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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 3 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 0–2. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.
- Place
- other (other) evidence: frame:1, frame:2, frame:3
- Seen happening
- A mushroom cloud is depicted. [frame:1]
- A title card reading 'WATER CONSUMPTION' is shown. [frame:2]
- A close-up of a tap is shown. [frame:3]
- Also said
- “or the water in them may be too dangerous to drink.” 0:12 · “because it has been poisoned by fallout.” 0:15
- Seen
- mushroom cloud, WATER CONSUMPTION, tap
- On screen
- WATER CONSUMPTION
- Interpretation
- Model opinion, not evidence: mood: urgent and cautionary; themes: civil defense, nuclear preparedness, public health; style notes: Uses stark, high-contrast visuals (blue background with white cloud, red title card) and direct, instructional voiceover to convey a serious public safety message.
A public information film segment from 1980 warns that after an air attack, tap water may be unavailable or contaminated by fallout. The segment uses a mushroom cloud image, a title card, and a close-up of a tap to illustrate the message.
“After an air attack” 0:08 · “Your water taps may run dry.” 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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