Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story

Name: Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story
Director: Harry Bardwell
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1981-06-01
Cast: Martin Vaughan

1981 · 52 min · Documentary

A document of Australia's nuclear industrial history, from uranium mining and its toxic legacy to the nuclear weapons tests conducted at Maralinga in South Australia.

Directed by Harry Bardwell · Written by Dasha Ross

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Martin Vaughan Narrator

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