Estimating Deaths in a Nuclear War

Sequel to The Fallen of World War II, The Shadow Peace is a web series that combines data-visualization and cinematic storytelling to explore the driving factors of war and peace. Please consider supporting this audience-funded series on Patreon: The first episode looks at the numbers behind nuclear war and peacekeeping efforts. Composed largely of data-driven animation, the 15-minute film allows the viewer to pause at certain moments to interact with the content. The hour glass animation was based on a visualization by Oliver Uberti: