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ProtectAndSurvive15LifeUnderFallOutConditions · Beat 5 · permalink

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2:13–2:29 Released 1980

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

Frame at 2:162:16Frame at 2:242:24

Play from 2:13 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 5 · shots 8–9. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
other (other, exterior) evidence: frame:2
Seen happening
  • A title card reading 'and now a reminder' is displayed. [frame:1]
  • An animated house is shown under a blue sky with falling particles. [frame:2]
Seen
title card, animated house
On screen
and now a reminder
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: urgent and cautionary; themes: civil defense, invisible danger, public safety messaging; style notes: simple animation with flat colors and minimal detail; direct address via voiceover; static framing of title card and house

The beat shows a title card and an animated house under a blue sky with falling particles, accompanied by a voiceover reminding viewers of earlier advice about fallout. No people are visible; the voiceover warns that fallout is invisible but deadly and advises staying indoors.

“And now a reminder of some of the things we have told you in earlier films.” 2:14 · “Fallout can kill, though you cannot see it, feel it or smell it. There is danger outside, so don't go outside.” 2:20 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 ProtectAndSurvive15LifeUnderFallOutConditions (1980) at 2:16 (passage 2:13–2:29)

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