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  1. Christmas Island Prepares for Nuclear Tests

    Date released
    17 Dec 1956
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2692
    NoS ID
    047041
    Story no
    8 / 8

    Almost uninhabited island on equator prepares for next year’s atomic experiments.

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  2. Countdown to Zero (2011)

    Director
    Lucy Walker
    Subject
    Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 92 minutes), £9.99

    Leading politicians and political analysts including Jimmy Carter, Tony Blair, Valerie Plame Wilson, Mikhail Gorbachev and Zbigniew Brzezinski discuss the threat posed by nuclear weapons in the 21st century...

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  3. Backs to the Blast (1982 Film)

    Director
    Harry Bardwell
    Subject
    Engineering; Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A documentary history of the nuclear industry in South Australia which examines the dangers of radiation. Incorporates rare archival footage and contemporary interviews with workers, scientists, politicians...

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  4. Bomb, The (1980 Video)

    Director
    Francis Gerard
    Producer
    Michael Deakin; Frank Smith
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The implications of the escalating nuclear arms race. Moves from the ‘Hibakusha’ (survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) in Japan to the computerised weapons systems of the US military, as it traces the...

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  5. Eight Minutes to Midnight (1981 Film)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The story of Dr Helen Caldicott’s struggle to inform and arouse the public about the medical dangers of the nuclear threat, and how she fits this in with family commitments. Shows her tour of Australia,...

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  6. Threat of Nuclear War, The (3 Parts) (1981 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, 3 audiocassettes. 3 x 30 slides. b&w/col.

    Part 1: Summarises what a nuclear bomb is and how it works (discusses all the major types). Looks at the effects as typified by Hiroshima and discusses what a nuclear war might be like in Britain using...

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  7. Weapons of War (1995 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 60 min., 1995 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    A documentary study of weapons developed by scientists and engineeers during World War 2. Using archival footage, looks at radar, Hobart’s funnies, the ‘bouncing bomb’, the V1 and V2 missiles, the...

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  8. H-Bomb Tested in Pacific

    Date released
    21 May 1956
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2632
    NoS ID
    046608
    Story no
    4 / 9
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    Latest nuclear weapon detonated in spectacular experiment.

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  9. Truth Game, The (1983 Film, Video)

    Director
    David Munro
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Looks at worldwide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race, beginning with the dropping of two American atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, through the build-up of nuclear arms by Russia and America...

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  10. Guide to Armageddon, A (1983 Video)

    Director
    Mick Jackson
    Subject
    Social welfare; Sociology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

    Examines the effects of nuclear weapons. Looks at the physical effects of a single medium-sized nuclear warhead on a large city such as London, questioning how effective the various types of shelter might...

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