protect and survive

I just watched the videos here:

http://video.yandex.ru/users/noopcwd/view/66/

I was born in the early 80's so can't remember that much of the cold war, but did anyone really bother building the inner refuge, or make any contingency plans in case the worst did happen (futile as it would have been)?

(Also posted in the threads board not sure if there are a over lap of posters)