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Original title

If You Love This Planetaka

AKA

Dr. Helen Caldicott on Nuclear War

Year

1982

Running time

26 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Terre Nash

Cast

Documentary, Self: Helen Caldicott

Music

Karl du Plessis

Cinematography

André-Luc Dupont, Susan Trow, Don Virgo

Producer

National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Genre

Documentary | Cold War. Half-length Film

Synopsis

Australian pediatrician Helen Caldicott delivers a lecture on the potential medical and societal consequences of a nuclear war, and advocates for nuclear disarmament. The film includes newsreel records of the beginnings of the arms race and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as film records showing the Japanese who were severely scarred and burned in the bombings. This 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.

Awards: 1982: Academy Awards: Best Documentary, Short Subjects

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If You Love This Planet

1982

Terre Nash