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Backs to the Blast (Harry Bardwell)

1981

Backs to the Blast (Harry Bardwell)

1981

  • NFSA IDX21N9J40
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormDocumentary
  • Year1981
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

A documentary history of the uranium and nuclear industry in South Australia from 1910 to 1980. Incorporates a mass of rare archival footage and contemporary interviews with workers, scientists, and politicians, presenting an analysis of the effects of uranium and its products. Provides a detailed examination of the uranium mine at Radium Hill, the uranium oxide refinery at Port Pirie and the British atomic weapons test site at Maralinga. With thanks to : South Australian State Library, Western Mining Corporation Australian Nuclear Veterans Association, Rigby Publishers Limited, Advertiser Newspapers Limited, South Australian Department of Mines and Energy, Cinesound Pty. Ltd., ABC, South Australia Media Resource Centre, Friends of the Earth, Campaign Against Nuclear Energy, Amalgamated Metalworkers and Shipwrights Union, Mr. A. Read, Mr. K. Halkett. -- General note: Source: Australian Films 1981.National Library of Australia.

  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

A documentary history of the uranium and nuclear industry in South Australia from 1910 to 1980. Incorporates a mass of rare archival footage and contemporary interviews with workers, scientists, and politicians, presenting an analysis of the effects of uranium and its products. Provides a detailed examination of the uranium mine at Radium Hill, the uranium oxide refinery at Port Pirie and the British atomic weapons test site at Maralinga. With thanks to : South Australian State Library, Western Mining Corporation Australian Nuclear Veterans Association, Rigby Publishers Limited, Advertiser Newspapers Limited, South Australian Department of Mines and Energy, Cinesound Pty. Ltd., ABC, South Australia Media Resource Centre, Friends of the Earth, Campaign Against Nuclear Energy, Amalgamated Metalworkers and Shipwrights Union, Mr. A. Read, Mr. K. Halkett. -- General note: Source: Australian Films 1981.National Library of Australia.

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