Threads

Threads is a 1984 BAFTA awardwinning British television drama, produced jointly by the BBC, Nine Network and WesternWorld Television Inc. Written by Barry Hines and directed by Mick Jackson, it is a docudrama account of nuclear war and its effects on the city of Sheffield in Northern England.

The chronology of the events leading up to the war is depicted entirely via television and radio news broadcasts. An allegedly USbacked coup dtat in Iran prompts the Soviet Union to occupy the northern part of the country, ostensibly to prevent the return of a proShah regime. OnMay, the USA hints at deploying troops to Iran, to prevent the Soviets from reaching the oil fields in the south. OnMay, the US Navy in the Indian Ocean is put on high alert when rumours begin abounding of the disappearance of the USS Los Angeles in the Persian Gulf. The next day, a collision in the Gulf of Oman between the Soviet battlecruiser Kirov and the USS Callaghan leaves the former badly damaged. Subsequent discoveries by American and Israeli search and rescue vessels reveal debris and an oil slick from the missing Los Angeles, prompting the US President to warn the Soviets over the possibility of an armed confrontation with incalculable consequences for all mankind.On the 17th, the US sends its rapid deployment force to take defensive positions around Isfahan in western Iran, hoping to deter the Soviets from making further advances to the south, with a supporting role being taken by squadrons of B52 bombers and AWACS early warning aircraft landing at US airbases in Turkey. The Soviets respond by transporting nuclear warheads into their newly established base in Mashhad. OnMay, the USA proposes a joint withdrawal from Iran to take effect by noon on the 22nd, while Britain sends troops to Europe amidst a buildup of Warsaw Pact troops in East Germany. The Soviets ignore the US ultimatum and, an hour after the expiry, are attacked at their base in Mashhad by B52 bombers using conventional weapons. The Soviets defend the base with a nuclear tipped surfacetoair missile, destroying many B52s. The battle ceases after US forces launch a battlefield nuclear weapon at and presumably destroy the Soviet base. ........

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