A documentary film about the effects of nuclear weapons. What would be the effects on people and buildings if one medium-sized nuclear bomb was dropped on a large city? How effectively would various types of shelter protect us? In an experimental trial, two couples live in fallout shelters for ten days each.
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Ludovic Kennedy as Narrator (voice)
Mick Jackson Director
Australia 30 January 1984
United Kingdom 26 May 1982
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A short video about a time when atomic attack was a real threat. This video was the result of living thru the cold war in the 80s when every one was worried ...
A GUIDE TO ARMAGEDDON is a speculative documentary of what would happen if Britain suffered a nuclear attack . We`re shown via specially shot scenes ...
A GUIDE TO ARMAGEDDON is a speculative documentary of what would happen if Britain suffered a nuclear attack . We`re shown via specially shot scenes ...
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01 January 1982
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11 June 1982
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04 June 1982
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
01 January 1982
Honest mint employee, Ghanshyam (Shreeram Lagoo) gets framed for murder by Joseph D'Souza (Amjad Khan), and has to flee from the police.
01 January 1982
A journalist sets out to report on a minor earthquake in the Australian outback, and finds that the tremor was a result of a small nuclear explosion - part of an extortion threat that has the government fearing nuclear blackmail.
28 May 1982
Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.
16 March 1982
A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain.
31 December 1982
While hitchhiking to escape an abusive home life, a teenage girl is picked up by a couple on a camping trip.
03 December 1982
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25 September 1982
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28 July 1982
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