Q.E.D. - A Guide To Armageddon - Nuclear War Documentary (1982)

The War Game is a 1966 British pseudo-documentary film that depicts a nuclear war and its aftermath.^[1] Written, directed and produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC, it caused dismay within the BBC and also within government, and was subsequently withdrawn before the provisional screening date of 6 October 1965.^[2] The corporation said that "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting. It will, however, be shown to invited audiences..."^[3]

The film eventually premiered at the National Film Theatre in London, on 13 April 1966, where it ran until 3 May.^[4] It was then shown abroad at several film festivals, including the Venice one where it won the Special Prize. It also won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1967.^[5][6]

The film was eventually televised in Great Britain on 31 July 1985, during the week before the fortieth anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, the day before a repeat screening of Threads.^[

• Threads, a 1984 British docudrama about nuclear war
• The Day After, a 1983 US film about nuclear war and its aftermath
• When the Wind Blows, a 1986 animated film about nuclear war

I watched some debates about nuclear war, and films like The Day after & Theads in the 1980s.

There has been events that are well know at the time, like Cuba Missiles crisis in October 1962, and many others that was not know about till years latter, show that this could have happen, how close is up for debate of course.

Countdown to Looking Glass is a Canadian made-for-television movie that premiered in the United States on HBO on October 14, 1984 and was also broadcast on CTV in Canada. The movie presents a fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons, which was triggered by a banking crisis, from the perspective of an ongoing news broadcast.

Unlike similar productions such as the previous year's Special Bulletin and the later Without Warning, the producers of this film decided not to make the entire production a simulated newscast, but instead break up the news portions with dramatic narrative scenes involving characters played by Scott Glenn, Helen Shaver and Michael Murphy. The appearance of real-life newscasters, as well as noted CBC Television host Patrick Watson (although he does not appear as himself in this film) lent additional authenticity to the production.