In Time of Crisis (1987)- UK Transition to War Emergency Powers Cold War Documentary
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2020
- A documentary on the emergency powers that British government would use if a major war broke out during the cold war.
Britain Transition To War:
1- Closure of schools, colleges and universities
2- Hospitals being cleared
3- Motorways closed to civilian traffic
4- Normal television and radio broadcasts suspended (or programmes cancelled, changed or interrupted). For example, weather forecasts and TV/radio shows are suspended.
5- Non-essential telephone lines disconnected, the Government Telephone Preference Scheme is activated.
6- Known and potential subversives interned without charge or trial. Some civil rights could be suspended as the result of Parliament passing an Emergency Powers Act.
7- Restrictions on electricity for advertising and display. Government may order sports stadiums, theatres, cinemas, art galleries and certain premises to close as a result.
8- Government commandeers commercial and private aircraft, ferries, other shipping, British Airways, and the Channel Tunnel. Normal railway services are suspended and trains commandeered, buses and coaches requisitioned.
9- Absenteeism in many companies and workplaces.
10- Gas, electricity and water supplies disconnected. Petrol and diesel supplies rationed.
11- Police leave cancelled.
12- Press reporting restrictions are imposed, along with postal censorship.
13- Fire engines and ambulances are deployed outside of towns and cities.
14- Borders, ports and airports are closed to the public.
15- Noted artworks taken into storage
Putting aside the fact that the world geopolitical landscape has changed significantly since 1987 the fact remains that if the United Kingdom came under direct attack from any nation outside of Europe the emergency powers acts would be very swiftly implemented, possibly even without parliamentary scrutiny and assent, modern warfare would be far quicker to reach our shores than ever before and anyone who thinks that the provision of emergency powers acts are not already written and reviewed/amended periodically are very very naive, there would be no time at all for any parliamentary debate,amendments,debate,vote,lords debate,amendment, lords debate, vote, and implementation, it would be necessary for the military of the United Kingdom and our other nations based here to have the powers to act to protect their assets, deploy them without interference by the NIMBY brigade, allowing civilians to remain free to travel whenever and wherever would have to be strictly controlled or banned completely, all civilian airports, ports and railways run by the military or with military oversight and control, the NHS put on a war footing with all elective procedures cancelled and as many beds freed up by discharging all ‘bed blockers’ to the care of family, or even neighbours, doubling room occupancy in care homes and other private facilities, all distribution centres and networks put under governmental control, strict rationing of food and fuel, possibly water rationing if water stocks were low, all production facilities of war materials onto 24/7 production, all police and civil servant leave cancelled, all firearms trained police routinely armed, all fire a rescue services put under government control but maintaining civil cover as far as possible, all funeral and mortuary services put under government control, and most of all marshal law introduced, meaning that looters could be shot on sight, pubs/clubs and other recreational places closed until the crisis/war had ended or stabilised. I am sure there are many things I have not covered or thought about, but I do think it’s a basis for what emergency powers the government would and should have. Oh, nearly forgot power generation and power rationing, it might be necessary to shutdown nuclear power plants and reactivate older fossil fuel plants. It is 20 years since I left the military but I think things won’t have changed to much since then. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴🇺🇦
please use paragraphs
Airstrip one is the fob.
20:00 ok, I live near there and know a guy who worked there when this was filmed
Cannot see the problem, UK nationals, helping support Americans who are on the frontline, for the UK, anyone who thinks this is wrong is very mixed up.
Such a sweeping statement suggests that you haven't thought through all the legal, sovereign, and moral nuances of what is clearly an extremely tricky conundrum. I'm not saying you're 'mixed up', that would be using unreasonable language, but why so scathing about those who question what mounts to dictatorship? Is there such a thing as a benevolent dictatorship? Well that's one of many questions this documentary should bring to mind.
Amazing such mad tv shows were made at the time.
mad?
@@warprecautions631 just ignoring the reasons for things. Same sort of idea as say putting barriers up at level crossings for everyone’s safety and people angrily wondering why their freedom to be on the road is being stopped.
I ask ....all the Armchair Military , Conflict and Disaster specialist...how would you handle it
Americans had no fecking idea what a nuclear war would look like in the 80s.
They knew exactly what it would look like. Remember over half of the weapons were allied. They would have a very good idea of the European targets.
Unless you served, 52 x USAF 91st MW .
A lot of this sounds very similar to what happened during Lockdown..........
Perhaps the pandemic was a good guideline of what will happen in a war.
Except the vast majority sat on their ass at home getting 80% of their salary courtesy of the taxpayer instead of being conscripted into work battalions down the docks.
Exactly, the holocough virus was used as a cover story for testing the wartime measures.
Who thought it was a good idea to have a presenter who cannot pronounce the letter R?
[Barbara Walters _storms_ into the chat]
@@Chris_Hood Lucy Worsley follows suit.
@@RobertLocksley385 followed by Jonathan Woss.
It's called a lisp, a reasonably common occurrence. Perhaps you should try listening to what the informative reporter is revealing about an extremely weighty and interesting topic.
I beg to ask “what is stage fwree” I never “twust”someone that does not pronounce his words properly.
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