The film tells the story, in microcosm, of a nuclear was and its aftermath. It is set in present-day Sheffield (a typical Northern-Hemisphere industrial city) and covers the events of the four weeks leading up to, and the thirteen years following a major nuclear exchange between East and West. The story is told through a mixture of straight documentary information (printed captions and impersonal, off-screen commentary) and a fictional narrative centred around two Sheffield families and the local government official responsible for running their city in the aftermath. All the incidents and information in the film are based on careful research over 21 years into the best-available military, scientific, medical and psychological data. In its blend documentary information and fictional narrative, the film is an attempt to resolve some of the contradictions often found in the “drama-documentary” format.
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