An Australian pediatrician gives a speech on the consequences of a nuclear war.An Australian pediatrician gives a speech on the consequences of a nuclear war.An Australian pediatrician gives a speech on the consequences of a nuclear war.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins total
Helen Caldicott
- Self
- (as Dr. Helen Caldicott)
Vannevar Bush
- Self - In front of map of Japan
- (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
- Self
- (archive footage)
Leslie Groves
- Self - In front of map of Japan
- (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
- Self
- (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Self
- (archive footage)
Richard Tolman
- Self - In front of map of Japan
- (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
- Self
- (archive footage)
Clement Attlee
- Self - at Potsdam
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ernest Bevin
- Self - at Potsdam
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
James Byrnes
- Self - at Potsdam
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ed Herlihy
- Universal Newsreel Narrator
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Ernest O. Lawrence
- Self - with Cyclotron Controls
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
William D. Leahy
- Self - at Potsdam
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Vyacheslav Molotov
- Self - at Potsdam
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Joseph Stalin
- Self - at Potsdam
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Featured review
I understand the 1st British showing of this film was at the RENOIR London WC1 on the 13th April 2008.It is remarkable that it won an "Oscar"The film is short and to the point and I found it very moving even though it was made over 25 years ago,the use of historical film is well done and includes some of President Ragan when he was a film actor during W.W.11,the faces of the young people listening are priceless.Through out Dr.Helen Caldicott put across the truth about the use of Nuclear Weapons and using drawings at the end is very powerful.Well worth seeing but please remember there is sad and moving film of people damaged by Nuclear Weapons.
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- TriviaThis film was labeled "foreign political propaganda" by the United States' Justice Department in an attempt to limit its distribution. All distributors who sold a copy were required to give the purchaser's name to the Justice Department. This may have had the opposite effect from the suppression desired by the Reagan administration, as the negative label caused a rallying of support around the film from anti-censorship activists. During her Oscar acceptance speech director Terre Nash thanked the US Justice Department for their effective "advertisement" of her film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Unfinished Business (1984)
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- Runtime26 minutes
- Color
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