Eight Minutes to Midnight

Synopsis

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, where she spoke to many groups, including aborigines whose sacred lands were about to become the site of a uranium mine. Her view was that nuclear weapons and nuclear power are the greated public health hazard ever.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. col. 60 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1981

Availability

Hire

Subjects

Environmental science

Keywords

Caldicott, Helen; environmental campaigning; nuclear weapons

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

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.