Apropos for recent times . . .
We're probably closer to nuclear war NOW than we were back then.
A quick trip down memory lane . . .
"The televised film that was made as a public service announcement horrified those who saw it."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
When 'The Day After' Terrorized 100 Million Viewers With a Vision of Nuclear War
Before Nicholas Meyer's made-for-television film The Day After had its official airing on November 20, 1983, then-President Ronald Reagan and his Joint Chiefs of Staff were given screening copies. In his diary, Reagan recorded his reaction to seeing Meyer's graphic depiction of a nuclear holocaust that devastates a small Kansas town, writing: "It's very effective and left me greatly depressed.
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