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On this the third, or is it the fourth, anniversary of the nuclear misunderstanding which lead to the Third World War, here is the - of the Third World War, here is the last recorded statement of the Prime Minister, as he then was, who had just succeeded his illustrious father into office, "I feel I am not boasting when I remind you that this was, without a shadow of a doubt, the very shortest war in living memory. Two minutes, twenty-eight seconds, up to and including the grave process of signing the peace treaty fully blotted. The great task of burying our 40 million dead was also carried out in great expediency and good will
On this the third, or is it the fourth, anniversary of the nuclear misunderstanding which lead to the Third World War, here is the - of the Third World War, here is the last recorded statement of the Prime Minister, as he then was, who had just succeeded his illustrious father into office, "I feel I am not boasting when I remind you that this was, without a shadow of a doubt, the very shortest war in living memory. Two minutes, twenty-eight seconds, up to and including the grave process of signing the peace treaty fully blotted. The great task of burying our 40 million dead was also carried out in great expediency and good will
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On this the third or is it the fourth anniversary
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of the nuclear misunderstanding
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which led to the Third World War here is the
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Oh sod
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here is the
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of the Third World War here is the last recorded statement
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of the Prime Minister as he then was
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who had just succeeded his illustrious father into office
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l feel l am not boasting when l remind you that this was
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without a shadow of a doubt the very shortest war in living memory
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Two minutes 28 seconds up to and including the grave process
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of signing the peace treaty fully blotted
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The great task of burying our 40 million dead
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was also carried out with great expediency and good will
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Movie Summary
Set in post-nuclear-holocaust England, where a handful of bizarre characters struggle on with their lives in the ruins, amongst endless heaps of ash, piles of broken crockery and brick, muddy plains, and heaps of dentures and old boo
