Talk:The Day After

Soviets in the Fulda Gap

The line about Soviet troops crossing the Fulda Gap and where Wiesbaden may have been destroyed by a nuclear explosion did indeed occur in the film. It comes from two specific lines of dialouge.

At one point, a number of students at the University of Kansas are in line and Bruce is among them. Bruce is drawn over to a television set, where the announcer says "...three pronged attack, spearheaded by rapid Soviet tank and artilley advances into the Fulda Gap. Having already captured NATO advance positions along the West German border, the looming question is: how far will the Warsaw Pact forces go? Will the Russians advance straight for the Rhine and defy NATO's declared policy of defense by all means, including the use of tactical nuclear weapons?"

Shortly afterward, there is a scene where Dr. Oakes is stuck in his car in slow-moving traffic on the Interstate. On the radio, the announcer says "...Warsaw Pact forces are close to annoucing a cease-fire along the German border. There are still no eyewitness accounts to substantiate the rumor that low kiloton-range nuclear weapons were detonated this morning during the conflct, resulted in the reported destruction of Wiesbaden, and the outskirts of Frankfurt" and then the Emergency Broadcast System beep cuts in.

Sedalia, Whiteman AFB

This movie has a small scale cult status in my hometown because of the line "Mister, there ain't no more Sedalia." I'm trying to remember if Whiteman AFB got hit the the nuclear exchange. If so, maybe link here from the Sedalia, Missouri and Whiteman Air Force Base articles? crazyeddie 10:13, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Use of government stock footage?

Although the iconic mushroom cloud may have been created by special effects, my understanding was that a lot of scenes of houses getting destroyed WERE government stock footage. Can anyone confirm/deny? (This anonymous comment was posted by 67.165.35.133 on 6-SEP-2006)

Yes, some of it was U.S. government stock footage, including a scene of trees being brushed back by the nuclear explosion. Those trees were, I think, planted in concrete as an experiment at the time of a nuclear test. There's also one scene of a building shattering that was lifted from an obscure 1979 disaster movie, "Meteor," starring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood. 205.188.116.135 01:53, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Warrensburg, Missouri?

Now here's a question. If one of the bombs destroyed Whiteman Air Force Base, would Warrensburg, Missouri have been wiped out? (This anonymous comment was added on 6 April 2006 by Mike14. Please sign your comments by adding four tildes ~~~~ to the end of the comment.)

Almost certainly. Mapquest shows downtown Warrensburg to be only about 11 miles from the base. A larger weapon in the 25-100 megaton range would level everything within a blast radus that Warrensburg would definitely fall in. Even blasts from smaller yeild weapons would still devastate the town. Warrensburg would be toast. Kevyn 04:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Belton mentioned?

Was Belton, MO ever mentioned in the movie?--24.208.123.129 01:15, 22 July 2006 (UTC)Geobeedude