June 30, 2021 • 40 mins
The already strained relationships of Dorrie and Wayne Langford (Tess Malis Kincaid, Tim Habeger) and their daughter Becky (Allie Ficken) are completely upended when emergency announcements warn the U.S. is under Soviet nuclear attack.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The control group depicts a nuclear catastrophe and the complete
annihilation of the human race. Listener discretion is advised. It's
time for the letter from satur Jane Notch. The letters
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what sata with a valuable kodak insmatter? General? Wayne? How
long have you been up? Why didn't you wake me? Fronto?
You said it for eight le get Becky to the
bus in twenty minutes. That matter the driver. I don't
want to drive, Fry have things to do. All you
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have to do? I had things to do, Wayne, I
do things morning. Princess Up up, Daddy turned off my alarm.
Now we're running late, Dimon. Now I need youdn't get
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up so we can get going way. What do you
want to breakfast? You don't want breakfast. We kept toast
with a bright egg. I don't want to eat. You
have to eat so you don't have energy for school.
I want to go to school. We all have things
we don't want to do. But why you please not today?
We can't afford for you to miss the bus. I
can't take you this morning. I have too many things
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to Please. Get out of my room. I'll get up.
You just leave me alone. That's enough. Your father's driving
to Atlanta. He'll be gone for a couple of days,
so let's be pleasant so he can leave with a
good feeling. Let's be quiet and not upset dad, how
about my feelings. Don't be such a grumble post stop
calling me that do what you want. Then I'll make
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a cup of tea to go with your toast. Fine,
but I won't drink it to take time enough to
today's show goes. All right, we may run tomorrow's with
a real human at the controls. Thank you, Eva, that's beautiful.
All right, I'm gone. You said it was only for
a couple of days. Yeah, So why take such a
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big suitcase? Maybe I don't want my suits to get rankled.
Three suits, one for tonight, one for tomorrow, one for Wednesday. Okay,
it's my briefcase by the door. You don't want to
just take one suit and three ties? So now you're
going to interrogate me, interrogating you? What is it you think, Dori?
What is your suspicion? Let's drop it. Sorry, I asked,
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are you to tell? You know? Do? Maybe this is
my big chance? Maybe this time I want to make
an impression, and I don't want that impression to be
here's the guy who can only afford one good suit? Fine,
I was only trying to Hell. Hell, did you get
the door for not just nine? Call me tonight when
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you're settled in Okay, I'm a couple hours away, and
what they charged for long distance? Wait? A second dial
person to person and I'll decline the call. I just
want to know you got this all right. I will
now let me go. Do you have your handkerchiefs? I
have everything. Look well, I'm gone. Promise me you and
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Becky won't fight the whole time. Why don't you make
her promise? Really, Wayne, she's becoming impossible to deal with.
I'm not gonna argue about it, but I don't mind
telling you. I'm starting to get pretty much fed up.
Maybe you should participate a little more. Back me up
for once in your life. Goodbye, Wayne? Wait, come back
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for sect? Will you at least kiss me? Goodbye? I
gotta go. When you get back from Atlanta, I'll make
you a nice dinner. Maybe we'll dine out. Invite the Schultzs,
the schultz Is. I can't be laid dory. Okay, get
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out of here. Love you, love you too, Try not
to fight coming. Princess, Oh, never mind, a fount of myself.
Please don't call me princess. It's condescending. Before you know it,
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a lot of the boys and girls out there. You
haven't got time to watch television, watching it and just
drowning out the us of all the arguing. No one's argument.
You'll damage you're hearing if you play. It's allow, Becky,
you didn't touch your breakfast, doesn't matter. You still have
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to eat. You need fuel. My blue scarf? What about
your blue scarf? I want to wear it, of course,
of course, the blue and white stripes, the pale blue
with the scalloped edges. Scalloped edges. Mother, Now is not
the time to make fun. Understand, you're the one who
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insists I wake up in the middle. I'm sorry, just
so I can catch the bus and ride to school
with a lot of screaming chill George scarf. Really, mother,
I don't know how much longer you will insist upon
treating me like a child, and I appreciate your cooperation.
Couldn't you tie that once you get to school? Mother?
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You must be joking. Please, Becky, I need you to
make that bus. Fine, I'll go you have money for lunch.
I have money for lunch. I'll be here when you
get home. Goodbye, dear, goodbye. I love you. I do
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love her. There are the radio signals from the galaxies
that surrounding observative technical progress of remote civilization to the
mature and flower study their behave shoes and to keep
him off by shot. Something to do with keeping as
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to preserve climb. We've received the dis from our sentinels.
Which one those system and it's time system is it risks?
We will send a rescue pilot one of was that distance,
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my queen? I am afraid it's impossible. All of our
agents are on assignments. Any Hraematics part. There is one
agent nagas Zetron. What is happening here? Why did you
look at him? Any ah? Your imagining things? Who was
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this pilot? Zebtron was talking about it? Answer me? Plays
are one? Can't waday card love those cords? Quiz one
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so nice? Why someone else has signed the mission? Why
did you not tell me you were training to become Jude?
Get the boys off? Okay? I wanted to surprise you. Good.
What are you feeling? You certainly succeeded. I beg you
to reconsider the question, when will I be allowed to
live my own life? You don't think, oh, my life.
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I've wanted to prove myself to beat one thing other
than the child of a better than me? Is being
a princess such a terrible thing when you're thinking now
rather than be a princess? Okay, I didn't think I'd
ever get back out of the house today. Sure are
familiar with Helio's three. I'll need to be back by
two thirty before she gets home and chanced wait to
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destroy themselves and each their own apocalypse. As I see it,
you have two options. You're I can demands now, you
can allow me to fail, or you can help me succeed.
You will travel to Helios three under our guidance. You
will dismantle the doomsday system, and you will take measures
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to ensure the folly is not repeated, at least for
the next thousand years. The statistical odds of your success
I've been trained, and you're willing to risk such a sacrifice.
Self sacrifice is the noblest gesture a person can make.
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You yourself told me that, so I did. I am
blessed to have a daughter such as you. Quays are one.
I expected this to be your answer, So preparations for
your mission are already underway. May your voyage be swift,
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your mission successful, so that life in our galaxy shall
be preserved. So it shall be. Your space suit is
equipped with a computer in the chest plain and a
communicator in your helmet. No matter who language is spoken
right in Asian species, the communicator will translate both your
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speech and there I know all the subtraum microchip and
inside your head will allow you to remain in constant communication.
Just get me to the capsule as you wish online,
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you will be kept in suspected animation or post of
the journey. Your body will be fed a steady drip
of the dream a calm under this umbilicus that attaches
to the ports on your space suit. This too will
also be information into your computer as we obtain more
data during your pride. By the time you arrive, we
should ascertained the location. And my Queen, how was our
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pilot coming along? Just going through the previous breathing navigation child,
I'd like a word with her before you see you
with a capsule. Of course, Hello. You didn't say anything
to Gina about Wayne and get your appreciated and preparation
or launch really and let us delay. Think we are
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making things a way too complicated, trying to navigate everyone's feelings.
Hang on closing the cap TV capsule door closing, no
reading vital statistics. Do you hear that the Simons are
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going on life suspension sequence? You don't think it? Could
be a tornado? The tornadoes in the summer year, And
I don't hear anything. I've got on weather this morning
from ready for lunch and ten nine eight seven six five. No,
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I suppose so three to sleep? Will on my precious daughter? Well,
ways are one survived the journey? I'm going to turn
down the TV and see if I can grab to
Will anything be left? Becky plays it so loud I
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can't hear myself think. But then when she's away at school,
I need something to keep me company. I need a
radio in the kitchen. But that would be odd, wouldn't it.
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You can't hear it? Listen again? Ah, thank you? So
I'm not going crazy after all. Well I may be
going crazy, but not deaf. Does it make you feel
weird when you hear it? Yeah? Me too, No, I
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don't know. I just assumed. No, they usually test on
Thursdays at noon. Hang on, let me pick up the
extension in the living room. Give me two shakes. Okay,
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I'm here now you hear me. Okay, do you know
if it's good? Yeah? I just love I forgared it
must be a falsil. Arnold Helen Huntley's on Now I'm
looking at her now here, listen for yourself, girl nesting. Oh,
it's really quite sophisticated. Enough okay, because what are you
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gonna do if Charlie starts sniffing around your skirt? I
didn't realize it wasn't Well, did I ever tell you?
He said to me at one of the football games.
I can tell you Christmas feels you're going to appreciate this,
And keep in mind that Gina was standing not five
feet away from us. It's going to confirm every bad
thought you ever had in your mind about him, well
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just about ten seconds. That's why I'm warning you break
first station. Well, you know how I feel about him,
So I'm just going to let you figure this one
out on your own. You might actually learn something. Philip,
you know Croisarmers Association. I'm sure Christmas seals campaign your bad.
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Right after this, and fifteen seconds later, we are still
waiting on station identification. I'm sorry, I thought I thought
we were going to I d forgive us, Elaine. It's Monday,
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and rather than station identification, it seems we will be
sending you over to our news desk for an update
from Vance Norwood. Or maybe you could just ask Vance
Norwood to stop by here whenever he's ready, or you
could just, I don't know, toss me some rubber balls
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and I'll juggle until we're ready to pitch to Vance. Oh,
I'm sorry you had to witness this, Elaine. It's quite
all night. Hold tight, shoot if they're about to say
what this is all about? Just moments ago, I know,
I wish they'd turned it off already, giving me the
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vv gets. So that's all experience. Actively hold on and listening.
They're saying, some airplanes are flying over Canada and you
don't know who they are yet. Question, well, how am
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I supposed to find that out? Can I just ask?
Should I ask? The nice man on television? Now? Well,
give me two seconds to listen to what they're saying.
You know what, you blew your chance? Now, seriously, you
blew it. You're never going to get your answer from
Mr TV man. I feel terribly back to w because
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they switched back to Helen Huntley there with us emergency over.
I guess why aren't we Tommy? Can we can't do
a break while we we encourage you not to be alarmed.
In a moment, we'll return to Vance Norwood for further
updates and find out what's what's really happening? Is that right, Tommy?
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Are we going back to Vance? Okay? Well, ah, they
just announced that America is under attack, and I'm supposed
to just what continue with our interview? Fine? Fine, um,
We'll all just sit here for a moment, feeling a
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little dazed, looking confused, and starting to feel considerably anxious
over the fact that Soviet bombers are now approaching American airspace?
Is that what we're supposed to do? Tommy? No, No,
she didn't possible. No one run down to the wire,
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find out what's happening. There's not right around? Do me
think I don't care together myself? Whenever co is steing
in the booth, which I do. We got nothing to
cut to saying what never mind? Just wait, let's she'll
She'll figure it out. Let's cut away. No no, no, no, no,
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no no. Put your hand on the button, but Stanley,
just don't press it yet. Absolutely typical. I've been in
the world of television, a bubble, a fantasy for so
long that I have forgotten what it means to be
a housewright. Everything together right while the whole world is
coming apart of the scene. Okay, she's got a I
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call it a typical Monday, am I right? Ladies? How
long can she roll with this? Don't you worry about it?
Once her antlers go up, she won't miss a beat.
You're the one who is expected to keep the family.
Take cut to a close up so we can get
the guests office set tighten up, one be ready to
move if she does the forgotten birthday, the guest off
as soon as we switch suddenly to grown up to
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be and one go now tell me what you got anything.
Civil Defense is about to make a statement. They're going
live in two and a half minute. Have Tommy signaled
her to throw advance? In two Tommy, We're going to
a live feed in two minutes, and change signal Helen
to throw advance and two in we make safe living
spaces for our family. Now if we can do think
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she got the message every day. Watch and you'll see
more than Once she gets a message, she winks at
the camera to let us know you're putting me on.
That's how she signals to us while continuing to talk
to the audience. I've been doing it for years. Watch
for it. More than equipped to handle today. Watch for it.
We're coming up on a minute. Amazing. Helen is a pro.
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She's got a gesture for pretty much every occasion. Oh,
she's got a whole vocabulary. This is go to break.
This means you don't yet know what that information is,
but there's a good chance you'll be grateful you voted down.
This is w e a l t V twelve Radio.
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This is Hard Viking, your official civil defense announcer. Here
is a special message from civil defense. Federal authorities have
said there is a chance that this area will be
attacked by an enemy force. It does not mean an
attack is certain, just that there is a possibility of
such an attack. Keep tune to the station for further
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information and instructions. I repeat, keep saying, Americas under attack.
Civil defense personnel report to your doney stations. Do not know.
I am being completely serious. There are planes or rockets
heading you right toward us. They just said, so I
think we know, right. Wouldn't we hear something or see something?
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Keep you had said anything about this being a drill. No,
I'm serious. They say you should see a bright flash
and then after that allowed boom. That's when you have
to lie down in a ditch. But there hasn't been
anything like that. Water supplies. Wait, let me listen. Don't
attempt to drive toward the largest cities. Keep doing to
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the station for further information. Remain calm, stay at home.
If you are at home, shut the doors and windows
and pull down the Jesus you need to go, turn
on a radio or something. I think something really big
is happening with your gas and oil furnace. Keep doing
to the station for further information and instructions. If you
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have livestock, get the animals undercover. I wonder if I
should go over to the school to get Becky Judith Judith, Hello, Hello,
hello defense personnelity for your don't listen to rumors, and
don't spread any rumors you have her. I can't, I can't.
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Just keep a station for further information. Remember You can
give official civil defense programs only at six forty and
twelve forty on your dial. Any other programs during the
radio alert are unaffacable. Be aware of them. The enemy
may attempt to confuse you by using unauthorized nations. Do
not listen or start rumors. They can cause many as nations.
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Nation you are listening to over the bitch and helping
like thank Arna and a under Fermativa. I hope the
longer play to each other. Partner's second. You're not everything.
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You can everything, but have no more chat. I want
everyone under their desks. Listen up, children, don't make me shout.
That was a stop signed missy. He sank a local
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account the card. There's nothing but that's car ruler all
regular where you're part or acorn pors call port on
your radio to no, no, get out of the way.
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We got there. Okay, children, if you keep up this voice,
Mr Killer is going to hear and easily name he comes.
Keep m and that's even from your criminals. Think and
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mobil to take a barge. The basic goal of similar
provaage preventing the death, damage and destructive and let's disast
this PRIs Civil defense has a mission to protect life
and property, to minimize and the pandami, and they mobilize
and manage resources and production. Civil difference. There is not
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attache from the government to government itself. David battles and
the rest to minimize the senior stand ready and we'll
direct you where to corral the vehicles. Wayne, why don't
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you come in take the lead on setting up Sure,
I'm sorry. I'm Wayne Langford on the Civil Defense District
Operations Coordinator. This is General Pug Wheeley. We're here to
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access to fall out shelter and set up the emergency
operations center. You'll have to excuse me. I don't know. Obviously,
you're gonna want to get the hospital director, head doctor,
and then I'm gonna want to meet the head of operations, security, physical, plant,
and even groundskeeping in that order. You got that start
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with the director. The phones are dead, dear. We have
an internal system in case about it. I'll handle this event.
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How may I be of service? According to the emergency plan,
all patients should be in um show me that folder again.
Patients should be in the basement of the north wing,
segregated by gender. Ambulatory patients in thirty minutes, incapacitated patients
within ninety minutes, assuming we have a full staff. Do
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you have a full staff to them? We do. They're
here to set up an emergency com Emergency Operations Center
e o C. We're honored to have you. You'll be
in the south wing. I recommend you direct your vehicles
to unload on the southeast corner, right under the fallout
shelter sign. I'll have a custodian unlocked the door and
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show you around. Send the custodian to open up, but
you stay here with me. Stand we move everyone down
to the entrance. Anything you say, Mr Langford, South wing
is that way, southeast door is around back. You're familiar
with the layout of the basement. Yes, I'll walk you down.
You'll follow me. Please, that's what we call you. Miss Wilburn.
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Verdery is fine. Verdery a pretty name. Thank you. One
grandmother was Vera, the other was Audrey Vera, Audrey Vergery.
You shouldn't need to bring much with you. The shelter
is fully stocked, perfect. The generator should come on automatically
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if we need it. This way. You're aware that this
is an e o C. Well aware. I used to
be a block warden back when they were doing such things.
You lock up the supply. I know we're not supposed to,
but some of the night attendants were using. It is
a mapping place. The lock is more psychological than anything.
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This air event at the bottom of the door, pops,
I don't know a person could easily crawl through and
open it up from the inside. That is a healthy supply,
operational equipment on the right side, food and sanitation on
the left. This notebook has all the information, tells where
everything is stacked. If you'll follow me, I'll show you
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where to set up. I got that door open for
thank you, Claude. Will you check and make sure we
have fuel for the generator. We couldn't get along without you.
I think I ought to have a look around myself
figure out what goes where. Well. I was going to
show you where if you set up according to plan,
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they mapped everything out here. Of course, if you choose
not to follow the plan, carry on. I'm honored that
our shelter will be used for emergency operations. I know
what a big deal this is. Oh, Mr Gelong, I
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need you to release Becky Rebecca Langford so I can
take her home? Becky, what is it according this list?
Becky isn't here? Isn't here? Oh, Mrs Langford, Becky just
left as we were getting the primary students into the shelter.
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The older students remain in their rooms until we're ready
for her. I don't understand she was allowed to leave.
Kids who have cars are allowed to drive themselves. She
doesn't have a car, drive themselves and their friends home
if they live near her. Come on, Stewart, who drove her?
Wendy Morton, Wendy More. Okay, she's probably at home waiting
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for you now. Sorry for the miscommunication, of course, of course,
thank you for your time. Wait. Yes, they were not
going to tell what what? Tell me what? She and
some of the other girls were talking about going to
a protest. She didn't go home. We don't know they
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told us, but we've heard that they may have gone
to the town square. Appear to think something may have
gone home, but they probably didn't. They probably went to
a protest today. We can't control where the children go
once they leave camp. She shouldn't have gone. You shouldn't
have let her leave, Mrs Langford. We are gathered here
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lobbly in open defiance of the citicipens has no right
to force us to hide the dar Becky, Becky, Mom,
don't get in the car right now. Everything, Wendy. I'll
talk to you about this later, but right now I
expect to me to get back to the car and
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go directly home. Your parents must be worried, sick mother.
If the bombs have really fallen, there's nothing we can
do to protect ourselves. Surely you understand that. Which child,
How could you be so stupid? I'm not going I'll
drag your head to be hollow right now. Great, they
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are sending soldiers against us, against us, as if we
are the enemy of the minister impression. All right, lock
arms and form a human war. Slowly put them off
the screen onto the Once you're in the part, they
can protest all the hell they want. I'm getting the child,
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burn your trip for all life. They're not allowed to
do that. We have rights. We have to be allowed
to protest. They're not allowed to violate our rights just
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because they want to keep the streets clear. Becky, there
are missiles falling all over the United States. We don't
know if we're going to get He should have let
them arrest me. They were already interested in arresting you.
He would have used violence, I know they would, Becky.
They couldn't wait to bring up the billy clubs. The
world is coming to an end. Possibly, don't you understand
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there really are Soviet pomps falling on us right now.
Going into the basement of my school is not going
to save my life. I suppose this is all some
way for you to get back at your father, get
back at my father. This is not about him. This
is about me being mature enough to have my own
political beliefs. And I'm sorry if they don't rhyme with
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yours Jesus sake. If my father has chosen to work
for the war machine, that is his right, has been
very good to us, don't you see, mother. The shelter
program is part of the whole campaign to build more missiles,
bigger and more deadly bombs. We're building bombs and setting
up shelters because of the Russians. Our missiles outnumbered the
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Soviet missiles ten to one, as well they should. They
can't be trusted, so it's up to us to keep
the peace. Doesn't seem to be working. Do you have
to argue about everything. You're only fifteen. When you're a
little older, you'll see what the government does is for
her own good. Well, I may not get any older
thanks to the government started. What are you doing? Is
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he crazy? Oh my Jesus, you're okay. We're gonna be o.
M just drive you can fit through there. I can't
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get through. You can just be careful. Who's this you
help us? Can we put her in your car to
take to the hospital. I'm sorry, I can't do that. Mother,
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someone's hurt. We can't just drive home. I said, nothing's happening.
We have to get her to a hospital. They said
it would be at least an hour before they can
get an ambulance to your home. I'm give now to
help Becky. Don't you dare get out of this car.
We have to help close that door. Please will lay
her in the backseat. What are you doing? You will
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just read him over. We get through. We happy to
get through. We came get through. The road is locked.
The world is there. That's it. I made it. I
made it. We're gonna make it. Just hold on. It's
happening to you. I can't remember. Are we supposed to
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lock it or leave it open. Lock it, definitely draw
the curtains. At least there's still power. Check for a
dial tone. No dial tone. I'm gonna find the pans
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and lids and start filling them with water. Are we
really going to do this? Do what the whole civil
defense shuck and jive, chuck and jive. I don't even
know what that means. But yes, you and I are
going to follow the home shelter plan. Of all people,
we have to so go gather blankets and pillows from upstairs.
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Mother on. We need something to distract us. Okay, that's
a good girl. I'll turn on channel twelve. Let's not
worry about the television right now. Stay busy, trying not
to think about about Daddy, about your father. Do you
think he'll stay in Atlanta or do you think he'll
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try to drive back to us. I'm sure he'll follow
the evacuation plan, but maybe he won't follow the rules.
Maybe he'll be determined to get back to us. No,
he'll shelter where he's supposed to shelter. He's not the
type to tect chances the highest point in your house.
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How are the numbers looking? Really strong? Patrols are reporting
complete visible compliance. It's a ghost town out there. Broke up,
the protest broken. Imagine that you hear the world's ending
in the first thing you do is go out and
form a picket line. Jesus, Joseph and Mary overall, I'm
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impressed with your planning, Wayne, really holding this thing together.
Thank you, sir. We still don't know how many people
are in public shelters versus how many are sheltering at home.
By the morning, each shelters should radio names and numbers,
will count heads and do the math in Do you
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hear anything from your people, my people, your family? Are
they here? No, sir, You told him right, so they
know what I thought about it, but I figured it
would be better for them if they didn't see it coming.
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If a person receives a small armenium dose of radiation,
his body will repair itself and he will get well.
All in, yes, ma'am, turn up all the lights upstairs again.
Then I'm going to bar the door for the night.
The most dangerous period notation about yours is that piece
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of wood going to stop a bomb. It may not
stop a bomb, but let's not forget we are two
women alone during a national emergency. Good night before I
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could go upstairs and get Daddy's gun. They'll do no
such thing. I know where he keeps it. I won't
use a gun. I refuse. You do, of course. Well
maybe you and I are not so far apart after all?
What do you mean? Good night? Mother? The Control Group
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by Brett Wood, recorded and mixed by Rob gal featuring
Tess Malice Kincaid, Alexandra Vicken, Hannah Berman, Minka Wilts, Mary Kraft,
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Tim Habigger and Keith Brooks. Music composed and performed by
Rob Gaal. The executive producer is Ben Bolan, Supervising producer
Paul Deckett.
The control group depicts a nuclear catastrophe and the complete
annihilation of the human race. Listener discretion is advised. It's
time for the letter from satur Jane Notch. The letters
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what sata with a valuable kodak insmatter? General? Wayne? How
long have you been up? Why didn't you wake me? Fronto?
You said it for eight le get Becky to the
bus in twenty minutes. That matter the driver. I don't
want to drive, Fry have things to do. All you
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have to do? I had things to do, Wayne, I
do things morning. Princess Up up, Daddy turned off my alarm.
Now we're running late, Dimon. Now I need youdn't get
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up so we can get going way. What do you
want to breakfast? You don't want breakfast. We kept toast
with a bright egg. I don't want to eat. You
have to eat so you don't have energy for school.
I want to go to school. We all have things
we don't want to do. But why you please not today?
We can't afford for you to miss the bus. I
can't take you this morning. I have too many things
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to Please. Get out of my room. I'll get up.
You just leave me alone. That's enough. Your father's driving
to Atlanta. He'll be gone for a couple of days,
so let's be pleasant so he can leave with a
good feeling. Let's be quiet and not upset dad, how
about my feelings. Don't be such a grumble post stop
calling me that do what you want. Then I'll make
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a cup of tea to go with your toast. Fine,
but I won't drink it to take time enough to
today's show goes. All right, we may run tomorrow's with
a real human at the controls. Thank you, Eva, that's beautiful.
All right, I'm gone. You said it was only for
a couple of days. Yeah, So why take such a
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big suitcase? Maybe I don't want my suits to get rankled.
Three suits, one for tonight, one for tomorrow, one for Wednesday. Okay,
it's my briefcase by the door. You don't want to
just take one suit and three ties? So now you're
going to interrogate me, interrogating you? What is it you think, Dori?
What is your suspicion? Let's drop it. Sorry, I asked,
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are you to tell? You know? Do? Maybe this is
my big chance? Maybe this time I want to make
an impression, and I don't want that impression to be
here's the guy who can only afford one good suit? Fine,
I was only trying to Hell. Hell, did you get
the door for not just nine? Call me tonight when
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you're settled in Okay, I'm a couple hours away, and
what they charged for long distance? Wait? A second dial
person to person and I'll decline the call. I just
want to know you got this all right. I will
now let me go. Do you have your handkerchiefs? I
have everything. Look well, I'm gone. Promise me you and
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Becky won't fight the whole time. Why don't you make
her promise? Really, Wayne, she's becoming impossible to deal with.
I'm not gonna argue about it, but I don't mind
telling you. I'm starting to get pretty much fed up.
Maybe you should participate a little more. Back me up
for once in your life. Goodbye, Wayne? Wait, come back
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for sect? Will you at least kiss me? Goodbye? I
gotta go. When you get back from Atlanta, I'll make
you a nice dinner. Maybe we'll dine out. Invite the Schultzs,
the schultz Is. I can't be laid dory. Okay, get
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out of here. Love you, love you too, Try not
to fight coming. Princess, Oh, never mind, a fount of myself.
Please don't call me princess. It's condescending. Before you know it,
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a lot of the boys and girls out there. You
haven't got time to watch television, watching it and just
drowning out the us of all the arguing. No one's argument.
You'll damage you're hearing if you play. It's allow, Becky,
you didn't touch your breakfast, doesn't matter. You still have
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to eat. You need fuel. My blue scarf? What about
your blue scarf? I want to wear it, of course,
of course, the blue and white stripes, the pale blue
with the scalloped edges. Scalloped edges. Mother, Now is not
the time to make fun. Understand, you're the one who
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insists I wake up in the middle. I'm sorry, just
so I can catch the bus and ride to school
with a lot of screaming chill George scarf. Really, mother,
I don't know how much longer you will insist upon
treating me like a child, and I appreciate your cooperation.
Couldn't you tie that once you get to school? Mother?
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You must be joking. Please, Becky, I need you to
make that bus. Fine, I'll go you have money for lunch.
I have money for lunch. I'll be here when you
get home. Goodbye, dear, goodbye. I love you. I do
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love her. There are the radio signals from the galaxies
that surrounding observative technical progress of remote civilization to the
mature and flower study their behave shoes and to keep
him off by shot. Something to do with keeping as
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to preserve climb. We've received the dis from our sentinels.
Which one those system and it's time system is it risks?
We will send a rescue pilot one of was that distance,
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my queen? I am afraid it's impossible. All of our
agents are on assignments. Any Hraematics part. There is one
agent nagas Zetron. What is happening here? Why did you
look at him? Any ah? Your imagining things? Who was
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this pilot? Zebtron was talking about it? Answer me? Plays
are one? Can't waday card love those cords? Quiz one
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so nice? Why someone else has signed the mission? Why
did you not tell me you were training to become Jude?
Get the boys off? Okay? I wanted to surprise you. Good.
What are you feeling? You certainly succeeded. I beg you
to reconsider the question, when will I be allowed to
live my own life? You don't think, oh, my life.
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I've wanted to prove myself to beat one thing other
than the child of a better than me? Is being
a princess such a terrible thing when you're thinking now
rather than be a princess? Okay, I didn't think I'd
ever get back out of the house today. Sure are
familiar with Helio's three. I'll need to be back by
two thirty before she gets home and chanced wait to
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destroy themselves and each their own apocalypse. As I see it,
you have two options. You're I can demands now, you
can allow me to fail, or you can help me succeed.
You will travel to Helios three under our guidance. You
will dismantle the doomsday system, and you will take measures
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to ensure the folly is not repeated, at least for
the next thousand years. The statistical odds of your success
I've been trained, and you're willing to risk such a sacrifice.
Self sacrifice is the noblest gesture a person can make.
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You yourself told me that, so I did. I am
blessed to have a daughter such as you. Quays are one.
I expected this to be your answer, So preparations for
your mission are already underway. May your voyage be swift,
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your mission successful, so that life in our galaxy shall
be preserved. So it shall be. Your space suit is
equipped with a computer in the chest plain and a
communicator in your helmet. No matter who language is spoken
right in Asian species, the communicator will translate both your
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speech and there I know all the subtraum microchip and
inside your head will allow you to remain in constant communication.
Just get me to the capsule as you wish online,
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you will be kept in suspected animation or post of
the journey. Your body will be fed a steady drip
of the dream a calm under this umbilicus that attaches
to the ports on your space suit. This too will
also be information into your computer as we obtain more
data during your pride. By the time you arrive, we
should ascertained the location. And my Queen, how was our
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pilot coming along? Just going through the previous breathing navigation child,
I'd like a word with her before you see you
with a capsule. Of course, Hello. You didn't say anything
to Gina about Wayne and get your appreciated and preparation
or launch really and let us delay. Think we are
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making things a way too complicated, trying to navigate everyone's feelings.
Hang on closing the cap TV capsule door closing, no
reading vital statistics. Do you hear that the Simons are
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going on life suspension sequence? You don't think it? Could
be a tornado? The tornadoes in the summer year, And
I don't hear anything. I've got on weather this morning
from ready for lunch and ten nine eight seven six five. No,
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I suppose so three to sleep? Will on my precious daughter? Well,
ways are one survived the journey? I'm going to turn
down the TV and see if I can grab to
Will anything be left? Becky plays it so loud I
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can't hear myself think. But then when she's away at school,
I need something to keep me company. I need a
radio in the kitchen. But that would be odd, wouldn't it.
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You can't hear it? Listen again? Ah, thank you? So
I'm not going crazy after all. Well I may be
going crazy, but not deaf. Does it make you feel
weird when you hear it? Yeah? Me too, No, I
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don't know. I just assumed. No, they usually test on
Thursdays at noon. Hang on, let me pick up the
extension in the living room. Give me two shakes. Okay,
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I'm here now you hear me. Okay, do you know
if it's good? Yeah? I just love I forgared it
must be a falsil. Arnold Helen Huntley's on Now I'm
looking at her now here, listen for yourself, girl nesting. Oh,
it's really quite sophisticated. Enough okay, because what are you
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gonna do if Charlie starts sniffing around your skirt? I
didn't realize it wasn't Well, did I ever tell you?
He said to me at one of the football games.
I can tell you Christmas feels you're going to appreciate this,
And keep in mind that Gina was standing not five
feet away from us. It's going to confirm every bad
thought you ever had in your mind about him, well
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just about ten seconds. That's why I'm warning you break
first station. Well, you know how I feel about him,
So I'm just going to let you figure this one
out on your own. You might actually learn something. Philip,
you know Croisarmers Association. I'm sure Christmas seals campaign your bad.
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Right after this, and fifteen seconds later, we are still
waiting on station identification. I'm sorry, I thought I thought
we were going to I d forgive us, Elaine. It's Monday,
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and rather than station identification, it seems we will be
sending you over to our news desk for an update
from Vance Norwood. Or maybe you could just ask Vance
Norwood to stop by here whenever he's ready, or you
could just, I don't know, toss me some rubber balls
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and I'll juggle until we're ready to pitch to Vance. Oh,
I'm sorry you had to witness this, Elaine. It's quite
all night. Hold tight, shoot if they're about to say
what this is all about? Just moments ago, I know,
I wish they'd turned it off already, giving me the
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vv gets. So that's all experience. Actively hold on and listening.
They're saying, some airplanes are flying over Canada and you
don't know who they are yet. Question, well, how am
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I supposed to find that out? Can I just ask?
Should I ask? The nice man on television? Now? Well,
give me two seconds to listen to what they're saying.
You know what, you blew your chance? Now, seriously, you
blew it. You're never going to get your answer from
Mr TV man. I feel terribly back to w because
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they switched back to Helen Huntley there with us emergency over.
I guess why aren't we Tommy? Can we can't do
a break while we we encourage you not to be alarmed.
In a moment, we'll return to Vance Norwood for further
updates and find out what's what's really happening? Is that right, Tommy?
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Are we going back to Vance? Okay? Well, ah, they
just announced that America is under attack, and I'm supposed
to just what continue with our interview? Fine? Fine, um,
We'll all just sit here for a moment, feeling a
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little dazed, looking confused, and starting to feel considerably anxious
over the fact that Soviet bombers are now approaching American airspace?
Is that what we're supposed to do? Tommy? No, No,
she didn't possible. No one run down to the wire,
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find out what's happening. There's not right around? Do me
think I don't care together myself? Whenever co is steing
in the booth, which I do. We got nothing to
cut to saying what never mind? Just wait, let's she'll
She'll figure it out. Let's cut away. No no, no, no, no,
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no no. Put your hand on the button, but Stanley,
just don't press it yet. Absolutely typical. I've been in
the world of television, a bubble, a fantasy for so
long that I have forgotten what it means to be
a housewright. Everything together right while the whole world is
coming apart of the scene. Okay, she's got a I
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call it a typical Monday, am I right? Ladies? How
long can she roll with this? Don't you worry about it?
Once her antlers go up, she won't miss a beat.
You're the one who is expected to keep the family.
Take cut to a close up so we can get
the guests office set tighten up, one be ready to
move if she does the forgotten birthday, the guest off
as soon as we switch suddenly to grown up to
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be and one go now tell me what you got anything.
Civil Defense is about to make a statement. They're going
live in two and a half minute. Have Tommy signaled
her to throw advance? In two Tommy, We're going to
a live feed in two minutes, and change signal Helen
to throw advance and two in we make safe living
spaces for our family. Now if we can do think
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she got the message every day. Watch and you'll see
more than Once she gets a message, she winks at
the camera to let us know you're putting me on.
That's how she signals to us while continuing to talk
to the audience. I've been doing it for years. Watch
for it. More than equipped to handle today. Watch for it.
We're coming up on a minute. Amazing. Helen is a pro.
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She's got a gesture for pretty much every occasion. Oh,
she's got a whole vocabulary. This is go to break.
This means you don't yet know what that information is,
but there's a good chance you'll be grateful you voted down.
This is w e a l t V twelve Radio.
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This is Hard Viking, your official civil defense announcer. Here
is a special message from civil defense. Federal authorities have
said there is a chance that this area will be
attacked by an enemy force. It does not mean an
attack is certain, just that there is a possibility of
such an attack. Keep tune to the station for further
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information and instructions. I repeat, keep saying, Americas under attack.
Civil defense personnel report to your doney stations. Do not know.
I am being completely serious. There are planes or rockets
heading you right toward us. They just said, so I
think we know, right. Wouldn't we hear something or see something?
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Keep you had said anything about this being a drill. No,
I'm serious. They say you should see a bright flash
and then after that allowed boom. That's when you have
to lie down in a ditch. But there hasn't been
anything like that. Water supplies. Wait, let me listen. Don't
attempt to drive toward the largest cities. Keep doing to
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the station for further information. Remain calm, stay at home.
If you are at home, shut the doors and windows
and pull down the Jesus you need to go, turn
on a radio or something. I think something really big
is happening with your gas and oil furnace. Keep doing
to the station for further information and instructions. If you
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have livestock, get the animals undercover. I wonder if I
should go over to the school to get Becky Judith Judith, Hello, Hello,
hello defense personnelity for your don't listen to rumors, and
don't spread any rumors you have her. I can't, I can't.
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Just keep a station for further information. Remember You can
give official civil defense programs only at six forty and
twelve forty on your dial. Any other programs during the
radio alert are unaffacable. Be aware of them. The enemy
may attempt to confuse you by using unauthorized nations. Do
not listen or start rumors. They can cause many as nations.
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Nation you are listening to over the bitch and helping
like thank Arna and a under Fermativa. I hope the
longer play to each other. Partner's second. You're not everything.
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You can everything, but have no more chat. I want
everyone under their desks. Listen up, children, don't make me shout.
That was a stop signed missy. He sank a local
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account the card. There's nothing but that's car ruler all
regular where you're part or acorn pors call port on
your radio to no, no, get out of the way.
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We got there. Okay, children, if you keep up this voice,
Mr Killer is going to hear and easily name he comes.
Keep m and that's even from your criminals. Think and
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mobil to take a barge. The basic goal of similar
provaage preventing the death, damage and destructive and let's disast
this PRIs Civil defense has a mission to protect life
and property, to minimize and the pandami, and they mobilize
and manage resources and production. Civil difference. There is not
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attache from the government to government itself. David battles and
the rest to minimize the senior stand ready and we'll
direct you where to corral the vehicles. Wayne, why don't
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you come in take the lead on setting up Sure,
I'm sorry. I'm Wayne Langford on the Civil Defense District
Operations Coordinator. This is General Pug Wheeley. We're here to
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access to fall out shelter and set up the emergency
operations center. You'll have to excuse me. I don't know. Obviously,
you're gonna want to get the hospital director, head doctor,
and then I'm gonna want to meet the head of operations, security, physical, plant,
and even groundskeeping in that order. You got that start
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with the director. The phones are dead, dear. We have
an internal system in case about it. I'll handle this event.
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How may I be of service? According to the emergency plan,
all patients should be in um show me that folder again.
Patients should be in the basement of the north wing,
segregated by gender. Ambulatory patients in thirty minutes, incapacitated patients
within ninety minutes, assuming we have a full staff. Do
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you have a full staff to them? We do. They're
here to set up an emergency com Emergency Operations Center
e o C. We're honored to have you. You'll be
in the south wing. I recommend you direct your vehicles
to unload on the southeast corner, right under the fallout
shelter sign. I'll have a custodian unlocked the door and
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show you around. Send the custodian to open up, but
you stay here with me. Stand we move everyone down
to the entrance. Anything you say, Mr Langford, South wing
is that way, southeast door is around back. You're familiar
with the layout of the basement. Yes, I'll walk you down.
You'll follow me. Please, that's what we call you. Miss Wilburn.
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Verdery is fine. Verdery a pretty name. Thank you. One
grandmother was Vera, the other was Audrey Vera, Audrey Vergery.
You shouldn't need to bring much with you. The shelter
is fully stocked, perfect. The generator should come on automatically
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if we need it. This way. You're aware that this
is an e o C. Well aware. I used to
be a block warden back when they were doing such things.
You lock up the supply. I know we're not supposed to,
but some of the night attendants were using. It is
a mapping place. The lock is more psychological than anything.
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This air event at the bottom of the door, pops,
I don't know a person could easily crawl through and
open it up from the inside. That is a healthy supply,
operational equipment on the right side, food and sanitation on
the left. This notebook has all the information, tells where
everything is stacked. If you'll follow me, I'll show you
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where to set up. I got that door open for
thank you, Claude. Will you check and make sure we
have fuel for the generator. We couldn't get along without you.
I think I ought to have a look around myself
figure out what goes where. Well. I was going to
show you where if you set up according to plan,
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they mapped everything out here. Of course, if you choose
not to follow the plan, carry on. I'm honored that
our shelter will be used for emergency operations. I know
what a big deal this is. Oh, Mr Gelong, I
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need you to release Becky Rebecca Langford so I can
take her home? Becky, what is it according this list?
Becky isn't here? Isn't here? Oh, Mrs Langford, Becky just
left as we were getting the primary students into the shelter.
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The older students remain in their rooms until we're ready
for her. I don't understand she was allowed to leave.
Kids who have cars are allowed to drive themselves. She
doesn't have a car, drive themselves and their friends home
if they live near her. Come on, Stewart, who drove her?
Wendy Morton, Wendy More. Okay, she's probably at home waiting
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for you now. Sorry for the miscommunication, of course, of course,
thank you for your time. Wait. Yes, they were not
going to tell what what? Tell me what? She and
some of the other girls were talking about going to
a protest. She didn't go home. We don't know they
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told us, but we've heard that they may have gone
to the town square. Appear to think something may have
gone home, but they probably didn't. They probably went to
a protest today. We can't control where the children go
once they leave camp. She shouldn't have gone. You shouldn't
have let her leave, Mrs Langford. We are gathered here
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lobbly in open defiance of the citicipens has no right
to force us to hide the dar Becky, Becky, Mom,
don't get in the car right now. Everything, Wendy. I'll
talk to you about this later, but right now I
expect to me to get back to the car and
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go directly home. Your parents must be worried, sick mother.
If the bombs have really fallen, there's nothing we can
do to protect ourselves. Surely you understand that. Which child,
How could you be so stupid? I'm not going I'll
drag your head to be hollow right now. Great, they
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are sending soldiers against us, against us, as if we
are the enemy of the minister impression. All right, lock
arms and form a human war. Slowly put them off
the screen onto the Once you're in the part, they
can protest all the hell they want. I'm getting the child,
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burn your trip for all life. They're not allowed to
do that. We have rights. We have to be allowed
to protest. They're not allowed to violate our rights just
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because they want to keep the streets clear. Becky, there
are missiles falling all over the United States. We don't
know if we're going to get He should have let
them arrest me. They were already interested in arresting you.
He would have used violence, I know they would, Becky.
They couldn't wait to bring up the billy clubs. The
world is coming to an end. Possibly, don't you understand
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there really are Soviet pomps falling on us right now.
Going into the basement of my school is not going
to save my life. I suppose this is all some
way for you to get back at your father, get
back at my father. This is not about him. This
is about me being mature enough to have my own
political beliefs. And I'm sorry if they don't rhyme with
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yours Jesus sake. If my father has chosen to work
for the war machine, that is his right, has been
very good to us, don't you see, mother. The shelter
program is part of the whole campaign to build more missiles,
bigger and more deadly bombs. We're building bombs and setting
up shelters because of the Russians. Our missiles outnumbered the
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Soviet missiles ten to one, as well they should. They
can't be trusted, so it's up to us to keep
the peace. Doesn't seem to be working. Do you have
to argue about everything. You're only fifteen. When you're a
little older, you'll see what the government does is for
her own good. Well, I may not get any older
thanks to the government started. What are you doing? Is
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he crazy? Oh my Jesus, you're okay. We're gonna be o.
M just drive you can fit through there. I can't
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get through. You can just be careful. Who's this you
help us? Can we put her in your car to
take to the hospital. I'm sorry, I can't do that. Mother,
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someone's hurt. We can't just drive home. I said, nothing's happening.
We have to get her to a hospital. They said
it would be at least an hour before they can
get an ambulance to your home. I'm give now to
help Becky. Don't you dare get out of this car.
We have to help close that door. Please will lay
her in the backseat. What are you doing? You will
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just read him over. We get through. We happy to
get through. We came get through. The road is locked.
The world is there. That's it. I made it. I
made it. We're gonna make it. Just hold on. It's
happening to you. I can't remember. Are we supposed to
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lock it or leave it open. Lock it, definitely draw
the curtains. At least there's still power. Check for a
dial tone. No dial tone. I'm gonna find the pans
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and lids and start filling them with water. Are we
really going to do this? Do what the whole civil
defense shuck and jive, chuck and jive. I don't even
know what that means. But yes, you and I are
going to follow the home shelter plan. Of all people,
we have to so go gather blankets and pillows from upstairs.
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Mother on. We need something to distract us. Okay, that's
a good girl. I'll turn on channel twelve. Let's not
worry about the television right now. Stay busy, trying not
to think about about Daddy, about your father. Do you
think he'll stay in Atlanta or do you think he'll
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try to drive back to us. I'm sure he'll follow
the evacuation plan, but maybe he won't follow the rules.
Maybe he'll be determined to get back to us. No,
he'll shelter where he's supposed to shelter. He's not the
type to tect chances the highest point in your house.
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How are the numbers looking? Really strong? Patrols are reporting
complete visible compliance. It's a ghost town out there. Broke up,
the protest broken. Imagine that you hear the world's ending
in the first thing you do is go out and
form a picket line. Jesus, Joseph and Mary overall, I'm
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impressed with your planning, Wayne, really holding this thing together.
Thank you, sir. We still don't know how many people
are in public shelters versus how many are sheltering at home.
By the morning, each shelters should radio names and numbers,
will count heads and do the math in Do you
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hear anything from your people, my people, your family? Are
they here? No, sir, You told him right, so they
know what I thought about it, but I figured it
would be better for them if they didn't see it coming.
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If a person receives a small armenium dose of radiation,
his body will repair itself and he will get well.
All in, yes, ma'am, turn up all the lights upstairs again.
Then I'm going to bar the door for the night.
The most dangerous period notation about yours is that piece
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of wood going to stop a bomb. It may not
stop a bomb, but let's not forget we are two
women alone during a national emergency. Good night before I
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could go upstairs and get Daddy's gun. They'll do no
such thing. I know where he keeps it. I won't
use a gun. I refuse. You do, of course. Well
maybe you and I are not so far apart after all?
What do you mean? Good night? Mother? The Control Group
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is a production of My Heart Radio, written and directed
by Brett Wood, recorded and mixed by Rob gal featuring
Tess Malice Kincaid, Alexandra Vicken, Hannah Berman, Minka Wilts, Mary Kraft,
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Tim Habigger and Keith Brooks. Music composed and performed by
Rob Gaal. The executive producer is Ben Bolan, Supervising producer
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