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• Fallout Shelter FailRare · in 35 titlesAn emergency council is assembled in the basement of Sheffield Town Hall in the hopes of managing the situation if the worst comes to the worst: the makeshift bomb shelter has food, water, a portable…Read →
• Scenery-Based Societal BarometerRare · in 15 titlesThe Council Bunker often serves as a measure of the current state of society and the government.Read →
• Crisis Point HospitalRare · in 60 titlesThe film's narration makes it clear that the lack of drugs, bandages, clean water or electricity make it just about impossible for the doctors to help anyone in the aftermath of the nuclear attack.Read →
• You No Take Candlein 392 titlesThe speech we hear from the post-war children is broken and simplified, as very little effort is spent on trying to educate the new generations due to a shortage of resources and knowledge.Read →
• Apathetic Citizensin 489 titlesWhile the news broadcasts the deteriorating situation in Iran throughout the film, the events are only paid cursory interest by anyone who's not a government official (while there are protests, they'…Read →
• Fleeing for the Fallout ShelterRare · in 37 titlesWhen nuclear war finally breaks out, the only group prepared for it are the emergency council, who have already taken up permanent residence in a shelter under the Sheffield Town Hall.Read →