Audio / Video

Nuclear savage

  • Feature length version
  • Educational version

Description

Between 1946 and 1958 the United States used the Marshall Islands as a test site for nuclear weapons, then conducted medical tests on the native Rongelap people for the biological effect of ingesting food contaminated with radiation.

Details

Title

Nuclear savage

Creator

Horowitz, Adam, director,

producer,

screenwriter.

Einhorn, Richard, 1952 August 2- composer.

Creator

Primordial Soup Company, presenter.

Video Project, publisher.

Variant Title

Island experiments of Secret Project 4.1

Islands of Secret Project 4.1

Published

San Francisco, Calif., Video Project, 2012?

Edition

Full screen.

Full Collection Name

Media Resources Center Selections

Subject (Topic)

Radiation Toxicology--Research--Marshall Islands.

Nuclear weapons Testing--Health aspects--Marshall Islands.

Radiation injuries Marshall Islands.

Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946.

Marshallese Health and hygiene.

Radioactive contamination of food.

Radiation Injuries, Experimental

Nuclear Weapons

Food Contamination, Radioactive

Marshallais Santé et hygiène.

Aliments Contamination radioactive.

Geographic Coverage

Marshall Islands History.

Micronesia.

Micronesia

Marshall (Archipel) Histoire.

Micronésie.

Type

Video

Format

Documentaries and Factual Films

Feature films United States.

Documentary films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Environmental films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Feature films United States.

Documentaires.

Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.

Films environnementaux.

Films autres que de fiction.

Extent

1 videodisc (87 min.)

Other Physical Details

sound, color with black and white sequences

Dimensions

4 3/4 in.

Language

In English and Marshallese with English subtitles; closed-captioned.

Archive

The Library

Note

Documentary.

Subtitle on container: The islands of Secret Project 4.1.

Program content: ©2011.

"Broadcast on PBS"--Container.

Includes 60 minute and 87 minute versions.

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Collection

MRC Selections

Tracks

DVDX8351_NuclearSavage_fea.mp4 Feature length version

DVDX8351_NuclearSavage_edu.mp4 Educational version

Linked Resources

View library catalog record.

View record in Digital Collections.