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2:51–3:09 Released 1980

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 3 quotes checked against the transcript; 1 name checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 0 of 2 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 2:552:55Frame at 3:033:03

Play from 2:51 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: topic shift in dialogue. Sequence 12 · shots 17–18. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
other (other, exterior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • silhouette of a person crouching, wearing no distinct clothing visible
Seen happening
  • A person is crouching under a bridge-like structure. [frame:1]
  • A white object flies over a dark landscape. [frame:2]
Also said
“If you hear the fallout warning,” 3:07
Seen
bridge-like structure, red tree, white flying object
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: urgent and instructional; themes: civil defense, survival, nuclear threat; style notes: flat animation with bold silhouettes and minimal color; static camera shots

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.

“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 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

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. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from ProtectAndSurvive10ActionAfterWarnings (1980) at 2:55 (passage 2:51–3:09)

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