Summary: Dramatised portrayal of an emergency rest centre for refugees from a nuclear explosion.
Description: The introduction deals with the final moments before a nuclear weapon explodes over Bristol, as essential supplies are requisitioned and delivered to the rest centres. At one centre in a school building in Bath final preparations are made as the radio announces the warning of imminent attack. The staff take shelter and then after the detonation prepare to receive refugees. The arriving survivors are given first aid and food. A few problems of aggression are encountered. An auxiliary centre is opened as the main one becomes overwhelmed and enforced billeting on local householders is undertaken. Eventually transport is mobilised to take the people further afield.
Production Details: Scottish Home and Health Department (Production sponsor)
Home Office (Production sponsor)
RHR Productions (Production company)
Cobham, David (Production individual)
Riley, Ronald H (Production individual)
Short, Anthony (Production individual)
Jones, Jonah (Production individual)
Gamage, Fred (Production individual)
Smith, John19231941-12-19Casualty Details (from Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
Name: SMITH, JOHN
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Neptune
Age: 18
Date of Death: 19/12/1941
Service No: P/JX 162182
Additional information: Son of Thomas Henry and Lucy Elizabeth Smith, of Hinckley, Leicestershire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 51, Column 2.
Memorial: PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Smith was lost when HMS Neptune was mined and sunk off Tripoli in December 1941 (Production individual)
Dearnaley, Doreen (Production individual)
Clarkson, Laurie (Production individual)
Law, Red (Production individual)
Willson, Sheila (Production individual)
Watson, John (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 3
Footage: 3284 ft; Running time: 36 mins
