The War Game
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.
Keywords:
Post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
Nuclear war
Cold war
Nuclear radiation
Nuclear missile
State of emergency
Riot
Survival
Nuclear holocaust
Nuclear bomb
Docudrama
Struggle for survival
Nuclear weapons
Fake documentary
Mondo
Firestorm
War
Pseudo-documentary
Docufiction
Cold war era
Survivors
Tactical nuclear warfare
Nuclear deterrent policy
Nuclear holocaust fiction
Survival film
Fallout shelters
Civil defence
Mondo film
Voice-over
Panic buying
Nuclear strikes
Hunger riots
Armed police
V bombers
Countervalue
Vulcan mk ii
Nuclear war aftermath
Deterrence theory
Movie tag line: "BBC TV's film about a nuclear attack on Britain"
