Protect and Survive - 03 What the warnings sound like

The Protect and Survive films were created by the UK Government in the 1970's to be shown in the event that a nuclear war was predicted between the UK and Russia.
The films were narrated by the actor Patrick Allen and made by Richard Taylor Cartoons.
These films belong to the UK Government but can be used freely for non-profit, educational purposes. They are believed to be in the public domain.
This Crown copyright protected material may be re-used free of charge for research, non-commercial purposes and private study.
(Crown © 1976)

[@suelovell9924]

So this is where Frankie Goes To Hollywood got the sample for Two Tribes. Quite chilling.

[@gr26086]

Sue Lovell yes all this went on the two tribes remixes in exactly the same order as the audio in this clip, although they got Patrick Allen to re-record it especially for their record , and it sounded great too 👍

[@gasmanrus]

& Chris Barrie (Rimmer from Red Dwarf) was the voice of Regan.

[@thevikingwarrior]

They don't make it themselves, they cheat and then expect you to admire them as clever dudes! You are all being brain-washed into spending your money.

[@Steerpike07]

"Put them outside, but remember to tag them first for identification purposes".

[@jessicaroberts2282]

Chilling even to me and I didn’t grow up in the generation X decades... this stuff is much more scary than any horror film you’re likely to watch.

[@Steerpike07]

A school teacher got hold of videotapes of these in 1979 before they were made public (don't ask!). We watched them & practised pushing tables together, piling brief cases, satchels and sports bags in top and the whole class crawling beneath. We got the time down to under 5 mins. You got 3 minutes of an air attack warning. I used to have dreams about nuclear explosions over Coventry!

[@homerthompson416]

Growing up in the 80s in the US it was just a given we'd eventually go to nuclear war with the Soviets, with Berlin expected to be the flashpoint that caused it all. So I was in complete shock when I saw the Berlin Wall fall without a shot, and then East Germany fall without a shot not long after. No that I envy kids in American schools today where they have to do active shooter drills now. But a nuclear WW3 was just something we all expected to see in our lifetimes in the 80s. Maybe it'll still happen with Netenyahu trying to drag the west into war with Iran.

[@betaman7988]

Patrick “when you hear the air attack warning” Allen, to give him his full title

[@CharlotteWeb100]

I distinctly remember seeing this as a very young kid during the early 80's and the booklet sent to all homes it absolutely scared me shitless. Had nightmares and was constantly worried about the prospect of hearing those sirens and pops / bangs and kept trying to remember which sound meant what and oh God it was grim as fuck.

[@kamransekha7447]

Mine is the last voice that you will ever hear. Don’t be alarmed.

[@Steerpike07]

"if your grandmother or any other member of your family...."

[@susie8557]

I clicked "like" but there's nothing to like about it. I remember this in the 1980s. Terrifying.

[@trancehi]

I grew up through all these adverts. There was a nuclear war siren mounted on my local police station and it had no other purpose other than a bomb was going to hit. They did a final test run of the siren just before dismantling it in the 80's. I was a mile away and the noise sends instinctive fear through you. Fascinating engineering of those sirens.

[@crazyleyland5106]

They were removed after 1991. Except in coastal areas where they were kept for flood warnings.

[@trancehi]

@@crazyleyland5106 I wonder where they all ended up? There's even 2 nuclear war bunkers near me as well. I've been in one of them.

[@crazyleyland5106]

@@trancehi as far as I know, most were scrapped, being metal.

[@TheGalaxyDew]

Two Tribes FGTH Brought Me Here

[@fightingfalcon1986]

This is the part featured in the BBC's docudrama Threads from 1984, when Ruth Beckett (portrayed by a then young Karen Meagher) breaks in tears as hears the Protect and Survive infomercials on BBC Radio while she's doing some reforms on their future new flat where she would have lived with Jimmy Kemp (portrayed by Reece Dinsdale) once they have engaged on marriage. Naturally, this wouldn't never happen due to the full scale nuclear war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact (technically the US v/s the USSR).

[@bryant5866]

Did anyone else come here because of TUGS?

[@KRPTV]

No, I came here because of Reeves and Mortimer!

[@fordmotorman]

Ya

[@littlewesternbranchline852]

Ye

[@stevegray9828]

Happy days

[@thevikingwarrior]

As they say "Those were the good old days".... Not 🤣😂🤣😂

[@stephenemmett9753]

0:13 "Two Tribes" is starting. The record player does the clicks... and then "--the air attack warning sounds like. This is the sound." [cue piano]

[@crazyleyland5106]

... and siren.

[@haeleth7218]

Put a door up against your stairs to make a lean to shelter, then put suitcases full of sand on top of the door. Yeah, that's really going to save you when your house is wiped, laterally off its foundations in half a nanosecond by the blast wave.

[@ljt3084]

Like putting your head between your legs in impending air crash. Its mostly done for psychological reassurance. If however you were 20 miles outside the blast radius this shelter would help against fallout initially. But in Britain all fresh drinking water would be contaminated within 10 days so you might as well stand out side and watch the sky change colour to a beautiful sunset glow..

[@homerthompson416]

@@ljt3084 Depends on if it was airburst or groundburst nukes. Within a week of the airburst nuke dropped on Hiroshima the radiation level had dropped to less than one one millionth of what it was at detonation thanks to minimal amounts of dirt being sucked up and falling out. Now the first bomb we saw in Threads was filled with dirt in the mushroom cloud indicating a ground strike, which would deliver enormous fallout. White mushroom cloud indicates minimal fallout, dirty mushroom cloud indicates kiss your ass goodbye.

[@DenkyManner]

If you are caught in the open, lie down. If you were lying down, stand up. If you were seated, either lie down or stand up but do not remain seated.

[@jaydenbrownman4181]

so this is what captain stars been doing

[@darrenelkins5923]

hi. does this sort of thing get copyright strike against it? im interested in samples of it. Thanks

[@ramezfouad4991]

2:17 - 2:20 *Hi I am Compost!*

[@cac_deadlyrang]

1:28 “Over the top, boys!”

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Fk, run ... 😳...😁👍