If There Were A Nuclear Attack In The 1970s This Is What Would Have Been Broadcast
You might say that the 1960s were when Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union reached their peak, but that doesn’t mean that the 1970s were any picnic. The people of both nations lived under the constant threat of all-out nuclear war. To prepare for this possibility in the U.S., radio stations in different cities were instructed to create official attack warnings. These recordings were to be broadcast to the population in the event of a nuclear strike on American soil. While these messages are ominous, they still have a friendly flavor to them since they were recorded by radio hosts. In the video below you can hear the attack warning message recorded by Jim O’Brien for Philadelphia’s WFIL in the early 1970s… It really makes you think about how many announcements they have these days…there’s gotta be at least one for a zombie apocalypse, right? Read more: http://www.viralnova.com/attack-warning-message/