LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Controversy over film, The Day After

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Dec 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:39

Description

Report on controversy surrounding The Day After, an American film for television which portrays the effects of a nuclear holocaust, and which is to be shown on ITV. Director, Nicholas Meyer and Chairman of the Defence Committee in the Upper House, Lord Chalfont (Alu Gwynne Jones), comment. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Alun Gwynne Jones; Nicholas Meyer

Keywords

USA; Michael Heseltine; Films; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear warfare; Anti-nuclear movements; Politicians; Nuclear explosions; Film making; Nuclear disasters; American (cultural identity); The Day After

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