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.
14 shots over 2:36, read from the Internet Archive copy ProtectAndSurvive11WaterAndFood (Protect_and_Survive_11_Water_and_Food.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 (14 of 14 shots judged colour), average shot 11.1s 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).
8 beats in 7 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. 8 of 8 beats annotated, 8 passed the checks, 0 flagged.
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.
Model synopsis: A public information film advises staying indoors for 14 days after an attack and storing water and food. A calendar is shown to illustrate the duration.
“After an attack” 0:10 · “You may have to stay in your home for about 14 days.” 0:11
0:26Model synopsis: A tap pours water into a glass bottle against a plain background. The voiceover explains that water is more essential to life than food and that one can survive longer with water even if food is scarce.
“Water.” 0:21 · “is more essential to life than food.” 0:22
0:43Model synopsis: A silhouette of a person stands beside a row of glass bottles, illustrating water rationing advice. The voiceover calculates daily water needs for 14 days and suggests doubling the amount for hygiene.
1 person observed.
“How much is enough?” 0:33 · “Each person should drink about two pints a day.” 0:36
1:00Model synopsis: A still frame shows various containers holding water, with voiceover instructions on storing water in a fallout room. No people are visible; the setting is an interior space with no identifiable place type beyond 'other'.
“Keep drinking water in your fallout room.” 0:56 · “Store it in plastic containers with a screw top.” 0:59
Model synopsis: The segment shows kitchenware and canned goods as part of a civil defense instruction on storing water and food for 14 days. A calendar highlights the 14-day period, reinforcing the duration mentioned in the voiceover.
“Store the rest in kettles and saucepans” 1:06 · “and in basins and the bathtub.” 1:09
Model synopsis: The segment advises storing non-perishable, cold-eatable food in sealed or tinned packaging and reminds viewers to include tin and bottle openers. Two frames show canned goods and a bottle with an opener.
“So buy foods you can eat cold” 1:27 · “and that will not go bad.” 1:29
Model synopsis: A sequence of stills shows canned and packaged food items arranged on a surface and on shelves, accompanied by a voiceover listing types of food to stockpile. No people are visible; the setting appears to be a studio set designed to display supplies.
“You will do best to buy lots of different kinds of foods if you can.” 1:43 · “stock up with meats.” 1:51
2:24Model synopsis: A calendar is shown with dates crossed out, while a voice advises rationing food to make supplies last. No named individuals appear, and no specific location is depicted beyond the calendar.
“Foods that will go bad quickly should be the first to be eaten.” 2:12 · “Try to ration everything” 2:18
Machine transcription of the Archive copy's audio with Whisper large-v3-turbo (temperature 0); the model heard it as en. 45 segments kept, 1 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.
Protect And Survive 9 What To Put In Your Fall Out Room 1980
Protect And Survive 19 Food Consumption 1980
Protect And Survive 18 Water Consumption 1980By the average clip vector of the keyframes; a measurement, not a judgement
