ATV Today: 17.09.1981: Ditton Priors
Summary
A report in the Daily Star said that the village of Ditton Priors in Shropshire is one of Russia's targets in the event of nuclear war. Until 1968 ammunition was stored in the village and this is the Russian's target.
Year:
1981
Duration:
0:02:42
Film type:
Colour
/
Sound
Company:
ATV
Master format:
16mm
Description
Views of Ditton Priors village and the buildings that were used for the storage of armaments, originally by the British and then for a year by the Americans who left in 1968. John Swallow talked to local people about their reaction to the news that outdated intelligence meant that Ditton Priors would be targeted by two nuclear bombs.
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