HIST288: Historical Voices of Oceania: Other Voices

Reviews the anti-nuclear movement in Oceania. Covers the history of nuclear testing by the Americans, British and French, and the politics behind this testing. The officials of the new Pacific nations express their anti-nuclear sentiments. Includes brief excerpts from various anti-nuclear conferences such as the Nuclear Free Pacific conferences; anti-nuclear songs; demonstrations against testing; and treaties.

"Documents the plight of the people of the Bikini Atoll, test site of the most powerful nuclear bomb ever detonated by the United States. Tells how the Bikinians still long to return home after forty-one years and twenty- three powerful explosions."

This newsreel, produced by Universal Pictures Company, is about nuclear weapons testing and the Atomic Energy Commission.