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Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact by arethuza on Saturday November 08, 2014 @06:21PM (#8578485)
Actually, the BBC did one documentary that was in some ways even scarier than Threads: Q.E.D. - A Guide To Armageddon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GJttnC8PoA

It goes through the details of what would happen if a 1MT bomb exploded the center London - which is, of course, completely catastrophic. Then it calmly mentions that London would have probably been hit by at least 30 bombs...

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Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact by RobertKerans on Sunday November 09, 2014 @06:19AM (#8579647)
...and there's Peter Watkins' The War Game (BBC again), still an incredibly powerful and disturbing piece of filmmaking.

Wiki: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Game Clip here (first airburst over Kent): http://youtu.be/WcmZ1vhoqkY

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