Closest Calls To NUCLEAR FALLOUT

We're really enjoying the new #fallout show, but did you know that the inspirations behind the show were close to becoming reality? From the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis to the U.S. government encouraging people to build their own Fallout Shelter, we explore the chilling details behind nuclear fallout.
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[@AverageTankFan]

The thumbnail 💀

[@user-xe7ri1tn8v]

Caked up

[@imahoare4742]

Gave her more cake than the show ever did.

[@gamingclipz7309]

Ya soooo funny 🤦‍♀️

[@jacobfeliciano4920]

i cant unsee it bruvva

[@Badbhoys]

Bruh

[@outrider8569]

The existence of M.A.D being the only thing keeping us here is pretty crazy

[@Bimmyjutlerr]

Terrifying

[@ivanexell-uz4mv]

Humans are that messed up I’m afrisd

[@CristianMonserrate-wo2rk]

I love how the thumbnail is Fallout. Such a good and classic video game franchise

[@kiteofdark]

It's literal click bait but ok

[@timetochronicle]

@@kiteofdark Well, gotta get those views in!

[@brysonfields2284]

It's popular right now so tons of people are doing it, I bet all the old Fallout nerds are happy right now though

[@andrewreynolds912]

​@@brysonfields2284 it means the fallout franchise is here to stay

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Turn to tv screen

[@hiddentruth1982]

In 1962 it came down to 1 guy on a soviet sub saying no to using nuclear torpedoes. Of the 3 people required to say yes 1 guy that just happened to be on that sub at that time stopped it. He could have been on a different sub and it would have just needed 2.

[@attigator]

I don’t want to set the world on fire…..

[@dankcitrus42]

Iiiiiii just want to start..... a flame in your heart........

[@GuardianStriker]

@@dankcitrus42 In my heart, I have but oooone, deeeeesireeeeeeeeeeee

[@nicholascauton9648]

And that one is you… No other will do.

[@Dummy39167]

@@nicholascauton9648 I've lost all ambition For worldly acclaim

[@BaxterAndLunala]

​@@nicholascauton9648*FALLOUT 3* "War... War never changes."

[@HarryLime-ge6dc]

In my twenties, I rented a 1950's era house with an underground bomb shelter in the backyard. I wasn't growing weed back in there, honest...😬

[@funtimewithfalcon]

Cap

[@beatrixdobson4795]

"War. War never changes."

[@mrfacestab5758]

More like “War. War changes everything.”

[@Sauce8451]

@@mrfacestab5758or combined.. war.. war never changes.. but war changes everything

[@beatrixdobson4795]

@@mrfacestab5758 Well that flew over your head.

[@fazrul.]

heard this somewhere in the game 😂

[@ViktorCZ42]

Thats BS, war changes, never to good, but it changes

[@101taker7]

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” " I believe we did" father of Atomic Bomb - Robert Oppenheimer

[@odyga8330]

🎶Crawl out through the fallout, baby When they drop that bomb Crawl out through the fallout With the greatest of aplomb🎶

[@nofamilylink541]

WHY DONT YOU CRAWL OUT THROUGH THE FALLOUT BACK TO ME

[@goldensword777]

I DONT WANT TO SEE TOMORROW!!!!!

[@wesleythomas7125]

🎶I'll love you all your life (although that may not be too long!).🎶

[@nicholascauton9648]

🎶 I don’t want to set the world… on… fire… I… Just want to start… A flame in your heart… 🎶

[@user-el6ee6xm1o]

Uranium fever

[@Jxst_Majinx]

I don’t understand how people say stuff like this is boring this is my kind of entertainment love these videos 🔥💪🏼

[@johnrandolph1989]

🎶I don't want to set the world on fire.🎶 🎶I just want to set a flame in your heart.🎶

[@wesleythomas7125]

🎶I've lost all ambition for worldly acclaim, I just want to be the one you love! And with your admission thst you feel the same, I'll have reached the goal I'm dreaming of, Beleive me!🎶

[@MTTT1234]

What was not mentioned here about the Cuban missile crisis is that the US were not aware about the amount of nuclear weapons and missiles already fully ready on Cuba. At the point of discovery, the US military thought only a handfull of missiles of various kinds were ready, while in reality several dozen nuclear missiles were ready to launch at a moment's notice. If Kennedy would have given in to his military advisors for an invasion, the Soviets for sure would have launched them against the US. If I recall right, this was also a reason why some politicians in the USSR were confused about the US leadership's assertive behavior. The USSR assumed the US already knew the full extent of the nuclear capabilities on Cuba, while in reality the US was only aware of a fraction of what was already stationed and ready on Cuba.

[@WSendam]

I got spurs that jingle jangle jingle

[@ognjenivanovic7871]

Jingle jangle!

[@Liam25433]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1004">16:44</a> the drill sergeant talking in backwards german 💀

[@Mr.Fawn4153]

I love Fallout, the game

[@user-el6ee6xm1o]

Fallout is the best game in the world

[@resonancebarracuda478]

New Vegas you mean

[@user-el6ee6xm1o]

@@resonancebarracuda478 I think fallout four is better in my opinion they’re all pretty much the same honestly

[@moisesezequielgutierrez]

Fallout 4 and New Vegas are the ONLY good Fallout games lmao TF do you mean it's the best game series?

[@AKUJIVALDO]

Fallout 3 is the best, you peasants. Tho it is getting old.

[@opieangst]

My father was born in 1948. Luckily, I can still hear stories of cold war America through his view as he's still living. He vividly remembers the Cuban Missile Crisis as if it were last week. I can't even IMAGINE the wide spread panic. He had to come to terms with the "Red Scare" quite a few times. This world is crude.

[@ChungusMan]

🎵I was walking along, minding my business When out of an orange colored sky (Flash, bam, alakazam) Wonderful you came by🎵

[@migs8371]

Hello Simple History, you should make a video on the "Bogotazo" 9th of April 1948, a date in which the capital of Colombia, Bogota DC, was engulfed in violence and most of its infrastructure destroyed. This event would change the future of Colombian politics and settle a common phenomenon for a lot of Latin America, it would make for an interesting video. Thank you.

[@corymorimacori1059]

“I don’t feel safe in this world no more, I don’t want to die in a Nuclear war, I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an apeman.” The Kinks Skeeter Davis: Don’t they know, it’s the end of the the world. It ended when you say “goodbye”

[@i_main_firebreak112]

Don't worry you won't even feel it happen one second you'll be there the next you won't

[@coppertopv365]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1413">23:33</a> Simplest explanation of Broken Arrow is "OH CRAP" Or "need assistance immediately" or both

[@SlyCooper1920]

The perfect thumbnail doesn't exis-

[@NCR-Veteran-Ranger]

Love the content Simple History

[@user-ol3dl9nv2z]

Simple history has to be the best youtube channel of all time

[@deflydefly5276]

I didn’t expect Simple History to make such a video

[@vergil_vt]

Why did Russia want there nukes on Cuba? Because the USA had nuke in turkey near Russia.

[@thatoneguy9967]

Really?😮 no way😮😮😮

[@MulToyVerse]

"Find the fallout shelters!" Because no one knows where one at! -Richard Pryor

[@ambergathings7160]

Very informative video thanks

[@Tajny_PL]

I did not expect that video from you

[@Rattrap007]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="812">13:32</a> his baby? That is not a baby. That is a full size dwarf.

[@anthonyrufino9271]

*Big Iron intensifies*

[@mrxxlutz]

war. war never changes

[@Shockeyfish]

Ever since the new fallout show came out everything is about fallout even the thumbnail 😭😭😭😭

[@onur97able]

We need more simple fictional history like you did with Battle of yavin

[@swig9931]

Fun fact- The civilian death toll in Japan from Allied bombing was between 330,000 and 900,000 with an additional 112,000 killed from the atomic bombs. We can infinitely bomb with "little" ordinance. But not a nuke. Crazy

[@alanroberson9749]

Excellent dudes!!

[@FrankHaul]

You’re saying nuclear incorrectly in the beginning.

[@kyletrav996]

“I’ll mark it on your map”

[@c.9900]

"Ec-scape" "Nuke-ular"

[@netbizkit]

Nu-klee-er not nook-yoo-ler

[@pyeitme508]

The thumbnail of Lucy & Dog Meat from recent Fallout tv show is funny 🤣

[@poormansgunz8032]

Welcome to the Marine corps!! 😂😅 about your boss yelling at you after getting bombed!! Semper Fidelis 😅

[@user-hp6jk6ee7w]

The video: History THE THUMBNAIL: Fall⚡Out The Voice: Young Man

[@Let_it_be807]

Love your content from nepal .

[@Wesrl]

I feel like the audio wasn’t normalized for all of the clips combined

[@theangryjess4234]

Thumbnail got me 💀

[@user-kr7yh8vw9m]

Another fantastic video as usual, well done Simple History. It terrifies me how humanity has come very close to annihilation time and again.

[@sonofkarma5461]

The Thumbnail was Absolutely Fire!!😃

[@Sacrificed_marder3]

Karma? Bo2?!

[@sonofkarma5461]

@@Sacrificed_marder3 I’m not sure what that means but Alr

[@Sacrificed_marder3]

@@sonofkarma5461 the logo is from black ops 2

[@sonofkarma5461]

@@Sacrificed_marder3 really? My logo?

[@Sacrificed_marder3]

@@sonofkarma5461 yea look it up

[@coppertopv365]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="457">7:37</a> have to think of carbon dioxide from generator exhaust. Try to vent all the carbon dioxide exhaust out through a type of pipeline, that could have a scrubber topside, and try to have a simple herb garden set up, that can provide herbs an oxygen, And a O2 detector like a smoke alarm. Nowadays you could use a utilities side room with a propane generator and wire in solar power down into the bunker. Use ceiling fans, and use led lights. The "plumbing sytem" could use well water, from the utilities elevated side room that also houses an underground well pump and water tank. The bathroom could theoretically flush into a septic tank or into the houses waste line.

[@poulosepaulthekkanath8904]

How Many times is he still going to Make Every nuclear day 30mins

[@daddyg5654]

We were much closer to nuclear war on September 25 of 1983. Stanislav Petrov prevented that by disobeying standing orders. He should be considered a hero to the world.

[@attigator]

You should do a video on the Demon Core event

[@Tom_1933]

I feel like there's gonna be alot more comment's about the thumbnail pretty soon.

[@Gufuipandi09th13]

Time will come on October 23rd 2077

[@deadshot-snipe4070]

My favorite song was , the end of the world by skeeter davis

[@GlowWorm-km6yf]

Thanks for the new voice 😊

[@BouncyDev]

Why is the sickle upside down on the flag <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="227">3:47</a>

[@teaganjones4125]

Gyatt!!!! Also coop video

[@timetochronicle]

🎵Maybe🎵 🎵You'll think of me, when you are all alone 🎵Maybe, the one who is waiting for you Will prove untrue Then what will you do?🎵 🎵Maybe, 🎵 🎵you'll sit and sigh Wishing that I were near Then, maybe- m̴͙͇̺̠̬̝͎͇̪̟̂͆́͗ͅá̷̧̧̺͓̭̻̤̪̲͖̼̤̮̓̾̋̈̎̎̀̚ý̴̮̰͚͊̐̈́̍̀b̵̠̲̹̖̰̝̫̭͎̥̟͙͎̠̈́͒̌̾͋ḛ̸̡̡̨̣̘̭̲̲͓̝̞̪̖͌̕̕M̷̡̻̞̣̘̝̯̦̗͙͉͎̈́͗̆̈́̇̋̐̾̆͂̈́̋̕͠͝ą̶̛̖̇̐y̵͈̻̟̜̖̥̖͍͓̏̒̄̓̍͌̅̑̓̕͜͝ͅb̴̥̥̀̾̑̉̋̐̕͠͝ẽ̶̡̩̗͇̭͉̭̯m̸̲̳̭̯̜̗̊̉́à̶̟͍̳͔̅̑̒̋̇͛ͅy̸̨͔̪̜̦̥̟͑͛ͅb̸̡͔̘̣̝̣͋̓̕e̴̡͕̬͖̞̟̳̬̹̹̜̦̳͗̍́̃̌̑̉̿̚͘͜ͅḿ̸̨̢̛̬͚̭̺̙̠͚̩̖͖̺̌̄̍̍̾̍͋̄͒̚ą̶̧͓͇̯̠̩̲̞̙̬͚͇̦̦̀̿͑͆̈́̐̈́͆͗͘͝y̸̡̡͇̺͈͙͇̖̬͕̮͚͚̔̒̌̀̀̓͗̑́͜ͅb̸̛͉͕͕̜͇̰̱̪͍͎̮̈́̃̀̾̊̀͋̐̃̕̕͜e̸̡̬̤̰̳̮̝̦̭̋̑̂̂̽̋͆̇̚͘m̷̖͉̞̦̤̮͓̗͎̞̯͓̣̠̥̈́͒̉͌̈̎͋͋͠͝a̶̦̩͕̦͑́̽̆̊͐͒̇̑̕ͅy̸̢̦̯̣̞͋b̶̢͙̞̘͔̻̞̗̱́͐̏̆͜e̷̛̛͚̞̲͖̬̎̋̀͆̐͌̓̇̓̈́̈́̉̇͜m̷̭̙̤̜̝̗͍̈́̎̌̍͆̏̓̇͘̚͝͝a̴̰̲͊̔̈́̐̂͒̕̚͝͝y̴̡̛͈̳̱̮̥̺͉̦̅͊̒ͅb̶̡̭̘̜͚͇̞̭̯͎͗e̸̦͂͆̌͊́̿͝m̷̨̡̢͖̦̤̳̖̟͔̹̪̄͛̏̍̍̽͊̒̓̽͑̑͝͠ͅȃ̴̧̟̘̠̖̮̟͈̪̮̿y̵̦̗̘̿̃̈́̌́͆͜b̵̧̡̧̹̮̹̩͍̹̪̟̎͜ȩ̸̨̖̱͙̘͓̘͎̭̭̘̐̔̀̐̔͐̀̏́ͅm̸̡̧̼̼̖̹̟̬̗̮͈͓̭̈́͆̿̽̒͒̕ͅa̴̲̬̺͇͕̘̲̘̪̜̥̋̋̾̈́́̊͆̍͐ͅy̵̧̨̼͇̘̘̦̘͆̔̀͋̒ͅb̷̖̺̬̯̳̳̥̞͕͍̖̹̗͖͔̆̓͌̒̽̓̋̉̌́̓̐͐͘e̶̤̙̣̥͖͙͙̟͍͖͚̼͑͆͗͒͗̕m̵̡͙̼̻̺̦̯̟͚̖̃͐̾͋͋̅̉̀͒̒̏̃̀͆̒͜ȁ̷͓͒̈́̍̄͊̆̊̎͒̑̕̕͘̚y̵̢̺͈̯͎͖̹͗̆͊̃̓̓̓͋̔̉̚͘͘͝b̷̯̣̻̤̲̹̦̙̝̽̐͊̐̾̈́̕͘e̷͚̽̂̄̈̈́̌̉̅̀̃̂̕͝͠m̶̢͙̲̗͓̖̳̮̮̋̎͆̋̕̕͘à̵̧̩̪͓̯̘̻̫͙͖̔̀̒̄̈́̐͗̚͝y̶̗͖͑̾̀̒̅̈́̈̄̽͒͂̕͜͜b̶͈̤̯̭͕̬̜͈̑̒͗̍̈̅̚̚ê̸̙̻̼̳̪̩̲̇̓̈́̕m̵̢̻͎͖̟͎͉̲͚̳̪͙̞̤̱̓̿̐̊̆a̵̛̱͙͔̘̲͐̽̀͌̾̊̽̾̆͐̍͘y̶̢̦͎͔̖̰͈͖͓̦̟͒̆b̷̨͕̠̥̫̌̀̈̄̽̊̿̍̓̓̈́̕̚͠e̴̛̥̣͓̗̔̊̈́͑̈͋͂̋̄̏̕m̸̧̡̡̦͔̬̜̺̦̠̤̼̦̫̒̋͊̋̽͐́́͊͐̽͘͘̕̚a̴̢̢̛͖̖̪̼̰͇̒̄̋̀͂̇͘͝y̸̛̮͔̟͚̗̫̘̟̩̋̾͒̏̽̏̔̉̊̆͝ͅb̵̡͉͔̗̩̭͉̜͚̎̅̉͌̇̎̔́̿̚ĕ̶̡̪̥̜̱̖̝͈̫̥̬͊ͅ

[@paufernandezboj5517]

The intro of Fallout 1 represents well what happens with Big cities after The Big Boom

[@Captain23rdGaming]

🎶To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip 🎶

[@bettysola3039]

🎵I don't want to set the world on..fire~ I just wanted to start a flame in your heart....🎵

[@MRBF1MAN]

Can we do another simple history vid on ww2 or 1

[@buckshot6481]

Pop Made a Lot of money building cinder block back yard shelters for folks, most were above ground. Made enough money to buy our first house.

[@krue14]

Does all radiation go to one’s posterior?

[@jordanjudice4504]

How does this not speak when the government is willing to create the risk of nuclear war but not assume the responsibility and put it in the citizen to know how to shelter from fallout

[@iceicebabie]

Regardless of necessity, it really is tragic that the atomic bombs were used. It's really just tragic in general when any bomb kills innocents. I pray for peace and I hope others do too.

[@streetcop157]

lol ignoring the boss cry for help… that guy couldn’t catch a break

[@Great_Sandwich]

"NUC-LEE-AR" Not _"NUC-U-LAR"._

[@daniell8387]

Also excape

[@KageNoTora74]

Tsudomo Yamaguchi; "THIS ISN'T MY FUCKING WEEK!!!"

[@cosmicbricks3339]

Im watching this on my birthday

[@Jxuckr]

Bro simple history is so op

[@bananaok6194]

We need more power armor 💪🏿

[@neofulcrum5013]

Why does it feel were in a new Cold War?

[@Dekuthetechpristofgreatbritain]

My friend, the Cold War never ended

[@Emmanuel-ms8pr]

⁠​⁠@@Dekuthetechpristofgreatbritainmostly because the North Korean and South Korean conflict is still a thing

[@paufernandezboj5517]

​@@Emmanuel-ms8prand russia IS theeating with nuclear bombs, china has Nukes and its a dangerous state and india is dangerous too

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

"I don't want to set the world on fire..."

[@kazi1]

Damn

[@Kali_Koshedaei]

Who is this stranger commentating, this feels alien to me, nice voice, but alien

[@Onora619]

....but what about radioactive yetis?

[@Togra2o2]

The VA change really makes it hard for me to concentrate on this as I keep expecting to hear the old VA. Would prefer the old VA.

[@hiddentruth1982]

We can only pray that nuclear weapons are never used again. we can't changed what has already happened. All we can do is hope to prevent it from happening again.

[@burnitdown5828]

"Its all over but they crying"

[@ahaaaaaaaaa]

New Kee Ler missiles.

[@stantonkamer2807]

Its too hard to not not do it and I wanna be annoying so uh yeah the thumbnail has a GYAATTTTTTTTT

[@coppertopv365]

Forgot Iran <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1617">26:57</a>

[@Sintaj.]

Ima need the thumbnail's @

[@chriskeller3705]

“heading for refuge in Nagasaki” is wild 💀

[@TheRicanRaider]

Imagine being caught in a bomb and yelled at your boss 😂😂😂

[@Dave_the_PBY]

I mean obviously you’re still supposed to show up to work 🙄

[@parrot849]

Both Nagasaki and Hiroshima had numerous large military bases and military installations that were legitimate targets of war. As to your reference to “innocent victims” of these two atomic attacks, what about deaths of between 18 million and 30 million innocent non-Japanese citizens of conquered and subsequently occupied sovereign Asian and Pacific Island nations and regions of nations between 1933 and 1945 directly perpetrated by the hands of the Imperial Japanese Military.

[@FidoZip1988]

Johnny Guitar

[@robisfantasticutube]

What happened to the narrator? He was great!

[@theshenpartei]

I don’t want to set the world on fire

[@Memergzming]

Nuclear war would be interesting but terrifying af

[@daleakersii6114]

Love your show and its content. The regular narrator is eloquent and entertaining. The issue I have with this episode is the mispronunciation of the word ‘nuclear’ by the narrator in the first part which conce the Cuban missile crisis. The correct pronunciation is,( phonically); new-klee-er and not ; new-kya-ler. It’s a small thing, but good grief, so annoying. Thank you. D L A II

[@matthewsoules7064]

Thus is a generated voice im 99% sure

[@jankusthegreat9233]

That as is fine

[@wangtoriojackson4315]

Ugh.... say it with me, NU-CLEE-URR.

[@Dr_Larken]

Simple history’s voice, there’s something about it. I can’t believe my finger on it! it’s almost as if he reverse puberty! I wouldn’t be surprised if halfway through the video there is a sponsor “ I sound 30 years younger you don’t say, well you can too with todays sponsor..” <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="248">4:08</a> never-mind!

[@ChevyChase301]

My uncle helped solve able archer 83

[@brysonfields2284]

I figured it would have been the day the five layer burrito came out at Taco Bell

[@storminmormin14]

“How could they do that?” My guy. Do you know what country you lived in?

[@archi5809]

Спасибо за видео, мне было очень интересно!

[@chadlongnecker630]

Drives me nuts how many people mispronounce nuclear, they say "nucular"