This was the film that randomly appeared on TV during the movie, and was produced by the UK Govt. It was a series of short films advising citizens what to do in the event of a nuclear attack on Britain. Just tried to find this film but it seems to be no longer available on Youtube.
Does anyone know where I might find it?
https://archive.org/details/threads_201712
shareThanks, Kate, but I meant the short excerpts from the "Civil Defence" films that appear at times during the movie Threads. I already have "Threads".
Sorry, my post was misleading.
Oh sorry. I misunderstood.
https://youtu.be/m6U9T3R3EQg
These two are American;
https://archive.org/details/rural_civil_defense_tv_spots_1965
https://archive.org/details/83304FactsAboutFallout
No probs, Kate. :)
That's the one I was after, thanks very much.
I'll have a look at the two American ones, too. They look interesting.
Cheers.
Those series of 'Public Information Films' were called 'PROTECT AND SURVIVE' and similar films were shown throughout schools (and usually late night on TV channels, before they shut down for the day) believe it or not, all-night (24 hour) TV wasn't a 'thing' til around the early nineties (here in the UK)
I think the adverts still hold up today. They are to the point (despite containing largely useless information)
But I sense that they'd likely be updated, if only to have CGI graphics, diversity quotas and a hip-hop soundtrack....as to not be (ironically) as scary as their predecessors?
Yes, they could certainly benefit from better CGI, Seagal. But then, sometimes brilliant graphics can detract from the message, or at least get in the way of it.
But I do wish the "Threads" movie itself had access to better visual FX. That's the only thing that let the film down a bit.
Personally, I find both the graphics in the commercials and 'Threads' to be perfect.
With 'Threads' it's more about what you *don't* see. The fact that they didn't have millions to spend on FX, means that they had to get creative in their editing. A shot of milk bottles burning under extreme heat is much more chilling than some Roland Emmerich-style CGI-fest. You need only to look at 'The Day After' to see what happens when you push effects over storyline. Threads is (for the first half) primarily sedate, focusing on normal everyday people who have no say in their eventual destruction (and it's the creeping suspense of helplessness is what adds to it's eeriness)
Adding pristine, computer graphics to a 'mood-piece' (like Threads) would be missing the point entirely. Once you go down the route of 'updating' stuff (purely for FX purposes) then you're going to be constantly remaking the same film over and over.
Threads is perfect as it is.
Yes, I have to agree. Those inserts of the melting bottles, the charred timbers and the kitten were very affecting.
The only thing I thought could have been improved was the actual nuclear explosion itself. They used real footage but not for long enough. The shots of the immediate aftermath were very obviously stills, because you can see marks and blemishes on the original photos. They should have been retouched.
But I don't want to pick faults here. I love the film, (if one can "love" such a bleak story), and I watch it often. There are so many incidental things in it that I enjoy seeing over and over.