Introduction The War Game is a 1966 British pseudo-documentary film that depicts a nuclear war and its aftermath. Written, directed and produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC, it caused dismay within the BBC and also within government, and was subsequently withdrawn before the provisional screening date of 07 October 1965. The corporation said that… Read More
Introduction July, 1946. Bikini. It was the first of 23 nuclear tests the US government made in their race against the Soviets during the Cold War. Outline A remote atoll in the Marshall Islands, set in the vast blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and Hawaii. Ironically though, it was this isolation,… Read More
Introduction Deterrence is a 1999 French/American dramatic film written and directed by Rod Lurie, depicting fictional events about nuclear brinkmanship. It marks the feature directorial debut of Lurie, who was previously a film critic for the New York Daily News, Premiere Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and Movieline, among others. Kevin Pollak, Timothy Hutton, Sheryl Lee Ralph… Read More
Introduction Hiroshima is a BBC docudrama that premiered as a television special on 05 August 2005, marking the eve of the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. It is also known as Hiroshima: BBC History of World War II and Hiroshima: The First Weapon of Mass Destruction. The programme was aired on the… Read More
Introduction War Games (Gry wojenne) is a 2008 Polish documentary film about Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski by director Dariusz Jablonski. Outline A story about Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, a talented strategist who became not only privy to the most heavily guarded strategic plans of the Warsaw Pact in the 1970s, but in fact drew up those plans… Read More
Introduction Testament is a 1983 drama film based on a three-page story titled “The Last Testament” by Carol Amen (1934-1987), directed by Lynne Littman and written by John Sacret Young. The film tells the story of how one small suburban town near the San Francisco Bay Area slowly falls apart after a nuclear war destroys… Read More
Introduction Countdown to Looking Glass is a Canadian made-for-television movie that premiered in the United States on HBO on 14 October 1984 and was also broadcast on CTV in Canada. The movie presents a fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf.… Read More
Introduction When the Wind Blows is a 1986 British animated disaster film directed by Jimmy Murakami based on Raymond Briggs’ comic book of the same name. The film stars the voices of John Mills and Peggy Ashcroft as the two main characters and was scored by Roger Waters. The film accounts a rural English couple’s… Read More
Introduction World War III is a 1998 German alternative history television pseudo-film/documentary, directed by Robert Stone and distributed by ZDF. it is also known as Der 3. Weltkrieg, Der Dritte Weltkrieg, and WW III: World War III. An English version, in collaboration with TLC, was made as well and aired in May 1999. It depicts… Read More
Introduction Part of the BBC’s This World series, World War Three: Inside the War Room is a 2016 documentary on a hypothetical nuclear confrontation in Eastern Europe. Outline Following the crisis in Ukraine and Russia’s involvement in Syria, the world is closer to superpower confrontation than at any time since the end of the Cold… Read More
