbey migbt bring all sorfs
of diseases witb tbem.

- Come on, in you go.
- Tbey migbt be contaminated.

- Well , look at bim.

Look at bim.

Oi look at bim .
- Oo on, in you go.

(Langley moaning)

- Rigbt, Number 1 g.

(clattering)

- [Langley] Oet out, will you?

Tbe wbole lot of you. Oo on!

- [Woman] You've no rigbt just to tbrow--

(indistinct cbatter)

- [Langley] Oet out, tbe wbole lot of you!

- Wbere are we supposed to go?

- [Man] Yeab, wbere are we supposed to go?

- [Man] Tbis is a final warning.

Residents and non-residents
must register...

- [Bob] Rutb?

It is Rutb, isn't it?

I'm Bob.

Jimmy's mate.

We met once or twice, remember?

You came to our last Cbristmas do at work.

Wbere is be?

Is be witb you?

Have you seen bim?

- [Man On Radio] No
provisions will be issued

to anyone witbout tbem.

(indistinct radio instructions)

- Is it safe to eat?
- I don't know.

How can you tell?

It's got a tbick coat.

Tbat sbould bave protected it.

- You breatbe it in, tbougb, don't you?

- It sbould be all rigbt.

- Sbeep don't die of cold.

It must be radiation.

- You'd be able to taste
it if it were contaminated.

- Ob, I don't know.

- We've no cboice, bave we,

unless we want to starve to deatb?

- Ob.

- I'll take some witb me.

- Wbere?

- City.

- Tbere's notbing tbere.

- Norfb.

Dales.

Doesn't really matter, does it?

It's all tbe same.

I'll try and skin it.

Keep me warm.

(wind blowing bard)

- [Man] If we are to survive
tbese dicult early montbs

and establisb a firm base

for tbe redevelopment of our country,

tben we must concentrate all our energies

on agricultural production.

- [Man] Collecting tbis
diminisbed first barvest

is now Iiterally a
matter of life and deatb.

(engine revving)

(breatbing beavily)

Cbronic fuel sbortages mean tbat

tbis could be one of tbe last times

tractors and combine
barvesters are used in Britain.

(dog barking)

(groaning)

(screaming)

(dog growling)

(groaning)

(screaming)

(baby crying)

(Rutb crying)

(baby crying)

(baby crying)

(wind bowling)

- [Man] Tbe first winter.

Tbe stresses of bypotbermia,
epidemic and radiation

fall beavily on tbe
very young and tbe old.

Tbeir protective Iayers
of flesb are tbinner.

In tbe first few winters,

many of tbe young and old
disappear from Britain.

(belicopter wbirring above)

- [Man] Halt.

If you do not balt, we will open fire.

Halt at once.

(gunsbot)

(banging)

- No!

(banging)

(flies buzzing)

- [Man] Look up nice and slow.

- Rutb.

Rutb.

Work.

Work.

Work.

Up.

Aunty music)

- Words

and

pictures.

Words and pictures.

Skeletons and skulls

of different creatures.

We borrowed tbem from tbe museum.

Did you recognize wbat some
of tbose skeletons were?

Tbere was tbe skeleton of

a cat.

A cat's skeleton.

Tbe skeleton of

a cbicken.

A cbicken's skeleton.

Tbe skeleton of a bird.

A bird's skeleton.

Aunty music)

(water dripping)

(fire crackling)

- Oi!

Wbat tbat be?

- Seed and coney.

- Oive us 'em.

Oive us 'em.

- Better, else us'II pry 'em.

- Best stand off, else tbat'II get it.

- Oive us 'em.

- Wbere you stopped at?

Come witb us?

- Wbere?
- Come on.

- Us place.

Oaz and Spike.

- Sbare tbe coney, tben.

Come on.

Come and sbare tbe coney.

Oive us tbem, come on.

Oive us tbem, come on.
- Us place, come on.

- [Man] Come back bere witb tbat!

Hey, you!

Come back!

(gunsbots)

Come back!

(gunsbots)

(panting)

Come on, tben.

Oive us it, come on.

Oive us it, come on.

Oive us it.

(struggling)

(panting)

("Jobnny B Ooode" by Cbuck Berry)

♪ Deep down in Louisiana
close to New Orleans ♪

♪ Way back up in tbe woods
among tbe evergreens ♪

- [Man] Halt.

Halt!

(gunsbots)

(wind bowling)

- [Woman] Wbat's wrong,
bave you been burf?

- Baby.

Coming.

- No time for babies bere.

- Coming.

Baby.

Coming.
- No time for babies bere.

You bave to go bome.

Use your common sense.

Coming!

Tbey're coming!

(groaning)

(screaming)

- [Man] Tbere you are.

(wind bowling)