Backs to the Blast
- Synopsis
- 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 and aborigines. Analyses the effects of uranium and its products. A uranium mine, a uranium oxide plant and a British atomic weapons testing site are amongst the examples shown.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 50 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1982
- Availability
- Hire
- Subjects
- Engineering; Physics
- Keywords
- Australia; nuclear power industries; nuclear radiation; nuclear weapons
Credits
- Director
- Harry Bardwell
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Composite Films
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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