Learning on ScreenHalf Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age
- Synopsis
- Uses newsreel film, declassified US Defence Department footage and interviews with the people of Rongelap, who on that occasion were not evacuated, to describe the US hydrogen bomb testing programme ‘Bravo’ conducted in the Marshall Islands in 1954. Suggests that the USA used the islanders as part of a deliberate experiment to observe the effects of radiation on humans.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 86 min.
- Year of production
- 1985
- Availability
- Sale; 1999 sale: £150.00 (inclusive)
- Subjects
- Anthropology; Politics & government
- Keywords
- nuclear radiation; nuclear weapons; United States of America
Credits
- Director
- Dennis O’Rourke
- Producer
- Dennis O’Rourke
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Camerawork Pty Ltd
- camerawork@effect.net.au
- Phone
- +61 2 6262 5255
- Fax
- +61 2 6262 5266
- Address
- 1 Lambert Street
GPO Box 199
Canberra 2601
Australia - Notes
- Contact: Dennis O’Rourke
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