Four-minute warning
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The four-minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992. The name derived from the approximate length of time from
WB1401 warning receiver
When the Wind Blows (comics)
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When the Wind Blows is a 1982 apocalyptic graphic novel, created by British artist Raymond Briggs, commonly known for its critiques against government-issued preparations for nuclear war. Utilizing a
Four-minute warning
…and impact on a target, or less than 30 seconds for a SLBM attack. The film adaptation of Raymond Briggs's satirical and blackly comic cartoon strip, When the Wind Blows, has the warning message as part of the script, which triggers arguing between Jim and Hilda Bloggs. Although this is not Peter Donaldson's pre-recorded…
First edition (publ. Hamish Hamilton)
After the bombing of Hiroshima, people with patterned clothes were burned where the pattern was darkest.