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1. In an urban society, everything connects.

2. Each person's needs are fed by the skills of many others.

3. Our lives are woven together in a fabric.

4. But the connections that make society strong also make it vulnerable.

5. It's peaceful up here, in't it?

6. Oh, I'd love to live out in the country. Wouldn't you, Jimmy?

7. - Would I 'eck! - Why not?

8. It's dead.

9. Nowt to do.

10. Just imagine living down there.

11. It'd take you an hour to get to t'nearest boozer.

12. Oh, I know, but the air's lovely.

13. Oh, do you know, I love it this time of year with spring coming on.

14. See the leaves just coming out on that bush over there?

15. What are you looking at?

16. Trying to make out where our house is.

17. Wish I had a pair of binoculars.

18. You can see t'roodlights at United.

19. Saturday, with the news...

20. - What time is it? - There's been further fighting in Iran...

21. T'half-time scores will be on in a minute.

22. Oh, honestly!

23. We've come out here for a drive.

24. We're surrounded by all this countryside and all you can think about is football?

25. - It's not all I can think about. - Oh, stop it!

26. Honestly, you've got no consideration at all, sometimes.

27. You think you can do what you like.

28. - Where are you going? - West Brom 1, Manchester United 0.

29. West Ham United 2, Queen's Park Rangers 0.

30. Division Two: Barnsiey 1, Derby County 0...

31. There you are. It's a peace offering.

32. Not much smell to it, though.

33. Mm. It's lovely.

34. Heather's supposed to bring good luck, in't it?

35. Charlton Athletic 0.

36. - Midd/esbrough 2, O/dham Athletic 1. - It's what they say.

37. Wonder if it'll bring me any.

38. Portsmouth 0, Brighton and Hove Albion 1.

39. Division Three: AFC Bournemouth 2, Wimbledon 2...

40. This film, shot secretly by a West German television crew on Tuesday,

41. shows one of the Soviet convoys on the move in northern Iran.

42. The convoys were first spotted by United States satellites on Monday

43. moving across three of the mountain passes leading from the Soviet Union.

44. The Soviet Foreign Minister has defended the incursions

45. and has accused the United States of deliberately prompting

46. last week's coup in Iran.

47. Speaking on his arrival in Vienna,

48. Mr Gromyko claims the Soviet vehicles were responding to appeals from...

49. - Are you being serious? - Of course I'm being serious.

50. I've never been more serious in my life.

51. - .. American covert activities in Iran... - What we gonna do?

52. immediately preceding the coup...

53. Jimmy!

54. Are you sure?

55. Not definitely.

56. I'm normally as regular as clockwork.

57. Anyway, what if I am?

58. It's not the end of the world, is it?

59. And now a look at programmes later this evening on 8801.

60. And don't forget number 24 today.

61. What?

62. I said, "Don't forget number 24 today."

63. You're gonna ruin your hearing wi' them things on all t'time, you know.

64. Honestly, Jimmy... you want your bloody head seeing to.

65. I think he wants something else seeing to as well.

66. Don't blame me. It's not my fault.

67. Whose fault is it, you daft bugger?

68. Don't go blaming it all on Ruth, Jimmy. That's not fair.

69. Anyway, it's irrelevant who's to blame now.

70. - There you are, love. - Ta.

71. The point is, what are you going to do about it?

72. We're gonna get married.

73. What for?

74. Because we want to. What do you think?

75. You don't have to, you know, Jimmy.

76. I wouldn't want you thinking we were pushing you into it.

77. Nobody's pushing us into owt.

78. It's what we want. We've decided.

79. I suppose you've talked about an abortion?

80. Of course we have,

81. but neither of us want that.

82. We wanna get married and have t'baby.

83. Mum, what's that mean? Abortion.

84. - Michael. .. - Never mind what it means.

85. You get on with your game. It's nothing to do with you.

86. We were thinking of getting engaged, anyway.

87. So it don't make much difference, really, it's just brought it forward a bit, that's all.

88. I hope you know what you're doing, Jimmy.

89. It's a hell of a time to be starting a family, in the middle of a recession.

90. What are you doing with that?

91. I'm not hurting it!

92. - Our Jimmy's getting married. - Are you?

93. I might be. Why?

94. Well, it's a bit sudden, in't it?

95. You're not even engaged.

96. How do you know?

97. Anyway, it's nowt to do wi' you, so keep your nose out.

98. Are you getting married in a church or in a registry office?

99. - Alison, what's an abortion? - Michael, I've told you once...

100. Oh, so that's it.

101. I'll give you a good hiding, lad, if you don't learn to keep your mouth shut.

102. What for? I ain't done anything yet.

103. Are you gonna shut up about it?

104. I hope you two are both satisfied now.

105. What are you blaming me for?

106. I haven't done anything wrong.

107. Come on.

108. The time now 7:30. Douglas Barton with tonight's headlines.

109. The United States has hinted it may send troops to the Middle East

110. if the Russians don't move their forces out of Iran.

111. Come on.

112. The Prime Minister has joined the Western leaders calling for

113. immediate withdrawal and has spoken of a serious threat to world peace.

114. Four people were killed today on the M6...

115. Come on.

116. when their car was in collision with a heavy tanker.

117. The accident happened at the junction...

118. Do you think we'll get on all right?

119. I can't see why not. They're ever so nice.

120. I just wish we were meeting in different circumstances, that's all.

121. You're making it sound like a funeral.

122. Well, it is a bit embarrassing, isn't it?

123. It ought to have been a happy occasion.

124. It is a happy occasion.

125. Well, I'm happy, anyway.

126. I must say, it's brought out a very determined streak in you, has this.

127. - Mother. .. serious incident involving a US

128. warship in the waters off the coast of Iran.

129. No further details are given in the story,

130. attributed to the paper's defence correspondent.

131. However, one rumour being heard increasingly in the Capitol this morning

132. says the vessel is a US submarine

133. that has disappeared Whilst on routine patrol in the area.

134. Didn't you hear what I said, Gordon? Mr and Mrs Kemp are here.

135. Come on, turn the television off.

136. - .. Something serious has happened. - You can't watch while they're here.

137. A Pentagon spokesman has refused to be drawn on the crisis,

138. parrying all reporters' questions...

139. - Oh, hello. - Do come in. Do come in.

140. - Mum, Mrs Kemp, Mr Kemp. - Pleased to meet you.

141. - How do you do? - How do you do?

142. Jimmy, my dad. Mr and Mrs Kemp.

143. - Oh, hello. - How do you do?

144. How do you do, Mrs Kemp?

145. - Do go through. - Thank you very much.

146. Thank you.

147. BBC news at eight o'clock.

148. The Soviet Union has protested strongly to the United States

149. about what it calls dangerous provocations

150. by American warships in the Gulf of Oman yesterday.

151. This follows an incident in which serious damage was caused

152. to the Soviet cruiser Kirov

153. when she was in collision with the US destroyer Callaghan.

154. It's in a bit of a state, but it's got possibilities.

155. I'd have that door stripped down, all this paper off and the walls white.

156. Looks as if there's about 16 layers on here.

157. My mother and dad" help us, I'm sure they will.

158. My dad" give us a hand as well.

159. He'll be glad of summat to do.

160. What are you laughing at?

161. Just thinking of his face when my mother said

162. we could borrow his redundancy money.

163. - Don't. - He were fancying a trip to Bermuda on it.

164. Looks like being Blackpool again.

165. Oh, dear.

166. I like the gardens.

167. I think it's lovely for children to have somewhere to play.

168. I wonder if they'll let me build an aviary down there.

169. Oh, you and your birds.

170. Makes you feel funny, though, don't it?

171. What do you mean?

172. Thought of owning a home, being married, having children.

173. Enough to put years on you, in't it?

174. Don't be silly.

175. It'll be lovely.

176. I just know it will.

177. Here you are, love.

178. Ta.

179. American and Israeli search and rescue vessels in the area

180. today came across debris and oil slicks

181. that could only have come from the missing submarine.

182. It's still being said in Washington that the Los Angeles was on a routine

183. reconnaissance mission off the coast of Iran

184. when she sank last Tuesday with a loss of all hands.

185. After paying tribute to her 12? officers and men,

186. the President went on to say

187. that he held the Soviet Union solely responsible for their deaths

188. and for the vessel's disappearance.

189. The unprovoked attack on our submarine and the move into Iran

190. are the actions of a reckless and warlike power.

191. I have to warn the Soviets in the clearest possible terms

192. that they risk taking us to the brink of an armed confrontation

193. with incalculable consequences for all mankind.

194. Britain has emergency plans for war.

195. If central government should ever fail, power can be transferred instead

196. to a system of local officials dispersed across the country.

197. In an urban district like Sheffield,

198. there is already a designated wartime controller.

199. He's the city's peacetime chief executive.

200. If it should suddenly become necessary,

201. he can be given full powers of internal government.

202. When, or if, this happens depends on the crisis itself.

203. The United States government has been forced, reluctantly,

204. to take action to safeguard what it believes

205. are legitimate Western interests in the Middle East.

206. This administration has therefore resolved

207. to send units of its rapid deployment force, the US Central Command,

208. into western Iran.

209. We are confident that the Soviet Union will take note of our resolve

210. and will desist from its present perilous course of action.

211. football, there's an important score coming in from the Hawthorns,

212. where West Brom have taken the lead

213. over First Division leaders Manchester United.

214. It's West Brom 1, Manchester United 0,

215. MacKenzie getting that all-important goal...

216. Thank you very much, sir.

217. Thank you.

218. If you want to tighten up the thigh muscles,

219. here's a simple but very good exercise.

220. The only piece of equipment you want is a chair with legs.

221. Right, I'll just let you listen to the lovely...

222. Hello?

223. Mary, I want you to contact the following people

224. and have them in my office in ten minutes.

225. I don't care what they're doing, they're to get here right away. Is that clear?

226. Right. You got a pencil?

227. OK.

228. Alan Boulton, George Cox,

229. Roger Fisher, Susan Russell...

230. Yes, Administration.

231. Tony Barnes, Roy Chamberlain...

232. It's busy for a Wednesday, in't it?

233. You'd think it were Christmas.

234. the best of the weather again tomorrow, Northern Ireland...

235. What about the food situation? What have we got?

236. And what about flour?

237. What else is there?

238. Corned beef?

239. I hope it's not from Argentina.

240. OK, what about supplies to the first-aid posts?

241. Is that all?

242. Well, that's not going to get us very far, is it?

243. What?

244. Well, I'm sure I don't know, if I'm honest.

245. We've heard nothing about emergency powers as yet.

246. Anyway, don't make a song and dance about it. Just get on with it.

247. And don't tell anybody you don't have to, eh? OK.

248. The remaining units of the United States Tenth Airborne Division,

249. which parachuted into western Iran yesterday,

250. have taken up defensive positions near Isfahan,

251. designed, according to the spokesman,

252. to block any possible move towards the oilfields in the Persian Gulf.

253. Squadrons of American 8-52 bombers have been arriving at US bases in Turkey...

254. - All right, then? - All right, lad.

255. together with three AWACS early-warning aircraft.

256. It's believed that they'll be used in a supporting role

257. - to the Middle East task force. - All right, John?

258. The 84th Airborne Division has also been placed on a state of combat readiness...

259. - Come to give me a hand, then? - No chance.

260. I've done enough for one day. I'm knackered.

261. Not too knackered to be going out, though, I see.

262. It's different, in't it?

263. Anyway, I need a break. I've been down at t'house every night this week.

264. - How's it coming on? - Not too bad.

265. Just trying to get t'Iiving room and t'bedroom finished.

266. Mother says will you take some flowers down when you've finished?

267. - Third since teatime. - Aye.

268. Where they going to?

269. Finningley, I suppose.

270. Why don't you pop down to WH Smith's and buy yourself an aircraft spotter's book?

271. You can start a new hobby. It'd make a change from gardening.

272. You can laugh but there's summat going on, I'm telling you.

273. There'll be summat going on tonight when I've had a few pints.

274. Don't be going mad. You haven't only got yourself to think about now.

275. Why not? Might as well enjoy myself while I'm single.

276. Not that long to go now, you know.

277. You could be right there.

278. - Come on, get it on. - I'll have a half.

279. Half? What's up with you? Getting into training for when you're married?

280. Two bitters, please. Cheers.

281. Worldwide anxiety about the superpower confrontation in the Middle East

282. has increased still further this evening.

283. In a statement issued a short time ago by the Pentagon in Washington,

284. the United States has accused the Soviet Union

285. of moving nuclear warheads into their new base at Mashhad in northern Iran.

286. According to the American spokesman, the war...

287. - Hey, I were watching that. - Turn it back again.

288. aboard two giant Antonov transport planes late yesterday afternoon,

289. and were immediately moved under cover into temporary...

290. I were watching that thing about t'Far East and he goes and turns it over.

291. T'Far East? Why, what's going on there?

292. Iran. The Americans have just said...

293. Iran? That's not the Far East, you pillock, that's the Middle East.

294. China, Hong Kong, that's the Far East.

295. So what?

296. It's far enough, in't it?

297. Sooner go to t'Near East myself Scarborough and Skegness.

298. Skeggy? I'd rather watch my toenails grow than go there.

299. Anyway, never mind that rubbish.

300. What about these two birds sitting east of this table?

301. NATO's position on the United States' action in sending its task force...

302. - You're dead right. It's getting serious. - There's nowt we can do about it.

303. Might as well enjoy ourselves whilst we can.

304. Don't it scare you, what it might lead to?

305. It bloody scares me, but there's nowt we can do about it, is there?

306. Tell you one thing, if the bomb does drop,

307. I wanna be pissed out of my mind and underneath it when it happens.

308. neither side can back down.

309. Arriving here in Brussels 3 short time ago,

310. the NATO Secretary General said...

311. Come on, you miserable bugger. It's all these family responsibilities.

312. - You're acting like a married man already. - It'll not be long now.

313. You might as well make t'best of it whilst you can, hadn't you?

314. What about chatting these two birds up, then?

315. within NATO is something we shall know in a few hours' time.

316. - I can't do that. - Come on. It might be your last chance.

317. Anyway, if we are gonna cop it,

318. might as well go out with a bang, that's what I say.

319. Can't be many better ways of going, I don't suppose.

320. Blown up on t'job.

321. And we've just heard

322. that the Prime Minister has issued a message of support

323. for the United States Government.

324. The statement just released from Downing Street

325. condemns what it calls, “reckless Soviet actions

326. which can only worsen an already grave situation."

327. To the Director, Technical Services.

328. Please let me know what fuel stocks are currently held in each depot.

329. Please ensure that tanks are kept topped up

330. and that no fuel is used except for essential works only.

331. There's been no response from the Soviet government as yet

332. to the United States' ultimatum delivered to Moscow last night.

333. The American note calls for joint withdrawal

334. of all US and Soviet forces from Iran by noon on Sunday.

335. However, NATO observers in West Germany

336. have reported increasing build-ups of Warsaw Pact troops and vehicles

337. at points along the central frontier this morning.

338. The Ministry of Defence announced it's sending more troops to Europe

339. to reinforce the British commitment to NATO.

340. The first contingents left RAF Brize Norton this morning.

341. Jobs not bombs!

342. The day has been marked by a number of demonstrations up and down the country,

343. reflecting support for and against the Government's decision to reinforce Europe.

344. Although most of these passed off without incident,

345. police made a number of arrests for disorderly conduct

346. at rallies in the North and Midlands.

347. The Government has taken control of British Always and all cross-Channel ferries.

348. They say it's a temporary step to help move troops to Europe.

349. Thousands are stranded at Heathrow and Gatwick.

350. And the Royal Navy is to guard the North Sea oil rigs.

351. The MOD says it's a prudent precautionary measure.

352. This time, they are playing with, at best, the destruction of life as we know it.

353. And at worst, total annihilation.

354. You cannot win a nuclear war!

355. Now, just suppose the Russians win this war.

356. What exactly would they be winning?

357. What would they have conquered?

358. Well, I'll tell you.

359. All major centres of population and industry will have been destroyed.

360. Industry? What industry? We ain't got no industry in Sheffield!

361. Yes, and if the money hadn't...

362. If the money hadn't...

363. If the money hadn't been spent on nuclear weapons,

364. you would have built up industry.

365. Get back to bloody Russia where you belong!

366. Where's your red flag?

367. We would have put money into welfare, found alternative sources of energy.

368. Industry. ..

369. Industry will have been destroyed, oil refineries will have been destroyed,

370. all our water will have been polluted, the soil will have been irradiated,

371. farm stock will be dead, diseased or dying.

372. The Russians would have conquered a corpse of a country.

373. Let us pray.

374. Our Father who art in heaven

375. Hallowed be thy name

376. Thy kingdom come

377. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven...

378. Since the expiry of the American ultimatum to the Soviet Union at noon yesterday,

379. there have been intense diplomatic efforts to mediate between the two countries.

380. There is still no information from Iran itself.

381. No news teams have been allowed in or out of the country

382. since phone and telex links were cut on Friday evening.

383. Questioned in the House this morning,

384. the Foreign Secretary said he had no definite news to report

385. and that it would be unhelpful to speculate

386. in the absence of any hard information from the area.

387. There's been a run on tinned food, sugar and other storable items,

388. which is causing shortages in some areas.

389. A spokesman for the main supermarket chain

390. said that panic buying is unnecessary.

391. Fuel shortages are hindering resupply in some areas,

392. but overall there is no shortage of stocks.

393. They urge the public to calm down...

394. 40p?

395. That's scandalous! They were only 26p last week.

396. You can always shop somewhere else if you're not satisfied.

397. Honestly, there's a national emergency and all you think about is lining your pockets.

398. Nobody's forcing you to buy 'em. Put 'em back on t'shelves if you don't want 'em.

399. Yes, I will. I'd sooner starve first.

400. Excuse me, love.

401. - They've started fighting, Mum. - Who has?

402. The Americans and the Russians. It's just been on the news.

403. My dad says you've got to come home now.

404. Hey, you haven't paid for them things!

405. Come on, woman!

406. İn response to today's news of the outbreak of hostilities

407. between vessels of the United States and Soviet navies,

408. a special session of Parliament has this evening passed an Emergency Powers Act.

409. There will be a special announcement at the end of this bulletin

410. and details will be given then of how this affects you.

411. The Prime Minister is expected to address the nation

412. on the international crisis later this evening.

413. A statement issued earlier from Downing Street

414. said the Government is optimistic that a peaceful,

415. negotiated settlement to the conflict is at hand.

416. In the meantime, the public is urged to remain calm and to continue normally.

417. Are you all right, love?

418. It's noisy.

419. It must be t'pubs turning out.

420. People are alarmed about What they see

421. as a lack of advice or information from the Government.

422. The policy of the government is quite clear on the matter.

423. We are urging people to keep calm.

424. Doing a moonlight flit, then?

425. No, we're going over to our Jack's in Lincolnshire while things get sorted out.

426. I reckon we should be safer over there.

427. Carol, stop messing about. Come inside the house and do something to help.

428. - Yeah. - We'll not be safe anywhere, as far as I see.

429. I don't know. We've a better chance of surviving in t'country, really, haven't we?

430. I mean, where our Jack lives, there's only a row of houses and a pub.

431. I don't think they're gonna bomb that, are they?

432. - Well, I think that's about it, Ron. - Mum!

433. - Carol? - Have you turned that gas off?

434. I hope so. We don't want the whole street blowing up while you're away.

435. - Come on, Carol. - Spot! I'm coming.

436. I can't find our Spot.

437. He was here a minute ago, wasn't he? Have you looked inside the house?

438. I've looked upstairs, along t'street, next door neighbour's garden.

439. It's ridiculous, all this. Spot?

440. Spot?

441. He was here a minute ago.

442. - Come on. - He'll be here in a minute.

443. I know he will be!

444. Spot! Come on!

445. - Come on, love. - Where is he?

446. - Come on, love. We're going without him. - I've looked upstairs.

447. - Oh, Mum, tell him. Mum! - Honestly!

448. - Spot! - You're being a right fool.

449. - Nothing'll happen. - We're not standing about here all day,

450. waiting for a bloody dog, get in!

451. Don't be so cruel. We can't leave him.

452. - Spot! - Carol, get in.

453. - Get in! - Spot!

454. Spot! Come on, Spot!

455. - We've had a newsflash from Bonn. - Get in you bloody thing!

456. The Russians have cut the road links into and out of West Berlin.

457. See you, then, Bill.

458. - Air communications have been severed. - Let's hope so.

459. Details are still coming in but it seems an American Army convoy

460. bound for West Berlin has been turned back at Helmstedt on the East German border.

461. Unconfirmed reports say the Russians have offered a safe passage out of the city

462. to the US, British and French garrisons.

463. It's not clear if this move is connected with yesterday's riots in East Germany.

464. We'll bring you more details on the story as soon as we have them.

465. Sutton here.

466. Yes, I understand. Do I have to go right away?

467. No? When?

468. Yes, I see.

469. Local authorities have been given the power to suspend certain peacetime functions

470. and to requisition premises and materials for civil defence purposes.

471. A Government spokesman said that this was a precautionary move only,

472. it was not a cause for alarm.

473. All right, love.

474. Take your time.

475. The AA and RAC have reported heavy congestion

476. on roads up and down the country,

477. particularly those leading to Wales and the West Country.

478. The police are urging motorists not to travel unless absolutely necessary

479. and, if it is essential, to use only minor roads

480. and leave motorways and intercity trunk routes clear for official traffic.

481. A full list of designated essential service routes

482. is posted outside your local authority headquarters.

483. It includes the M1, M18, A63 and A629.

484. This is an essential service route.

485. This is an essential service route.

486. Unless you have official or essential business...

487. We're trying to get across to relatives in Lincolnshire.

488. Not this way, you're not. Essential services only, this road.

489. - You'll have to find another route. - That's bloody ridiculous!

490. You can't just stop people like that.

491. Excuse me. Where are you going? Sorry, love, you can't go there...

492. - You just can't stop people... - I tell you what.

493. Try Junction 35/36 of the M1.

494. They've opened up the hard shoulder for single-line traffic only.

495. Imagine what it'll be like, it'll be chock-a-block.

496. If I were you, I'd go home and sit tight. That's what they're advising people to do.

497. PA“. Please find an alternative route. This route is for essential traffic only.

498. There's growing evidence overnight from scientists and observers in many countries

499. that there have been two nuclear explosions in the Middle East.

500. There '3 no official confirmation of What has happened and the Foreign Office...

501. I've put half a dozen in.

502. I can fetch some more if you like.

503. No, that'll be plenty.

504. Well, tell him to improvise, then.

505. Right.

506. Clive, you don't think anything's really going to happen?

507. No, it's just a precaution, that's all.

508. Have you had a shave this morning?

509. Oh, you should never have said you'd do it. You don't have to.

510. You won't get the sack if you refuse.

511. Look, Marjorie,

512. it's difficult for me as well, you know.

513. I don't want to go and leave you and the children.

514. Well, then, why are you going?

515. Somebody's got to pick up the pieces if...

516. Why didn't you say something before if you were worried about it?

517. You never said anything when I went away on those courses.

518. Sutton here.

519. - Unconfirmed reports from Islamabad... - Yes, in half an hour's time.

520. I should be getting off now, if I were you. The roads will be getting busy.

521. Well, use your common sense, man.

522. How should I know?

523. Marjorie, leave that.

524. - I'll ring you later. - .. near the country's border with Iran.

525. - What? - The evacuation of the area is reported.

526. Yes.

527. Yes.

528. It is imperative, while there is still time left,

529. that the TUC call a general strike

530. in protest against this disaster which faces us all.

531. That's what'll destroy this country!

532. There is still time to avert disaster,

533. if we act resolutely and show both the Russians and the Americans

534. that we will have no truck with their warmongering!

535. What about the Falklands?

536. What about the Falklands? Listen, mate, there's nobody more patriotic than I am.

537. I've been trying to get us out of the Common Market for bloody years!

538. But first...

539. Please do not play into their hands!

540. This is a peaceful demonstration!

541. We are exercising our right of free speech!

542. The police have no right to stop this demonstration!

543. Do not play into their hands!

544. You have no right...

545. Tin openers!

546. £1.50 a go. Come on, all of you!

547. £1.50 could save your life!

548. - Morning, Clive. - Morning, Alan.

549. - What's it like in there? - It's a bit primitive. Take a look.

550. We'll get it organised.

551. Where the hell is everybody? Only half of them are here.

552. - You know Steve, the Information Officer? - Where the hell is everybody?

553. - Jeff rang in, says his car's broken down. - That's no good, is it? How many missing?

554. - About ten. - Get on the phone.

555. Tell 'em I want 'em here immediately. Which is my desk?

556. Straight through.

557. Mind your head.

558. Don't see any sign of the Emergency Committee, do you?

559. You know what those bloody councillors are like.

560. - They're not getting paid for this, are they? - This is it, the best I could do.

561. - Dr Talbot, Regional Health Authority. - How are things going?

562. - We're doing our best. - Good.

563. In the last few days, emergency headquarters like this

564. have been hastily improvised up and down the country

565. in the basements of town halls and civic centres.

566. The time has now come to make everything ready for you and your family

567. in case an air attack happens.

568. This does not mean that war is bound to come,

569. but there is a risk of this and we must all be prepared for it.

570. When you hear the attack warning, you and your family must take cover at once.

571. Do not stay out of doors.

572. If you are caught in the open, lie down.

573. Can you pass us that er...

574. If you leave your home,

575. your local authority may take it over for homeless families,

576. and if you move, the authorities in the new place

577. will not help you with food, accommodation or other essentials.

578. You are better off in your own home.

579. Stay there.

580. If anyone dies While you are kept in your fall-out room,

581. move the body to another room in the house,

582. label the body with name and address

583. and cover it as tightly as possible in polythene, paper, sheets or blankets.

584. If, however, you have had a body in the house for more than five days,

585. and if it is safe to go outside,

586. then you should bury the body for the time being in a trench

587. or cover it with earth and mark the spot of the burial.

588. Here are some ideas for making your inner refuge.

589. make a lean-to with sloping doors or strong boards

590. rested against an inner wall.

591. You all right, love?

592. I've just been sick again.

593. Oh, I feel awful. I think I'll go back to bed.

594. Don't worry about it, love. It'll only last for a week or two.

595. No.

596. close the two open ends with boxes of earth or sand or heavy furniture.

597. I'll ring work for you and tell them you're not coming in.

598. If there's anybody there. There were only one or two in yesterday.

599. It's worse than before. I can't get anything now.

600. The line's dead.

601. We ought to be getting the rest of the things out of the cellar now.

602. The time has now come to make everything ready for you and your family

603. in case an air attack happens.

604. This does not mean that war is bound to come,

605. but there is a risk of this and we must all be prepared for it.

606. When you hear the attack warning, you and your family must take cover at once.

607. Do not stay out of doors.

608. Hello, County. This is Sheffield District.

609. Testing, one, two, three, four.

610. Please report my signal. Over.

611. Whose bloody responsibility is it, then? We've all got families.

612. Look, just get down here. There's nine other people.

613. I've got a serious public order problem.

614. I need at least an extra six PSUs.

615. Yeah, but when?

616. Look, I'm using traffic wardens already.

617. I don't know how many men...

618. Many of these officers have had no training at all.

619. Some have learned of their emergency role only in the last few days

620. and almost all are unsure of their exact duties.

621. I want 56 buses.

622. I suppose I ought to take this one off as well.

623. It'll get scratched to pieces! It's only just been painted, Bill!

624. It's better than getting blown to pieces.

625. Have I to go to school, Mum? I'm gonna be late.

626. I don't know. What did it say on t'telly?

627. I can't remember whether it said schools were closed.

628. They are closed. It said so on the news. We've all to stay at home.

629. - Are you sure? - Of course I am!

630. - They're sending notes out to all parents. - This is tight!

631. Great! I had a history test this morning.

632. Alison, go down to Kirby's and see if they've got any food left.

633. - Like what? - Anything - bread, tinned stuff.

634. Bring what you can. Take my purse.

635. Dad, are you gonna build one of these in here?

636. Over my dead body!

637. I want to know something more definite before we start ripping this place to pieces.

638. - Can I help you? - Here. Grab hold of that.

639. - It'll be great. We'll be able to sleep in it. - . . toilet paper...

640. - It'll be like going camping. - .. candles and matches.

641. The most widespread danger is fall-out.

642. Fall-out is dust that is sucked up from the ground by the explosion.

643. Fall-out can kill.

644. It's 8:30am,

645. 3:30 in the morning in Washington.

646. Over the past four days, neither the President nor his senior staff

647. will have had more than a few hours' rest.

648. This is when they may be asleep.

649. This is when Western response will be slowest.

650. As we expected, nearly all the supermarket shelves are empty

651. but we've managed to get the warehouses controlled by the police.

652. As yet we haven't located all the root vegetable clumps on local farms,

653. but stocks of sugar, wheat, flour and rice...

654. .. are quite good.

655. Attack warning, red! Attack warning, red!

656. - Is it for real? - Attack warning's for bloody real!

657. Get to your stations. Come on, move yourselves!

658. Get that generator going!

659. Shut the doors!

660. I want, as soon as you can, every scrap of information you've got on casualties.

661. - I must have... - .. liaison officer.

662. Get your heads down.

663. We can't sell you any timber, you'll have to see t'bosses about it.

664. It's a bloody joinery, not a timber yard.

665. You can't just have a piece of that.

666. Ah, come on.

667. Come on, quick. Get down!

668. These have gone.

669. - Everything's dead. - What about t'tellies?

670. - Why didn't you pull the bloody aerial out? - Get the standbys working.

671. Come on.

672. Bloody hell!

673. Hold on, Gordon. You're going too fast!

674. Come on! Come on!

675. Come on! That might just be t'start of it.

676. Jesus Christ, they've done it!

677. They've done it.

678. - Where are you going? - To try and get to Ruth,

679. see if she's all right.

680. Oh, shit!

681. Come on. Give us a hand with this.

682. That's all right. No, that's wrong.

683. Get all that stuff off.

684. We've got to get the mattress on the bottom. That's right.

685. - Roll it. Put it down there. - Where is our Alison?

686. - Build it up. - This one's on Finningley.

687. - A ground burst. - Ground burst.

688. - Four-three. - A power station.

689. Hang on. There's something on the airport, I think.

690. Shine the torch further down.

691. Oh, dear.

692. Ruth, come down here and give us a hand.

693. Hold the torch, love.

694. Ruth, come and help your grandmother!

695. Ruth, please!

696. It'll be all right.

697. Come on. All this stuff on.

698. Put that on top.

699. Come on, then.

700. Ruth! Come on.

701. Come on.

702. Michael? Michael!

703. Take it easy. Don't hurry. Don't want anybody getting hurt.

704. Ah, that's the girl. Well done.

705. It won't be long now till the lights come on, Isuppose.

706. Well done, Gordon. How long can you keep that going?

707. Another two weeks if we're careful.

708. First-aid kit, quickly.

709. We've lost County again, I think.

710. Aerials must have blown. They were on the roof.

711. Switch the lights off when you get there.

712. - Can we raise any districts? - It's dead.

713. What about the radio amps? Can we improvise an aerial?

714. - We'll try. - Let's do something quick.

715. - Where the hell's the first-aid kit? - It's on the shelf at the back.

716. It's all blocked down here. I can't shift a thing.

717. - How is he? - He's dead.

718. I can't find this first-aid kit.

719. Forget the first-aid kit. Bring me something to cover him up with.

720. - There. - No! Leave me.

721. Oh...

722. Oh, please!

723. - Help! - Somebody!

724. No, no!

725. Everybody all right?

726. Mother?

727. Jesus Christ, not another one?

728. This could go on for ever.

729. It's Stocksbridge police.

730. - What about rescue? - Anybody on casualty check?

731. Is there anything you can do? Over.

732. Give me another bin liner.

733. What is your RADIAC reading?

734. What about the depot?

735. I repeat, what is your RADIAC reading? Over.

736. 100.

737. It's too high. You've got to get your men under cover.

738. Can you get us through to the County Central Headquarters? Over.

739. - Where was that last strike? - Can you patch us through? Over.

740. - Stocksbridge, are you receiving me? - At the fire station.

741. - Where? - High Green, I think.

742. Have you heard anything from them?

743. Never mind about that. Ask if they've got casualties.

744. I can't hear!

745. We've lost them.

746. What about Hillsborough and Stocksbridge?

747. Nothing from Hi/lsborough, but Stocksbridge not too bad.

748. Windows blown in and structural damage but not too bad.

749. Windows blown in that far out?

750. - Jesus Christ! - Ask him where that last one was.

751. Switch that thing off, will you, Gordon?

752. The first fall-out dust settles on Sheffield.

753. It's an hour and 25 minutes after the attack.

754. An explosion on the ground at Crewe has sucked up this debris

755. and made it radioactive.

756. The wind has blown it here.

757. This level of attack has broken most of the Windows in Britain.

758. Many roofs are open to the sky.

759. Some of the lethal dust gets in.

760. In these early stages, the symptoms of radiation sickness

761. and the symptoms of panic are identical.

762. You all right, Ruth?

763. Ruth?

764. I couldn't help it.

765. It just came on.

766. Don't worry about it, love. It's not your fault.

767. - We've all got it. - I know, but I'm so ashamed.

768. Yes, I know, love.

769. - Messing the bed at my age. - It's the shock, isn't it, Gordon?

770. It's like being a little baby again.

771. Lie down.

772. Ruth, come and help me clean Grandma up.

773. Ruth, be careful with that, love.

774. You don't know how long it's gonna have to last us.

775. Ruth, don't just sit there. Do something for once!

776. Oh! Ooh!

777. Michael.

778. Michael... I've got to find him, Bill.

779. You stop here.

780. - I've got to find him. - I'll go and look for him.

781. You stop here, love.

782. I'll only be out a few minutes.

783. Stop here, love, please. I'll go look.

784. No, I've got to come. No.

785. - Help me. - All right.

786. Oh, my God.

787. Michael?

788. Michael!

789. We haven't heard from County HQ for two days.

790. They are still here!

791. Well, who the hell else have you tried?

792. - All of them, but nothing back yet. - Send another motorcycle!

793. There are no roads left.

794. All the people here will be dead already. It's completely flattened.

795. Round here 50 per cent will still be alive but here they're as good as dead already.

796. They've probably received a lethal dose.

797. - What about here? - It'll be pretty heavy there.

798. If the wind's still blowing up from the west, southwest, it's in direct line from Crewe.

799. Oh, 800 rads, 1,000... difficult to say.

800. Depends what sort of cover they've built, of course.

801. - If they've got a decent cellar... - You're wanted on the radio.

802. There's no way of getting anything out.

803. According to the... Listen.

804. Yeah. Yes, I'll pass the message on.

805. There's no bloody roads at all. What am I expected to do?

806. I know about that but I can't get anything out, can I?

807. some list of vehicles?

808. Listen.

809. 'Ey, I've got a message from Rivelin Valley police.

810. They've managed to get through to Beauchief works depot.

811. They've got some vehicles on the road but they're nearly out of fuel.

812. What the bloody hell have they been doing with it all?

813. They didn't tell me. They just said they want to know where they can get some more.

814. - And they've got no food. - Oh, God.

815. - Look, I've got... - Just let me get on with it, OK?

816. Here you are, Mother. Something to eat for you.

817. Better leave her. The rest'II do her good.

818. Well, at least it won't go cold.

819. Ruth.

820. Ruth, love.

821. Come on, love. You'll have to eat something.

822. But you'll have to, love. It's not just you now, you know.

823. The baby needs some food as well.

824. - Come on. - I don't care about this baby any more.

825. - Oh, Ruth. - I wish it was dead.

826. Don't say things like that.

827. There's no point. There's no point with Jimmy dead.

828. - But you don't know he'd dead, love. - He is! He is! I know he is!

829. You can't be certain.

830. We're breathing in all this radiation all the time.

831. My baby.

832. It'll be ugly and deformed.

833. Oh, Michael.

834. And Alison and Jimmy.

835. All of them gone.

836. Alison...

837. Alison and Michael...

838. All dead.

839. No. We... We don't know that.

840. They might be... might be safe somewhere.

841. Only I wish I were dead.

842. I wish it were me.

843. I wish I could swap places with him.

844. Right. Let's get in.

845. Watch that bloody water.

846. How far does this go back?

847. If bloody four floors have come down on this lot, it could go back for yards and yards.

848. Try it again, Gordon.

849. Still nothing coming through. It must be blocked further up.

850. How much stuff do you think's on top of us?

851. Most of t'town ha“, I should think.

852. Well, when will you be able to get to us?

853. - I can't get lifting gear through. - What about the army, the military?

854. There's no way through! The roads are just blocked!

855. We've not heard from County yet.

856. If we don't hear sometime soon, we'll never get things under control.

857. You try getting through to them. It's bloody hopeless.

858. - I've got starving mobs in Ecclesfield... - Look, it's not our decision anyway.

859. It's up to Zonal to authorise release of buffer stocks

860. - and then it becomes a County decision. - We can't get through to County!

861. Are we going to let them starve?

862. - Even if we did have the authority... - We're on our own.

863. You've got the authority. About bloody time you did something with it!

864. What's the point of wasting food on people who are going to die anyway?

865. I agree with Clive. The food stocks are not gonna last long.

866. A lot of people just didn't stock up.

867. How could they? The shops were empty.

868. Now they're coming out of the shelters.

869. I know it sounds callous but we should hang on to the little food we've got.

870. I need that food to force people to work.

871. There's about 2,000 of them outside Roxburgh fire station.

872. Go make us a cup of tea, Sharon.

873. Go make it yourself. I'm not your bloody wife!

874. Anybody got a fag?

875. Bad for your health, you know.

876. They're pulling the place apart.

877. Look, I don't care how much trouble they're causing.

878. We're not sending our men in there with radiation as high as that.

879. I know that but what's the point?

880. They're all gonna die on that patch anyway.

881. Bill, just get... get... get me a drink.

882. Please, a drink.

883. I'll see if I can... see if I can find anything.

884. I won't...

885. I won't be long.

886. Just a minute. Just a minute.

887. That's it. That's it.

888. - Just a minute, love. - For God's sake.

889. That's it.

890. Oh, God.

891. - Oh, look at it. - Just a minute. Just a minute.

892. Oh.

893. Can you manage that?

894. All right, put her down here a minute. Put her down here.

895. Give us one of the blankets.

896. Come on.

897. Oh, my God.

898. Ruth?

899. - Ruth! - Ruth!

900. Ruth!

901. Ruth!

902. Come on, down you go.

903. Careful.

904. Radiation levels are still dangerous.

905. Residents of Release Band A, that is Woodspring and Abbeydale,

906. should not stay out of their shelters for more than two hours per day.

907. Residents of Release Band B, that is Nether Edge, Thornycroft and Broomhill

908. no longer than one hour per day.

909. Mandy!

910. Mandy?

911. Have you seen our Mandy?

912. Mandy?

913. Mandy?

914. Mum! Mum!

915. Mum!

916. Mum! Mum!

917. Mum!

918. What time is it?

919. Half-past two.

920. Night... Night or day?

921. Night, I think.

922. I'm not sure.

923. I'm losing track.

924. I'm not sure whether it's night or day any more.

925. Hanging in the atmosphere, the clouds of debris

926. shut out the sun's heat and light.

927. Across large areas of the Northern Hemisphere, it starts to get dark,

928. it starts to get cold.

929. In the centres of large land masses like America or Russia,

930. the temperature drop may be severe, as much as 25 degrees centigrade.

931. Even in Britain, within days of the attack,

932. it could fall to freezing or below for long, dark periods.

933. Go back to your homes.

934. Allocation of foodstuff will begin shortly.

935. The distribution points will be announced.

936. I repeat, go home. There is nothing we can do.

937. We have no authority to distribute food.

938. Who are you saving it for?

939. This is a warning.

940. Any attempt to appropriate provisions from these premises will be met by force.

941. So I advise you to disperse and go back to your homes.

942. I want to eat!

943. Prepare to fire gas.

944. One round CS gas, straight at gates.

945. One round at that man.

946. The entire peacetime resources of the British health service,

947. even if they survived,

948. would be unable to cope with the effects of even the single bomb that's hit Sheffield.

949. - David? - Bill!

950. Rosie? Rosie?

951. Diane?

952. Listen...

953. We can't do anything.

954. Please! Please!

955. By this time, Without drugs, water or bandages,

956. without electricity or medical support facilities,

957. there is virtually no way a doctor can exercise his skill.

958. As a source of help or comfort, he is little better equipped than the nearest survivor.

959. I don't like it!

960. I don't like it!

961. Mum! Dad!

962. Mama!

963. Ma!

964. We've no choice, as far as I can see.

965. - Can't we get any food from outside? - Where from?

966. We've told County and everybody's in the same boat, aren't they?

967. Trouble is, we can't contact Rockley or Airesbrook. God knows what's happened.

968. Probably been raided.

969. What do you think, Doctor?

970. We'll have to cut their rations.

971. I've worked it out there.

972. 1,000 calories for manual workers and 500 for the rest.

973. 500?

974. 500? That wouldn't keep a flea alive!

975. Should we be bothering to keep anybody alive if they can't work?

976. A lot of people are gonna die anyway.

977. It's back to survival of the fittest, I suppose.

978. What is that in terms of food, then, 500 calories?

979. I don't know...

980. a few slices of bread...

981. some soup...

982. a lamb chop...

983. a treacle tart...

984. a few pints of beer.

985. Bastards!

986. Look, you must have an empty factory somewhere to put them!

987. No, you look!

988. I've got thousands of homeless people up there walking around.

989. I've got enough on with them without worrying about bloody criminals!

990. You're gonna have to find somewhere to put 'em!

991. Well, I don't know! Look, shoot the buggers. I don't care!

992. Can we get a water tank to Broomhill?

993. The standpipe's run dry.

994. Oh, Christ, Steve. This should have been sorted out days ago.

995. What about the rest centres? Can we not tell them to make their way there?

996. No, there'll be no point. They'll be overrun anyway.

997. What about tents?

998. Got any tents we could use?

999. Tents?

1000. How the hell should I know?

1001. If you want to know about tents, go and phone the bloody Boy Scouts!

1002. Piss off, will you? You're not the only one under pressure!

1003. - I bloody know! - You sort it!

1004. And what the hell are you doing about digging us out? That's what I'd like to know.

1005. Bloody hell, what a stink!

1006. Let's get out of here. I'm gonna puke!

1007. Halt or I'll fire!

1008. Number three, a round for that man over there!

1009. Number one, go in and search the house.

1010. Up against the wall.

1011. - We weren't doing anything. - Do you know the penalty for looting?

1012. - I ain't looting, searching empty houses! - Quiet!

1013. - Shut up! - What choice have we got?

1014. - We were hungry! - What else can we do?

1015. - We're starving! - Two bodies in the cellar, man and woman.

1016. - The man's had his head battered in. - They were like that when we came!

1017. It were him!

1018. - Out. - We ain't done nothing!

1019. Number two, pick up the stolen goods.

1020. We ain't done anything!

1021. - We were only after a bit of food. - Check the house and search the body.

1022. - Bag of crisps. - What flavour are they?

1023. - Prawn cocktail. - They fucking would be. I hate them.

1024. Come on.

1025. All able-bodied citizens, men, women and children,

1026. should report for reconstruction duties

1027. commencing 0800 hours tomorrow morning.

1028. The inhabitants of Release Band F, that is Dore and Totley,

1029. Abbeydale and Woodseats, should rendezvous in Abbeydale Park.

1030. Release Band 8, that is...

1031. Money has had no meaning since the attack.

1032. The only viable currency is food, given as reward for work,

1033. or withheld as punishment.

1034. In the grim economics of the aftermath, there are two harsh realities:

1035. a survivor who can work gets more food than one who can't,

1036. and the more who die, the more food is left for the rest.

1037. I could murder a fag now.

1038. I used to love a fag after a meal.

1039. Have you got owt to swap?

1040. I've got some Scotch.

1041. Ohh. Bloody hell.

1042. Detention camps are improvised to cope with looters.

1043. Their numbers are growing.

1044. Let me out!

1045. Bastard!

1046. Let us out!

1047. Buggered if I'm gonna be shot by a traffic warden!

1048. Let us out!

1049. - Watch yourselves here, lads. - Right.

1050. Shine that light down here, quick.

1051. Watch the girder. Come on, over here.

1052. - OK? - Yep.

1053. - Over here. - Another one over here.

1054. Another one over there.

1055. How many altogether?

1056. About four, five, six.

1057. A growing exodus from cities in search of food.

1058. It's July.

1059. The countryside is cold and full of unknown radiation hazards.

1060. By now, five to six weeks after the attack,

1061. deaths from the effects of fall-out are approaching their peak.

1062. Return to your homes!

1063. Return to your homes.

1064. Return to your homes.

1065. Turn back. Turn back.

1066. Right, down there.

1067. Keep going.

1068. Come on.

1069. - George Langley? - Yes, what do you want?

1070. You've been designated four temporary residents.

1071. I'm having no strangers coming to live here.

1072. You've no choice. It's law under the new Emergency...

1073. I don't care what it is. This is my house and I'm having no strangers in it.

1074. According to my records, you've got four spare rooms.

1075. Aye, and they're stopping spare an' all.

1076. They can't just come here and walk into people's houses. It's not right.

1077. We're not here to argue the rights and wrongs of the matter.

1078. - You four... - Besides, it's bloody dangerous!

1079. They might bring all sorts of diseases with them!

1080. - Come on, in you go. - They might be contaminated!

1081. - In you go, first four. - Well, look at him. Look at him!

1082. - Look at him. - That's enough. Go on, in you go.

1083. You've no right there.

1084. Right, number 19.

1085. Get out, will you? The whole lot of you.

1086. - Go on! - You've no right just to throw us...

1087. We're going.

1088. We've nowhere else to go.

1089. Get out, the whole lot of you!

1090. - Where are we supposed to go? - Yeah, where are we supposed to go?

1091. This is a final warning.

1092. Residents and non-residents must register...

1093. - Ruth'? - ..at the town hall for ID cards...

1094. It is Ruth, isn't it?

1095. I'm Bob, Jimmy's mate.

1096. We met once or twice, remember?

1097. You came to our last Christmas do at work.

1098. This is a final warning.

1099. Where is he?

1100. Is he wi' you?

1101. Have you seen him?

1102. No provisions will be issued to anyone without them.

1103. Feeding will be now on alternate days.

1104. Numbers 1-500 will be fed today, the remainder tomorrow.

1105. Is it safe to eat?

1106. I don't know. How can you tell?

1107. It's got a thick coat. That should have protected it.

1108. You breathe it in, though, don't you?

1109. It should be all right.

1110. Sheep don't die of cold.

1111. It must be radiation.

1112. You'd be able to taste it if it were contaminated.

1113. Oh, I don't know.

1114. Anyway, we've no choice, have we, unless we want to starve to death?

1115. Oh!

1116. I'll take some wi' me.

1117. Where?

1118. T'city.

1119. There's nothing there.

1120. North.

1121. T'Dales.

1122. It doesn't really matter, does it?

1123. It's all the same.

1124. I'll try and skin it.

1125. It'll keep me warm.

1126. If we are to survive these difficult early months

1127. and establish a firm base for the redevelopment of our country,

1128. then we must concentrate all our energies on agricultural production.

1129. Collecting this diminished first harvest

1130. is now literally a matter of life and death.

1131. Chronic fuel shortages mean that this could be one of the last times

1132. tractors and combine harvesters are used in Britain.

1133. The first Winter.

1134. The stresses of hypothermia, epidemic and radiation

1135. fall heavily on the very young and the old.

1136. Their protective layers of flesh are thinner.

1137. In the first few Winters, many of the young and old disappear from Britain.

1138. Halt!

1139. If you do not halt, we will open fire!

1140. Halt at once.

1141. No!

1142. Ohh!

1143. Ruth.

1144. Ruth.

1145. Wake.

1146. Wake.

1147. Wake...

1148. up.

1149. Words...

1150. And...

1151. Pictures.

1152. Words And Pictures.

1153. Skeletons and skulls of different creatures.

1154. We borrowed them from the museum.

1155. Did you recognise What some of those skeletons were?

1156. There was the skeleton of...

1157. a cat.

1158. A cat's skeleton.

1159. The skeleton of...

1160. a chicken.

1161. A chicken's skeleton.

1162. The skeleton of...

1163. a bird.

1164. A bird's skeleton.

1165. Oi!

1166. What 'em be?

1167. - See them. Coney. - Give us 'em.

1168. - Give us 'em! - Better, else us'll pry 'em.

1169. Best stand off, else tha'II get it.

1170. Give us 'em.

1171. Where you stopped at?

1172. Come with us?

1173. - Where? - Come on. Us place.

1174. Gaz and Spike.

1175. Share them coney, then.

1176. Come on. Come and share 'em coney!

1177. - Gi' us them! Come on, gi' us them! - Us place, come on!

1178. Come on!

1179. Come back here wi' that!

1180. Hey, you!

1181. Come back!

1182. Come back!

1183. Come on, then.

1184. Gi' us it!

1185. Come on!

1186. Gi' us it.

1187. Gi' us it.

1188. Halt! Halt!

1189. What's wrong? Have you been hurt?

1190. Babby. Coming.

1191. No time for babbies here.

1192. Coming! Babby coming!

1193. No time for babbies here. You'll have to go home. Use your common sense.

1194. Coming!

1195. Coming!

1196. There you are.