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ProtectAndSurvive16WhatToDoAfterAnAttack · Beat 1 · permalink

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0:00–0:31 Released 1980

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 4 quotes checked against the transcript; 1 of 4 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

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Starts here: start of film. Sequence 1 · shots 0–3. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
other (other)
Seen happening
  • A nuclear explosion is shown. [frame:1]
  • A city skyline at dusk or dawn is shown. [frame:2]
  • A gas valve is shown. [frame:3]
  • An electrical panel is shown. [frame:4]
Also said
“So it might be up to us to tackle the fires in our own homes.” 0:16 · “Make sure that you have turned off gas” 0:24
Seen
nuclear explosion [frame:1], city skyline [frame:2], gas valve [frame:3], electrical panel [frame:4]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: urgent and instructional; themes: civil defense, self-reliance after disaster, utility safety; style notes: static shots, high-contrast imagery (explosion, skyline), close-ups on utility controls, no human presence

The video opens with a nuclear explosion and a city skyline at dusk, then shows close-ups of a gas valve and an electrical panel. The narrator advises turning off gas and electricity at the mains after an attack.

“After an attack,” 0:09 · “Fires will start in many places.” 0:10 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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