2/3 Threads Movie 1984 BBC Nuclear War Documentary Drama

A 30-minute Threads movie edit focused on the documentary aspect of the film.

Threads is a 1984 apocalyptic BBC nuclear war documentary drama. Centred on the industrial city of Sheffield in the north of England, it presents a grim vision of the likely effects a nuclear war will have on Britain and the planet. This video contains excerpts from the film documenting the US-provoked Russian invasion scenario that leads to nuclear war.

Tensions between Russia and the West escalate after a covert US operation to bring down the regime in Iran. Russia, which invaded Afghanistan in 1979, invades northern Iran. America responds to the Russian invasion by sending a rapid response force to protect US interests in the oil-rich south. A series of incidents cause events to spiral out of control leading to the use of tactical battlefield nuclear weapons and nuclear war.

Shot on a budget of £400,000, Threads was the first film of its kind to depict a nuclear winter. A groundbreaking BBC documentary drama, Threads is:

"A film which comes closest to representing the full horror of nuclear war and its aftermath, as well as the catastrophic impact that the event would have on human culture."

Threads was produced in Britain a year after its contemporary counterpart, The Day After, a 1983 ABC television film depicting a similar scenario in the United States. Threads was nominated for seven BAFTA awards in 1985 and won Best Single Drama, Best Design, Best Film Cameraman and Best Film Editor.

Threads Movie 1984 BBC Nuclear War Documentary Drama

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[camaleon]

I watched this movie when I was 9 yo, alone, by night, without any permission of my parents. It became the source of many nightmares. It still does now.

[maryambintghassani]

The real achievement of "Threads" was actually its focus on the agri-industrial collapse. Much less than a nuclear apocalypse is required to collapse the production chains of human society, returning us to pre-1850s levels of tech. In such a situation, even without widespread radiation contamination, most of us will just starve as a consequence of the decline of transportation, packing, fertilizer, fuel, and spare parts. The fragility of production chains during COVID should act as a warning, considering how relatively insignificant the challenge of COVID actually was.

[Laura......]

The complete and utter panic, confusion and fear from the woman at 6min 11sec running her hands through her hair, just as the siren starts.
I saw this film in the 80's as a little kid. I don't think the terror of it ever left me.

[pschroeter]

The Day After was terrifying, Threads was depressing.

[thomasmatthewharris]

"It's taken 3 million years to develop a species with brain big enough to crack the deep codes of the universe and what we do with the knowledge we blow ourselves up" dr Julian Osborne on the beach movie

[ZuluRomeo]

The BBC needs to show this film again, and soon.

[vinaymulukutla]

As a Brit, it's good to have a British perspective of the threat of nuclear war having watched The Day After. I will not lie though, this is absolutely spine chilling to watch.

[tonyc]

The cinematography is amazing! The back and forth scenes between the military and the civilians shows the improbability of winning a war like this AND the terror that the helpless civilians face! It really is an incredibly unsettling movie.

[leeosborne]

I was 10 when this was released, but I never saw it until I was in my late 20s.

I'm eternally grateful for that.

[jessicaarmentrout]

The most terrifying movie I have ever seen. The Day After was nothing compared to this.

[garyturner]

The clever use of drama and stock footage was amazing in this.

[tonyclifton]

"britain devastated and in chaos" - and the nuclear attack didnt help either

[sbaddison]

Still absolutely brutal. We watched this in school aged 14.

[philiphill]

One of the darkest movies I've ever seen. From start to finish this thing is brutal.

[charlesphillips]

The psychology of a nuclear war movie - and I saw many when I was young - is that you are watching a two-hour slow-motion train wreck as the world goes mad. And for two hours, you know that we caused it, that the process is spinning out of control, and there is nothing anyone can do. And no one to save us from ourselves.

[carolsurridge]

It is worrying that a nuclear attack could happen n these times😢

[amandocantu]

No other movie of this subject matter compares to this one. It’s a must watch.

[StrawberrySunday]

This film terrified me. Us kids in the 80s had the threat of this hanging over our heads constantly. It was on TV, it was in a lot of the music. Worrying times.

[thomasshepard]

Unfortunately this is nothing compared to what it would actually be like

[BrianKliewer]

Stanislav Petrov, September 26, 1983.