Films

Threads - Mick Jackson, 1984

Showing the after-effects of World War III on Great Britain by concentrating on two Sheffield families linked by an unplanned pregnancy, it illustrates the scientific, political, medical and social consequences of the severing of the many vital connective "threads" that support a Western society.

The War Game - Peter Watkins, 1965

Commissioned by the BBC to dramatize the effects of a nuclear attack on Great Britain, this film of monumental devastation so shocked and stunned the heads of the agency that it was never shown on television.

Free Cinema

Collection of short films from the Free Cinema movement. Includes footage of the 1958 march to Aldermaston.

When The Wind Blows - Jimmy Murakami, 1986

When The Wind Blows is an animation based on Raymond Briggs's comic cartoon book of the same name. It follows Jim and Hilda, a typical retired couple, as they deal with the effects of a nuclear attack ('The Bomb') during the Third World War between the U.S.A and The Soviets. Music in the film is by Roger Waters but the title song comes from David Bowie.

The Day After - Nicholas Meyer, 1983

Dramatic portrayal of the horrors of a nuclear holocaust.

Black Rain (aka Kuroi Ame) - (REGION 1) (NTSC) Shohei Imamura, 1989

The story of the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, based on Masuji Ibuse's novel.

To Die For

To Die For displays Peter Kennard’s iconic anti-nuclear and anti-war art, much of it produced for CND, from the early 1980s to the present day.

Fail-Safe - Sidney Lumet, 1964

American planes are sent to deliver a nuclear attack on Moscow, but it's a mistake due to an electrical malfunction. Can all-out war be averted?

On The Beach - Stanley Kramer, 1959

An American submarine sets out to investigate after nuclear war and fallout has destroyed most of the world.

Testament - (REGION 1) (NTSC) Jane Alexander, 1984

Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San Francisco. After the nuclear attack, contact with the outside world is pretty much cut off.

Countdown to Zero - Lucy Walker, 2010

Directed by Lucy Walker and produced by the Academy Award-winning producers of An Inconvenient Truth, the film traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to today, making a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament. It features an array of significant international figures including Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Pervez Musharraf.

Into Eternity - Michael Madsen, 2010

Deep underground in Finland, they are building the world's first permanent repository for radioactive waste. Safe as houses, as long as it is untouched by natural disasters, man-made disasters, and societal change for 100,000 years...

How do you make a "Stop" sign last 100,000 years? Into Eternity is a film time capsule, taking viewers on a frightening journey into the underworld and into the future.

Beating the Bomb - Meera Patel & Wolfgang Matt, 2010

Beating the Bomb covers 50 years of the peace movement in Britain against the historical and political backdrop of the atomic age. The film charts the efforts of individuals and organizations to rid Britain of its nuclear weapons from past to present and frames the nuclear weapons issue within the wider context of global justice.