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The dragon that slew St. George (Utah) / directed by Ole Alskov for Pace News Limited.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Alskov, Ole, author.
- Series:
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons testing victims--Utah.
- Nuclear weapons testing victims.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing--Health aspects--Utah.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Radioactive fallout--Utah.
- Radioactive fallout.
- Radioactive pollution.
- Saint George (Utah).
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (29 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2000.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- In the 1950s, the conservative, patriotic Mormon community of St. George, Utah took the full impact of the downwind radioactive dust from atomic tests. Government scientists deliberately lied to the local population. Radiation figures were falsified and children were allowed to drink radioactive milk and eat contaminated food to avoid causing panic. Now the survivors are telling their stories. Months after the most life-threatening tests, Hollywood came to St. George to film The Conqueror. In the ensuing years, around half the cast of 220, including John Wayne, were dead from cancer. To this day, oest-related cancers remain in the community. The bitter irony is that most of the post-war victims of atomic weapons testing are American.
- Notes:
- Previously published as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (VAST - Academic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 794307775
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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