Cradle of Democracy...
So, my cats and I are TOTES FINE!
But, yes, that was very much a Cold-War Era, facing-nuclear-destruction bummer story. BUT that does make it a very different premise!
The people in On the Beach are facing death due to a nuclear holocaust which just hasn't reached them yet (the fallout). It's about humanity destroying itself.
This film is about crazy random happenstance.
IT'S SO SHOCKING that treating a child like a special snowflake results in children who think they are special snowflakes!!!!11!!