How is this my most viewed video? For reference, this is hilariously inaccurate and I put this together in one night. Back then, in the event of a real nuclear emergency, it is most likely that apart from a (very) brief message, television would either play Protect and Survive films or go off the air immediately. This is because according to an article by Subterranea Britannica, "television would not be used as it was thought that it would divert people away from the vital national message to be carried by radio and would not be available after the attack." Hope you all enjoyed watching anyway!

@cjmillsnun

2 ай бұрын

To be fair it wouldn't have been protect and survive as that was '80s. But it would've been the equivalent from before.

One minute to panic, one minute to prepare, one minute to call your loved ones, one minute to wait.

@Hope-un5wv

2 жыл бұрын

And this announcement was 3 minutes long.....

@LordOfTheMings1

2 жыл бұрын

Nah 1 min to call family/friends 3 mins to think about stuff you have done and wait for death because death is immanent and you only survive this just to die later anyway

@zacmumblethunder7466

2 жыл бұрын

@@Hope-un5wv Leaving one minute to change our underwear.

@zacmumblethunder7466

2 жыл бұрын

@@LordOfTheMings1 3 minutes trying to work out how to turn the gas off and one minute to check the use by dates on your tins of spam.

@LordOfTheMings1

2 жыл бұрын

@@zacmumblethunder7466 🤣🤣

"How we doing for time ?" "We died forty-five seconds ago!"

@James-lm6wt

2 жыл бұрын

Only fools and horses

@TimeBunny

Жыл бұрын

The fact that I get the reference too 😅

@bazblackadder

Жыл бұрын

We forgot Grandad...

@dclark988

11 ай бұрын

Wayne turn that bloody siren off !!!

@whouster

3 ай бұрын

Have you been on the funny fags again, Rodney?

'Normal programming has been permanently suspended' was the most chilling part of this for me...

@lutsi1477

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr. Especially the word "permanently".

@EASY_Scenarios

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t think that really makes sense because suspension is temporary

@GodKitty677

2 жыл бұрын

The fallout would smother life on the earth like it was rapped in a death blanket. Would not matter much were in the northern hemisphere you are, death will come. So long as many of the H bombs detonate, the fallout will block out the sun and poison almost everywhere. I highly recommend pissing yourself followed by a course of praying to your impotent god. Whatever that soon to be forgotten god is. Afterwards no one will be alive to judge you. The zombie alert is another good one.

@dylanjb4065

2 жыл бұрын

@@EASY_Scenarios Discontinued would be better for that line.

@dylanjb4065

2 жыл бұрын

Why would programming be permanently suspended instead of temporarily?

Instead of “permanently suspended”, it should be “suspended indefinitely”. Suspension isn’t permanent.

I work in broadcasting. I've been trained in how to deal with this kind of thing. What scares me the most is the calmness of the announcer. Clearly pre-recorded. Nobody could do that live and not crack.

@timothy4545

Жыл бұрын

You are absolutely correct in real life, this is a scenario, but you are correct about this and of course this is a recording.

@eff7221

Жыл бұрын

This is not pre-recorded, this is text to speech.

@peregrinec5477

Жыл бұрын

@@eff7221 Yes. I grok. Sill, very unnerving.

Here in the USA, it would be eerie to hear The Star Spangled Banner being played over the sounds of air raid sirens going off in the distance. The Emergency Broadcast System would interrupt programming with an Emergency Action Notification of a national emergency along with the attack warning, then if the station is a non-participating national EBS station then the station would sign off.

@michaelcrook

2 жыл бұрын

Emergency Alert System is what you were shooting for, cowboy. EBS phased out in 1997.

@shooterjenkins7089

2 жыл бұрын

There would be no warning for the general public in the United States. It would just create chaos and panic. It's better to just let the general public get u unexpectedly vaporized or just blown to bits. It's for their own good.

@Yamezzzz

2 жыл бұрын

No shit, it'd be eerie for any country's national anthem to be heard over air raid sirens in that country.

@trespire

2 жыл бұрын

The final death throws of a nation.

@bobjones-ey5gl

Жыл бұрын

The Final Minutes: Australian Nuclear Attack Warning

God Save The Queen with the sirens going off in the background is fucking chilling

@kevinfitz8516

Жыл бұрын

yeah its the theme tune of a mass murdering empire so it definitely would be

@girlsdrinkfeck

Жыл бұрын

​@@kevinfitz8516 hell u on about?

@kevinfitz8516

Жыл бұрын

@@girlsdrinkfeck you must be british, you werent taught about your glorious empire in school.

@Trees24310

Жыл бұрын

Im proud of that empire 😊

@kevinfitz8516

Жыл бұрын

@@Trees24310 of course you are, it was only smelly irish, Scots and brown and black people you massacred. Enjoy Brexit theres a good fash.

The national anthem playing over the sirens was eerie

Yeah i am really bothered about leaving the gas and electric on when i'm just about to be blown into atoms.

The eeriness of the national anthem playing among the air raid sirens. Good stuff!

@paulcrisp9861

2 жыл бұрын

Who wants to go out listening to one of the most depressing pieces of music ever? Surely there are better ways of calling it a day. Sept 2021 😥😥🤣😀😷🙂😅😁😆🙄🙄🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@lylarose2696

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulcrisp9861 would hail to the chief be better?

@paulcrisp9861

2 жыл бұрын

@@lylarose2696 a great tune for Americans, I'm thinking paint it black by rolling stones. 🙄🙄🤣😆🤪 oct 2021

@andylambrini5460

2 жыл бұрын

@@lylarose2696 Highway to Hell ACDC

@danielhudson5186

Жыл бұрын

You Brits would be awesome enough to play something like "Always look on the Bright side of life" when the end comes. Here in the states it'd be something maudlin

Watch the Threads, the most realistic nuclear war movie.

@stevengreen4620

2 жыл бұрын

Me and my father used to watch that movie going way way way back.

@damonthaplaya8443

2 жыл бұрын

Or its American counterpart, The Day After.

@redbrick146

Жыл бұрын

Teachers should put Threads at schools, not matter, where. Maybe we should put this to Putin, huh?

@johnyisme3287

Жыл бұрын

Threads destroys the American alternative.

@lesliewolfe7643

Жыл бұрын

Threads shook me to my core. Holy hell

_"THE ATTACK WARNING'S FOR BLOODY REAL!"_

@bigmuffexpress

Жыл бұрын

"is it?!"

@FullPlaythroughs

Жыл бұрын

@@bigmuffexpress Get to your stations!

@iainwest9678

Жыл бұрын

@@FullPlaythroughs "Look, we can't sell you any timber. You'll have to see 'bosses about it. It's a bloody joinery, not a timber yard." #sirens#

@maverickhistorian6488

5 ай бұрын

I'm a teapot! I'm a teapot! 😮

@ftjm69

22 күн бұрын

@@FullPlaythroughs”I want every single piece of information that you can find!”

I love that classic BBC1 style! They never should have given up the globe.

@loco4loco

Жыл бұрын

@@MrEnterthehole bbc

@martinidry6300

Жыл бұрын

We had to because we were broke. 2 world wars (benefitting America immensely) and an empire that wasn't paying its way since tge 1860's made certain of that.

In some cases people could still have taken shelter in the nearest underground public toilet. Had a nuclear attack occured in the seventies, many city centres had these places to run to.

@zacmumblethunder7466

2 жыл бұрын

By the eighties just going into one of those toilets was like enduring a nuclear attack.

@analogueman123456787

Жыл бұрын

But would have surprised the hell out of George Michael though...

@raymofarrell19

Жыл бұрын

@@analogueman123456787 wtf 😂

@laurenceamspoker782

Жыл бұрын

@@zacmumblethunder7466 Lol 😆

@adammclaughlin845

Жыл бұрын

The other day I thought I was in the public lavatory but it turned out to be Rotherham town centre.

Nice to hear God Save the King as the world ends

I'm watching this home alone, at nighttime, while doing my homework. I'm probably gonna have nightmares tonight.

@adayinthelifeofanorthkorea

11 ай бұрын

Did you have nightmares?

@anotherrandomasian

11 ай бұрын

@@adayinthelifeofanorthkorea Not really.

*PATRICK MOORE PLAYS THE XYLO-* [Nuclear Siren Intensifies]

I'm pretty sure that if a nuclear attack were to occur on the United Kingdom, it would be after several weeks or months of conventional war. Instead of an astronomy show, BBC One would be playing "Protect & Survive" 24/7 until the bitter end.

@KitCurranRadioShow

Жыл бұрын

That's not how it would have played out in 1983 during the Able Archer crisis - USSR was ready to go straight to nuclear attack

@eddievhfan1984

Жыл бұрын

That's usually what was planned on. However, if there had a blitz across East Germany without warning, and it was strong enough to initially overwhelm NATO forces, a tactical nuclear strike would have been initiated, and would likely lead to a strategic escalation within days, if not hours. Though it may have been enough time for the BBC to swap over to emergency broadcasting before the four minutes.

@olliegoria

Жыл бұрын

​@@KitCurranRadioShowOr their false alarm incident where literally one man judged whether or not to make the call

@kellyvaters1689

9 ай бұрын

The Protect and Survive handbook and films were not produced until 1979-1980. Moreover, the Beeb would have had an actual human being read the message, rather than a digital voice.

He sounds like a bedtime story presenter

It's all fun to watch untill you take off your headphones and still hear Sirens😂

What’s the name of the siren that plays in these old warnings same with the protect and survive series since I really like that sound of them sirens

What's the episode title for The Sky At Night? Been trying to find it

why the fuck would you want to survive a nuclear attack?

@fritzfxx

Жыл бұрын

The looting, bro It was always about the loot

This is well-made!

OMG! Lost Voice Guy does the 4 minute warning! Great video though :)

God can't save the Queen now

That's way too long. Today it would just be your phone yelling at you to "RUUUUUUUUUUUN BIIIIISSSHHH"

Yesh as other commenters have said, they’d really be showing Protect and Survive if war was imminent, but it’s a cool video!

Now go watch the Vulcans scramble in response.

@Ashavgeek

2 жыл бұрын

Think they had been replaced by the early 70s by ICBMs?

@iana6713

Жыл бұрын

Those things were barely airworthy by the time of the Falklands conflict in '82. I have read accounts of parts being scavenged from scrap dumps to keep them going. Imagine that if the Cold War had gone hot?

@Ashavgeek

Жыл бұрын

@@iana6713 a museum I used to work at had the RAF visit and take the refuelling probe from their recently donated Vulcan and only through persistence by the museum management did they not take the Vulcan back into service after giving it to a museum! (this was at the very beginning of the Falklands conflict)

When I know EAS pop up Me: I’m littely gonna die

this feels so real in the uk

World War 3 would break out during my favourite programme, The Sky At Night.

I wouldn't stay at home. Id be straight down the bakerloo esculators. Vending machines galore too!

The Queen would have put all the Corgis into the most solid looking royal coach.😂

One minute to get pissed.

@derekgreenwood9672

Жыл бұрын

Challenge accepted. Hold my beer...

By Jove, he makes it sound so formal. Good show lad! Stiff upper lip what!

@mikehobart

Жыл бұрын

There'll always be an England. Oh wait .....

"The powers that be will get to us in the end."

Carter, Castle Castings and Gents Air Raid Sirens going off.

By the time this had got halfway through it would all be over!!!

Imagine hearing this at 3 AM

@OldFossil

2 жыл бұрын

Just sleep through it, it’ll be over soon

@Thecrazyvaclav

2 жыл бұрын

The time of these graphics, the BBC wouldn’t have been broadcasting tv at 3 am

Wow, I was convinced, this seemed totally real!

@mergieismoronic

Жыл бұрын

@@JesuIsTheOnlyWayToSalvation it says “mock” in the fucking title lmao

I can't believe you used the robotic voice, rather than Peter Donaldson's pre-recorded message. An Actor would be more period correct.Also, they'd cut right into the warning message.

@cleverhardy5230

3 жыл бұрын

Also, there wouldn't be enough time to play the anthem. They could start the vinyl, but before you can say "God save our gracious Queen, " the EMP would short that out, alongside transmitters and tellies. Also, four minute warnings can be useless, as the warhead can hit in 3 or 2 minutes.

@diggledoggle4192

2 жыл бұрын

Is there actually a full version of the warning message (not the post-attack message) available online anywhere?

@chrishenniker5944

2 жыл бұрын

@@diggledoggle4192 Good question, but the warning message hasn’t been published. Any accidental or malicious playback and transmission of it could create a mass panic, even in jest.

@diggledoggle4192

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrishenniker5944 I heard an excerpt from a video about Peter Donaldson (which you also commented on). I suppose there is no warning system in place these days and the contents of the message are quite outdated, but still believable

@chrishenniker5944

2 жыл бұрын

@@diggledoggle4192 You’re right, they’re dated. Geopolitics has changed since the messages were recorded.

Why did they not play protect and survive instructions

@locutus155

2 жыл бұрын

They were classified until the 1980's and even then not officially released, but used as set dressing in the 1984 docudrama "Treads." It wasn't until the 21st century that the full series came out on home media.

The heavens declare the glory of the Bomb, and the firmament showeth Its handiwork. Glory be to the Bomb, and to the Holy Fallout. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. World without end. May the Blessings of the Bomb Almighty, and the Fellowship of the Holy Fallout, descend upon us all. This day and forever more. Amen.

@nicholasjones7312

Жыл бұрын

Planet of the Apes quote?

Plot twist: The sort of thing happened in an alternate history in 1970 ,except the BBC1 COLOUR test card was on the air for 3 days until Monday 11th May and the WBS service was introduced on black screen ,not on the ident which closed down with sirens and the national anthem. WW3 began soon after and the democratic side (Led by USA ,and having other countries susch as India ,Mozambique ,Kenya ,Nigeria ,Thailand and Indonesia to name but a few) won the war with the USSR being divided amongst the victorius powers such as Britian (Capital Salekhrad) ,USA (Capital Yekaterinburg) ,Unified Germany (Capital Smolensk) ,France (Capital St.Petersburg) ,and Italy (Capital Irtutsk)

@andrewscungio3200

Жыл бұрын

Did it really happen?

@andrewscungio3200

Жыл бұрын

Because it wasn't world War 3. that didn't happen just yet. I think this was during the cold war.

A national broadcaster won't say "normal programming has been permanently suspended". They will just say it's "suspended during this crisis" and that news & information will still be broadcast on TV & radio. If the incoming fireworks are few and small, the Govt. will need the Beeb to resume and keep the populace informed.

@dcarbs2979

Жыл бұрын

Being British, they wouldn't call it a 'crisis' either. Probably an 'event' or 'scenario'. At least in the 80's when this is set.

@TeddyBear-ii4yc

Жыл бұрын

@@dcarbs2979 I've just re-read "when the wind blows" to clarify things. OK it's not an authentic source but it's all I have. I learnt one thing... in the 4 minute warning, the Beeb won't be making the populace linger around... whatever they say will be brief and very too the point... as there'll be nobody listening to any second line. 04:00 03:59 03:58 03:57 ... 😉

I'm in my basement alive. What is an all clear?

I have accepted my inevitable fate... As a bed-sitting room.

South korean, philippine and british national anthems at 1000% volume with air raid sirens going off at 1:08am is infinity times better

Chilling.

This is what I most feared growing up. now the younger generations fear is that little yellow triangle!

@redbrick146

3 жыл бұрын

Yellow triangle - not my nightmare

@zacmumblethunder7466

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was always "When" not "If" there was a nuclear war. It's no wonder society has turned out the way it has.

@BurnTheTeddy

2 жыл бұрын

What triangle are you talking about? I dont get it :(

@stevegordon5689

2 жыл бұрын

@@BurnTheTeddy it shows in the corner of your device when youve no internet access or it used to!

@BurnTheTeddy

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevegordon5689 oh lol I get it, I thought it was something related to an actual catastrophic scenario ajahjahahaja

That is exactly how we should go out, to the national anthem!

@shinobitreecko8442

2 жыл бұрын

Thats how we would do it in the us too most likely

@samhart4663

Жыл бұрын

😂😂🎉

The BBC what a wonderful stage , his masters voice air raid

Well no one will see this because who watches the sky at night.

Lol, Mars would be a place to go to

It's lost voice guy.

Replace nuclear attack with tornado warning and this is any spring in the Mid-West United States.

With current UK government policy on the Ukraine this announcement might well be needed very soon.

@paulmartin7241

Жыл бұрын

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Carter air raid siren

Sorry....was distracted by the horrible turning globe. God, I remember that. Then this. Problem is the end of it the whole thing sounds like a celebration??!!

Relax and be happy. Keep calm and carry on. As well as our program, your life and the lives of your loved ones have been suspended forever. But don't worry God is in control. Now please stand up for the national anthem - cheerio! Now remember don't panic!!

The bbc wood do this and the ww2 alarm will be on

Great work

In reality, all hell would break loose in the BBC building(s)..... some may try and break in to the nearest bar cellar and have a stockpile of beer to ride out the storm, taste better than that stockpile of water!! 🍻☢️😃

GamesMaster looks well

Most people would be in bed. M.

Did this actually happen?

@501sqn3

Жыл бұрын

..... Yes, there was a global thermonuclear war just before Christmas!,...... Didn't you know??. Jeeez' 🤦

Reminds me of fortnite

Take Cover lol

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Don't worry, its inevitable .