The War game

Duration: 49

Year Published: 1966

Creator: Films inc.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: The film postulates a day when diplomacy fails, nations are backed into corners and bluffs are called. The grim effects of a nuclear attack between the Soviet Union and England are depicted in horrifying detail, based on information supplied by experts in nuclear defense, economics and medicine. The cinema verite technique employing man-on-the-street interviews, on-location shooting with amateur actors and hand-held camera, lends the authentic quality of a newsreel and heighten's the film's powerful impact. , Uses the cinema verite technique and information supplied by experts in nuclear defense, economics, and medicine to depict the effects of a nuclear attack on Britain. Stresses that there is no way to prepare for war, that the only choice is to prepare against it. Directed by Peter Watkins.

Complete Record: The film postulates a day when diplomacy fails, nations are backed into corners and bluffs are called. The grim effects of a nuclear attack between the Soviet Union and England are depicted in horrifying detail, based on information supplied by experts in nuclear defense, economics and medicine. The cinema verite technique employing man-on-the-street interviews, on-location shooting with amateur actors and hand-held camera, lends the authentic quality of a newsreel and heighten's the film's powerful impact. , Uses the cinema verite technique and information supplied by experts in nuclear defense, economics, and medicine to depict the effects of a nuclear attack on Britain. Stresses that there is no way to prepare for war, that the only choice is to prepare against it. Directed by Peter Watkins., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.