does anyone know of a film that was about a nucleur bomb dropped in sheffield i think it was in the 80s?

Question

where will i be able to purchase it from?

Answer 1

Mat P gives quite a good synopsis of the film. It's available from Amazon after a quick check, but it is a REALLY depressing film. Having said that, we now have a generation of teens who hold no fear or concern for nuclear weaponry as campaigning on the issue lost it's impact after the Cold War ended. Quite ridiculous really since Russia were as likely to set off a nuclear bomb as the States were. The concern is so much more real now, and events this week in Korea are proof of that. Perhaps we should make people watch these sorts of films to understand the potential horrors.

Answer 2

Threads, it wasn't a movie as such but a TV Moc - Umentary.

It is the mid-1980's, during the Cold War. Ruth Beckett & Jimmy Kemp, residents of the town of Sheffield, England, are planning for their upcoming marriage and birth of their first child. Sheffield is home to a major R.A.F. base and has a major industrial base of steel, energy & chemical production. But the Soviet Union marches troops into Iran, in a plan to convert it to a Soviet satellite state. The United States, Great Britain, and other members of NATO and the U.N. angrily condemn the Soviet aggression and military activity in England starts to mount, especially at the nearby R.A.F. base. The families of Ruth & Jimmy go about their daily business, paying little attention to what is going on in Iran. One spring day, without warning, the Soviet Union attacks England with ICBMs - two of which hit Sheffield, annihilating most of the city and its inhabitants. But what is even more horrifying is the aftermath that follows - a world without public order, clean food, water, electricity, or the ability to produce any of them. Ruth struggles for more than 10 years just to stay alive in this horrible, barren, radioactive homeland...

Answer 3

That was called threads, and it was bluddeh awful!! I remember being afraid of my life watching it (I was only 9) and one night a burglar alarm went off in the street behind us and I went nuts... I seem to remember there was a load of this type of thing out in the reagan era.. there was another set in america called "the day after" which was slightly glossier and certainly there were no shots of people urinating in shock when the bomb went off.. The funny thing is that I am remembering bits of it as I write and I remember two guys in mechanics overalls under a car when the mushroom cloud went up going "eh, they bluddy done it" it was a horrible film and I hope I see it again some day as it seems to be worse when your a kid watching it and perhaps i could laugh at it now...

Answer 4

Is this the English film called "Threads"? Of all the post-nuclear movies made in the last 30 years, this is the absolute best. I wish I could find a copy of it, too. My son had a teacher who showed this movie to his class, and I tried to get a copy then. It didn't happen. Good luck. And many thanks to the producers and directors of this film. It was great.

Answer 5

The interesting about 'Threads' was that although it was supposed to show the horrors of a nuclear war, all the examples shown were of conventional bombs causing firestorms at Hamburg, Dresden and Cologne.

Answer 6

It was called "Lets make Sheffield a Better Place all round" by Sheffield Council. Wasn't it?

Answer 7

It wasn't a movie. It was a fly-on-the-wall documentary about a real-life incident that actually happened.

Apparently it caused £20million worth of improvements to the area.

Answer 8

Not a bad idea, can they drop one on Birmingham as well

Answer 9

it was a bbc play written by barry hines
and is available to buy on ebay on dvd and vhs

Answer 10

We were made to watch that in primary school, horrible.