Us nearly detonated atomic bomb over north carolina. Obama ousts top officers after nuke explodes in ocean. The thought of a nuclear bomb going off in your own country may seem like something out of a postapocalyptic movie or scifi novel. The 14 most frightening films about nuclear holocaust. Sutter and christina murray were admiring the marine life of the area when they stumbled upon a mark 15 thermonuclear bomb that had been lost by the united states air force more than 50 years ago. What if charleston had been ground zero for a nuclear attack. They want to make a stand against the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and demand a beginning to the end of such weaponry. Share the 14 most frightening films about nuclear holocaust just fyi on twitter. This october 20 article about president obama supposedly firing four top ranking military officers after they refused to detonate a nuclear device in or near charleston. The vast majority of nuclear warrelated documentaries and mockumentaries came from the u.
All is destruction, death, and terrible decline of what remains. Unlike such comedy mockumentaries as the terrific this is spinal tap, the fake ones here are deadly serious. The movie was about a reporter and a cameraman who were taken hostage by peace activists on a tugboat in charleston harbor. The 14 most frightening films about nuclear holocaust just fyi. Route 301 near the mars bluff atomic bomb impact crater.
The ultimate list of nuclear war films films, deconstructed. When we lost an unexploded nuclear bomb off the coast of. Government into disabling its nuclear weapons, and the incident is caught live on television. In this movie, a terrorist group brings a homemade atomic bomb aboard a tugboat in the harbor of charleston, south carolina in order to blackmail the u. On march 11, 1958, an unarmed 7,600pound mark 6 atomic bomb dropped from a b47 jet in the woods behind. Special bulletin tv movie 1983 special bulletin tv. Special bulletin follows a fictional news network called rbs and its coverage of a terrorist group. But very few people are even aware that there a whopping fifteen other films in this genre, ranging from dark comedy and anime to hard hitting drama and mockumentary.
Special bulletin 1983 a gripping nbc drama about some antinuke activists who ironically threaten to detonate a nuclear device in charleston, south carolina. Tvs broadcast sunday night of a fictional film about nuclear terrorism. In the aftermath of the obama regimes failed false flag nuclear attack on charleston. Charleston has a threestep plan to reopen businesses, but warns that we. Special bulletin was a three decade old tv movie depicting the use of a nuclear bomb by a group of scientists to extort authorities. It was also hard to narrow it down to even 15, so t2, akira, wargames and several others didnt. The book command and control by eric schlosser is a well researched and very readable book to read about various incidents with us nuclear weapons. Lyman used to design nuclear weapons for the government, but. The politics of nuclear weapons 55 city road, london. Special bulletin is a 1983 american madefortelevision film.
While the second bomb was mostly recovered, one of its nuclear cores is likely still buried. A tv reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. That infamous television movie was a cultural touchstone that scared a generation of kids. The secret white trains that carried nuclear weapons. The scientists motives are ostensibly peaceful, but things go horribly wrong as their best laid plans go horribly agly. This list concerns movies, movielength documentaries, and films that dealt with the immediate consequencesor pending eventsof nuclear war. Kurt vonnegut gives a sermon on the foolishness of nuclear arms.
The terrorist group is holding a local news reporter hostage on a tug boat and threatens to detonate a dirtybomb with nuclear warheads in the city of charleston, north carolina if the united states doesnt start a disarmament of its. The movie simulates a series of live news broadcasts on the fictional rbs network. Special bulletin outstanding 1983 tvmovie realitytv docu. A haunting, beautiful movie about the aftermath of a nuclear war for residents of a california suburb. She doesnt remember the actual blast from an atomic bomb. Even if it had had its plutonium core inside of it, it would not have detonated in a full nuclear explosion it would have spread a lot of plutonium around, which would have. Hey wait a minute, i think ive seen this movie before. On one hand, it was the first alist mainstream hollywood movie to.
The nuclear bomb immediately dropped from its shackle and landed, for just an instant, on the closed bombbay doors. Thus begins this 1983 nbc madefortv movie and one of director edward. There is absolutely no hope or happiness in this movie whatsoever. Thus begins this 1983 made for tv movie about a group of people who have allegedly placed a homemade nuclear bomb on a boat in charleston, south carolina harbor. They want to make a stand against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Did you hear about the time the president was prepared to detonate a nuclear weapon in an american city. The repeat showing of the television movie special bulletin. Nuclear war fallout shelter survival info for north. The bbc made this tv movie that depicts sheffield, england, just before, during, and well after the nuclear war. Instead it focuses on the emotional story of a family trying to survive and adapt to their new reality.
In this movie, a terrorist group brings a homemade atomic bomb aboard a. The particular atomic device used, this report continues, was a b6111 nuclear bomb lowyield earthpenetrating nuclear weapon, otherwise known as a mini nuke which was deployed by the clinton administration in the postcoldwar era, but had been rejected for deployment by presidents carter, reagan, and bush. Few subjects had the power to terrify as nuclear war did for about half a century. Special bulletin was produced by nbc the same year, actually preceding the day after by nine months. As anonymous wrote there have been a few mishaps broken arrows in us history. John the divine, 1982 haunting unedited footage of the bombing of nagasaki 1945 how a clean, tidy home can help you survive the atomic bomb. After you have looked at this map look at the information for north carolina that follows it. This is the bleakest and most depressing movie ever made outside of, perhaps, grave of the fireflies. The 9 most nightmarish movies about nuclear attacks. The repeat showing of the television movie special bulletin by nbc. Split second 1953 an escaped killer and his two partners hold a few people hostage in a ghost town. As he scrambled to safety, the atomic bomb broke open the doors in the belly of the plane, and dropped straight onto the greggs farm.
This isnt a movie, nor is it an attackits a nuclear bomb test in white sands, new mexico, dated july 16, 1945, just weeks before the hiroshima and nagasaki bombs were dropped. Here are 14 films meant to terrify us about the threat of nuclear apocalypse. This movie doesnt have the gore or violence of the others you never see the actual attack. When we lost an unexploded nuclear bomb off the coast of georgia. In this movie, a terrorist group brings a homemade atomic bomb aboard a tugboat in the harbor of charleston, south carolina in order to. Its the most depressing movie ever made, and tops all dramatic movies about nuclear war. Therefore, i dont include such postnuclear holocaust movies as nausica or the planet of the apes.
It was about nuclear war in the us and the aftermath. What would happen if a plane carrying a nuclear bomb would. During more than a decade, mushroom clouds often rose toward the sky. I remember a movie made around 30 years ago where a nuclear bomb detonated. I hope this movie is the closest youll ever want to come to nuclear war. Nearly 73 years after the first atomic bomb was detonated in hiroshima. Thus begins this 1983 nbc madefortv movie and one of director edward zwicks. Real leaders lead instead of toadying up to narcissism1 comment. The first archaeologist to explore chernobyl describes the life that blossoms inside the nuclear wasteland. The day after 1983 nuclear war in kansas day after perils of nuclear war amazon link nightline show. This link will take you back to the index of all the states. The atomic bomb that faded into south carolina history.
The bomb that nearly exploded over north carolina was 260 times more powerful than the device which devasted hiroshima in 1945. As the city descends into chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive. Iranium a movie about the nuclear weapons program of iran k19. The movie was first broadcast march 20, 1983 on nbc as an edition of nbc sunday night at the movies. For 50 years, nuclear bomb lost in watery grave fifty years ago, a b47 bomber dropped a 7,000pound nuclear bomb into the waters off tybee. Sixty years ago, on march 11, 1958, an air force bomber dropped a nuclear weapon on a farm in the rural mars bluff community outside florence. The epicenter of nuclear transit was the pantex plant, about 17 miles outside of downtown amarillo, texas, a mazelike complex of dozens of buildings located on 10,000 acres of land. In the film, a group of antinuclear activists ironically build a nuclear bomb, threatening to detonate it in charleston if the federal government. In charleston, south carolina, reporter steve levitt and his cameraman are. An outstanding tvmovie which originally aired on march 20th 1983 as. Thus begins this 1983 nbc madefortv movie and one of director edward zwicks prehollywood works, about a group of domestic terrorists who claim to have a homemade nuclear bomb aboard a tugboat in the harbor of charleston, south carolina. But as youre probably well aware, there are a few countries creating and testing nuclear weapons and tension is steadily rising. Share the 14 most frightening films about nuclear holocaust just fyi on facebook.
The monster obama orders nuclear attack on the usa on october 8 as false flag to start ww3. When the air force dropped a nuclear bomb on south carolina. It kicked off in march with this skinfreezing tale done in the style of an actual newscast about terrorists threatening to destroy charleston, south carolina with a nuclear device. In a forlorn expanse of desert scarcely an hours drive northwest of las vegas, on jan. Above it, the bombardiers body made an x as he hung on for dear life. The monster obama orders nuclear attack on the usa on. Nbc nuclearterror show criticized the new york times. Kulka had to get on top of the bomb in order to reset the. Instead of a worldending war with russia, the featurelength special imagined a single incident of nuclear terrorism in charleston, south carolina. A thermonuclear bomb slammed into a north carolina farm in 1961 and part of it is still missing. The widowmaker 2002 covers the soviet submarine k19 nuclear accident ladybug, ladybug 1963 during the 1962 cuban missile crisis, teachers at a secluded countryside elementary school are asked to walk their pupils home after a nuclear bomb warning alarm sounds.
Special bulletin all the tropes wiki fandom powered by. The terrorist group is holding a local news reporter hostage on a tug boat and threatens to detonate a dirtybomb with nuclear warheads in the city of charleston. They threaten to detonate a nuclear device of their own if their demand isnt met. Government into disabling its nuclear weapons, and. The demands of the hostagetakers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the charleston, sc area so they may be detonated at sea.
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