PBS Network - Nova - "In the Event of Catastrophe" [Nuclear War & Civil Defense] (1978) ☢️
The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV)
360,537 views
Here's a complete edition of the Nova episode "In the Event of Catastrophe" (Episode #70) as aired over the PBS Network - and in Chicago, would have been transmitted over WTTW Channel 11. This episode deals with civil defense preparedness in the event of nuclear war, whether anyone could survive one, and the contrasting steps taken by both the United States and the Soviet Union.
Includes:
Animated PBS bumper (special "anti-liminal space" custom version)
WGBH Boston Presents animated bumper
Nova open, with disclaimer ("This program includes material of a medical nature which some viewers may find disturbing.") and preview of episode, including clip of speech from President Kennedy and episode title
Along with vintage clips including of Hiroshima and its aftereffects (and technical descriptions thereof), 1950's tests in Nevada and drills, plus the U.S.-Soviet arms race and the 1961 Berlin and 1962 Cuban missile crises, as well as the SALT treaty signed by President Nixon and the 1977 sentencing of Swiss General Jean-Louis Jeanmaire for spying for the Soviets, are interviews with Defense Civil Preparedness Agency director Bardyl Tirana, State Department arms control director Paul Warnke, nuclear weapons expert Dr. Samuel Glasstone, former Defense Intelligence Agency director General Daniel Graham (who opposed the concept of 'mutually assured destruction'), University of Miami director of Soviet studies Dr. Leon Goure, Sovietologist Harriet Fast Scott, Boeing Aerospace systems analyst T.K. Jones, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center director Wolfgang Panofsky, Philip Bassett of the Federal Preparedness Agency, Maynard center director Allan R. Zenowitz, Head of Civil Defense Dr. William Chipman, and Stockholm-based Dr. Frank Barnaby.
Ending credits:
Written, Produced and Directed by Barbara Gullahorn-Holecek
Associate Producer - Elvida Abella
Production Assistant - Tony Hurd
Narrator - Ted O'Brien
Film Editor - Eric Handley
Assistant Film Editors - Anne Fischel, Orlando Bagwell
Camera - Tim Hill
Assistant Camera - Orlando Bagwell
Sound - Stephanie Tepper
Sound Mixer - Steve Izzi
Animation - Salvatore Raciti, Patricia Stallone
Animation Camera - Edward Joyce
In Stockholm:
Camera - Hans Schott
Sound - Mats Erixon
Additional Film Research - Margaret Chambers
Graphics - Tom Sumida, Stuart Darsch, Gregg Sibert, Tony Hurd
Special Thanks to - Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Department of Defense, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Defense Nuclear Agency, Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army, Nuclear Information and Analysis Center, Federal Preparedness Agency, Fred Kaplan, KDFW TV, Dallas, KENS TV, San Antonio, KMCC TV, Lubbock, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, University of Miami Press
Unit Manager - Douglas Smith
Publicist - Nancy Varga-Golovscenko
Assistant Unit Manager - Dudley Palmer
Film Technical Coordinator - Les Bernd
Post Production Supervisor - Tony Priano
Production Secretary - Betsy Anderson
Executive Producer - John Angier
"Solely responsible for content" notice, followed by funding plug
WGBH Boston
(C) 1978 WGBH Educational Foundation
[58:40] - Animated PBS bumper (special "mushroom cloud blossoms" custom version)
"This program includes material of a medical nature which some viewers may find disturbing."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 5th 1978 during the 8:00pm to 9:00pm timeframe. (with reruns on Sunday, January 8th 1978, Thursday, July 6th 1978 & Sunday, July 8th 1978)
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!
20 Comments
I’ve didn’t know until later but when Reagan watched The Day After he was absolutely horrified by what nukes could do and hated the damned things thereafter. I can’t believe we’re actually more globally unstable than ever but no one seems to notice anymore.
"It's DEFCON 1, So Kiss Your Ass Goodbye!"
He never talked about it. My uncle told me this. I had no clue when i was a child. I told him I wanted to join the military like him, he grabbed my arm and said "You dont have no business being in the military..." I must've been 8 or so. Always stuck with me tho
PBS Network - Nova - "In the Event of Catastrophe" [Nuclear War & Civil Defense] (1978) ☢️
The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV)
360,537 views
Here's a complete edition of the Nova episode "In the Event of Catastrophe" (Episode #70) as aired over the PBS Network - and in Chicago, would have been transmitted over WTTW Channel 11. This episode deals with civil defense preparedness in the event of nuclear war, whether anyone could survive one, and the contrasting steps taken by both the United States and the Soviet Union.
Includes:
Animated PBS bumper (special "anti-liminal space" custom version)
WGBH Boston Presents animated bumper
Nova open, with disclaimer ("This program includes material of a medical nature which some viewers may find disturbing.") and preview of episode, including clip of speech from President Kennedy and episode title
Along with vintage clips including of Hiroshima and its aftereffects (and technical descriptions thereof), 1950's tests in Nevada and drills, plus the U.S.-Soviet arms race and the 1961 Berlin and 1962 Cuban missile crises, as well as the SALT treaty signed by President Nixon and the 1977 sentencing of Swiss General Jean-Louis Jeanmaire for spying for the Soviets, are interviews with Defense Civil Preparedness Agency director Bardyl Tirana, State Department arms control director Paul Warnke, nuclear weapons expert Dr. Samuel Glasstone, former Defense Intelligence Agency director General Daniel Graham (who opposed the concept of 'mutually assured destruction'), University of Miami director of Soviet studies Dr. Leon Goure, Sovietologist Harriet Fast Scott, Boeing Aerospace systems analyst T.K. Jones, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center director Wolfgang Panofsky, Philip Bassett of the Federal Preparedness Agency, Maynard center director Allan R. Zenowitz, Head of Civil Defense Dr. William Chipman, and Stockholm-based Dr. Frank Barnaby.
Ending credits:
Written, Produced and Directed by Barbara Gullahorn-Holecek
Associate Producer - Elvida Abella
Production Assistant - Tony Hurd
Narrator - Ted O'Brien
Film Editor - Eric Handley
Assistant Film Editors - Anne Fischel, Orlando Bagwell
Camera - Tim Hill
Assistant Camera - Orlando Bagwell
Sound - Stephanie Tepper
Sound Mixer - Steve Izzi
Animation - Salvatore Raciti, Patricia Stallone
Animation Camera - Edward Joyce
In Stockholm:
Camera - Hans Schott
Sound - Mats Erixon
Additional Film Research - Margaret Chambers
Graphics - Tom Sumida, Stuart Darsch, Gregg Sibert, Tony Hurd
Special Thanks to - Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Department of Defense, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Defense Nuclear Agency, Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army, Nuclear Information and Analysis Center, Federal Preparedness Agency, Fred Kaplan, KDFW TV, Dallas, KENS TV, San Antonio, KMCC TV, Lubbock, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, University of Miami Press
Unit Manager - Douglas Smith
Publicist - Nancy Varga-Golovscenko
Assistant Unit Manager - Dudley Palmer
Film Technical Coordinator - Les Bernd
Post Production Supervisor - Tony Priano
Production Secretary - Betsy Anderson
Executive Producer - John Angier
"Solely responsible for content" notice, followed by funding plug
WGBH Boston
(C) 1978 WGBH Educational Foundation
[58:40] - Animated PBS bumper (special "mushroom cloud blossoms" custom version)
"This program includes material of a medical nature which some viewers may find disturbing."
This aired on local Chicago TV on Thursday, January 5th 1978 during the 8:00pm to 9:00pm timeframe. (with reruns on Sunday, January 8th 1978, Thursday, July 6th 1978 & Sunday, July 8th 1978)
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help!