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Protect And Survive 10 Action After Warnings (1980)

Crown copyright, not a US Government work. Made 1975–76 by Richard Taylor Cartoons for the Central Office of Information and the Home Office; first shown publicly in 1980. 17 U.S.C. 105 covers only works of the United States Government, so Public Reel's registry rules do not clear this film. The Imperial War Museum reproduces the series as © Crown copyright under delegated authority. The Archive uploads carry an uploader's public-domain mark, which is a claim, not a licence. The atlas indexes it because the series is a landmark of government public information film; the video stays on the Archive.

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ProtectAndSurvive10ActionAfterWarnings on the Internet Archive; released 1980
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22 shots over 4:09 · 14 beats in 14 sequences · 46 transcript lines · JSON
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22 shots over 4:09, read from the Internet Archive copy ProtectAndSurvive10ActionAfterWarnings (Protect_and_Survive_10_Action_After_Warnings.mp4, 636×360, 25.00 fps). Shot boundaries by PySceneDetect's adaptive detector; each frame links to the Archive's player at that second. Part of Protect And Survive. JSON

Measurements: colour film on its keyframes (22 of 22 shots judged colour), average shot 11.4s long, a frontal face detected in 0% of keyframes. Shots are detected automatically and each is represented by its midpoint frame.

Released 1980 (Internet Archive).

14 beats in 14 sequences, cut automatically at shot boundaries scored on picture change, pauses in speech, topic shifts, on-screen text and cutting rhythm (each beat says why it starts where it does). Each is annotated by a vision-language model from four sampled frames and the transcript lines in it, as observations with evidence; anything the frames and lines do not support is left null. Machine annotation (Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct), checked automatically: quotes must be verbatim, names must be spoken, "visible" events are sampled to a second model. 14 of 14 beats annotated, 14 passed the checks, 0 flagged.

Beats

Passages cut at shot boundaries and annotated by a machine from four sampled frames and the transcript lines in them. Each beat says why it starts where it does and what was checked; sequences are visual groups, not scenes.

Sequence 1 from 0:00

Frame at 0:00, shot 00:00
1 of 1 shots sampled

1. Other

0:00–0:01 Machine checks passed

Model synopsis: The beat consists of a single dark frame with no visible objects, people, or text. No events or dialogue are present in this segment.

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Sequence 2 from 0:01

Sequence 3 from 0:17

Frame at 0:39, shot 20:39Frame at 1:03, shot 31:03
2 of 2 shots sampled

3. Private office

0:17–1:05 Machine checks passed (partial)

Model synopsis: A narrator instructs viewers on actions to take if an attack is imminent, including sending children to a fallout room and turning off utilities. Two frames show a house under red warning bands and a hand turning off a gas valve and electricity at the mains.

  • A hand turns off a gas valve and electricity at the mains. [frame:2]

1 person observed.

“If attack is imminent, you will hear the attack sound like this.” 0:24 · “So take cover at once.” 0:53

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Sequence 4 from 1:05

Sequence 5 from 1:07

Frame at 1:08, shot 51:08
1 of 1 shots sampled

5. Living room

1:07–1:09 Machine checks passed

Model synopsis: A fireplace with a metal grate and glowing embers is shown. The fire is burning inside a dark metal firebox with a partially open door.

  • Fire burns inside a metal fireplace with a partially open door. [frame:1]

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Sequence 6 from 1:09

Frame at 1:10, shot 61:10
1 of 1 shots sampled

6. Other

1:09–1:11 Machine checks passed

Model synopsis: A close-up of a black, boxy electric heater with a glass front and a single knob, mounted on a plain wall. No people or actions are visible in this beat.

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Sequence 7 from 1:11

Frame at 1:12, shot 71:12Frame at 1:14, shot 81:14
2 of 2 shots sampled

7. Living room

1:11–1:15 Machine checks passed (partial)

Model synopsis: A fireplace with flames is shown; a pile of yellow material appears beside it in the next frame. A transcript line mentions material being dumped on fires.

  • Flames are visible in a fireplace. [frame:1]
  • A pile of yellow material is placed beside the fireplace. [frame:2]

“dumped on fires.” 1:11

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Sequence 8 from 1:15

Frame at 1:16, shot 91:16Frame at 1:18, shot 101:18Frame at 1:21, shot 111:21Frame at 1:27, shot 121:27
4 of 4 shots sampled

8. Living room

1:15–1:31 Machine checks passed (partial)

Model synopsis: A person is instructed to shut windows and draw curtains, then proceed to a fallout room. A model house with silhouetted figures inside is shown as the warning sound is described.

  • Windows are shut. [frame:1]
  • Curtains are drawn. [frame:3]
  • A model house with figures inside is shown. [frame:4]

1 person observed.

“Shut windows.” 1:16 · “and draw curtains.” 1:19

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Sequence 9 from 1:31

Frame at 1:39, shot 131:39
1 of 1 shots sampled

9. Beat 9

1:31–1:46 Machine checks passed (partial)

Model synopsis: A single frame at 99s shows three red concentric circles on a purple background. The transcript includes thuds and beeps between 1:31 and 1:43, but no people, places, or named events are visible or spoken.

  • Three red concentric circles appear on a purple background. [frame:1]

“*thud*” 1:33 · “*thud*” 1:34

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Sequence 10 from 1:46

Frame at 1:58, shot 141:58Frame at 2:12, shot 152:12
2 of 2 shots sampled

10. Other

1:46–2:15 Machine checks passed

Model synopsis: A model house and a portable radio are shown while instructions are given to move to a fallout shelter and listen to the radio. No people are visible or named; the setting is a studio with props.

“You should now move yourself and your family to the safest area in your fallout room.” 1:46 · “That is, you should get inside your inner refuge and stay there. After two days, the danger from fallout will get less, but don't take any r…” 1:52

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Sequence 11 from 2:15

Sequence 12 from 2:51

Frame at 2:55, shot 172:55Frame at 3:03, shot 183:03
2 of 2 shots sampled

12. Other

2:51–3:09 Machine checks passed (partial)

Model synopsis: A person is shown crouching under a bridge-like structure, then a white object flies over a dark landscape. The transcript advises finding cover or lying flat if no building is nearby, and mentions hearing a fallout warning.

  • A person is crouching under a bridge-like structure. [frame:1]
  • A white object flies over a dark landscape. [frame:2]

1 person observed.

“If there is no building nearby, try to find some solid cover.” 2:52 · “If there is no solid cover, lie flat in a ditch or a hole and cover your head, face and hands as fast as you can with some of your clothes.” 2:58

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Sequence 13 from 3:09

Frame at 3:12, shot 193:12
1 of 1 shots sampled

13. Other

3:09–3:15 Machine checks passed

Model synopsis: The beat shows two red asterisk-like symbols on a solid blue background. No people, dialogue, or environmental context are visible.

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Sequence 14 from 3:15

Frame at 3:34, shot 203:34Frame at 4:01, shot 214:01
2 of 2 shots sampled

14. Other

3:15–4:09 Machine checks passed (partial)

Model synopsis: A public information film advises on actions to take after a nuclear attack warning, including seeking cover, removing fallout dust, and listening for further instructions. The visuals show a model house and a silhouette of a family against a blue background.

  • A silhouette of a family is shown against a blue background. [frame:2]
  • A model house with a red roof is shown against a blue background. [frame:1]

1 person observed.

“Seek the nearest and best cover as quickly as you can.” 3:15 · “brush or shake off any fallout dust you may have picked up” 3:22

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Transcript

Machine transcription of the Archive copy's audio with Whisper large-v3-turbo (temperature 0); the model heard it as en. 46 segments kept, 9 dropped as the kind of hallucination the model produces over music and silence. Each timestamp links to the Archive's player at that second. This has not been checked against the film and can be wrong.

  1. 0:01 The
  2. 0:10 A warning may come quite unexpectedly.
  3. 0:13 We will now tell you what to do if a warning sounds when you are at home.
  4. 0:18 and then we will explain what to do if you are out of doors.
  5. 0:22 First, if you are at home.
  6. 0:24 If attack is imminent, you will hear the attack sound like this.
  7. 0:53 So take cover at once.
  8. 0:56 send your young children to the fallout room then go quickly and turn off the gas
  9. 1:00 and the electricity at the mains.
  10. 1:06 close down stoves.
  11. 1:11 dumped on fires.
  12. 1:16 Shut windows.
  13. 1:19 and draw curtains.
  14. 1:23 Then go to your fallout room and stay there.
  15. 1:26 If the fallout warning sounds are heard,
  16. 1:29 They will be like these.
  17. 1:31 and
  18. 1:33 *thud*
  19. 1:34 *thud*
  20. 1:40 *BEEP*
26 more segments
  1. 1:42 Beep.
  2. 1:43 *BEEP*
  3. 1:46 You should now move yourself and your family to the safest area in your fallout room.
  4. 1:52 That is, you should get inside your inner refuge and stay there. After two days, the danger from fallout will get less, but don't take any risks by contact with it.
  5. 2:04 The longer you stay in your refuge, the better it will be for you.
  6. 2:09 Listen to your radio. Stay where you are and keep listening to your radio.
  7. 2:15 Now, this is what you should do if you are out of doors when the warning sounds.
  8. 2:20 Take cover at once when you hear the attack sound.
  9. 2:47 If you cannot reach home in ten minutes...
  10. 2:49 Take cover in the nearest building.
  11. 2:52 If there is no building nearby, try to find some solid cover.
  12. 2:58 If there is no solid cover, lie flat in a ditch or a hole and cover your head, face and hands as fast as you can with some of your clothes.
  13. 3:07 If you hear the fallout warning,
  14. 3:15 Seek the nearest and best cover as quickly as you can.
  15. 3:20 But before entering the building or cover,
  16. 3:22 brush or shake off any fallout dust you may have picked up
  17. 3:26 and get rid of it.
  18. 3:28 Change your outer clothing if you can.
  19. 3:31 Stay undercover.
  20. 3:33 when the all clear sounds
  21. 3:36 Like this.
  22. 3:45 It means that you are safe from attack or fallout for the time being.
  23. 3:49 and that you can go out again.
  24. 3:52 But keep listening for further warnings.
  25. 3:55 or to your radio for further advice.
  26. 4:01 No.

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