Film

Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story

198152mDocumentary

Director: Harry Bardwell
Year: 1981

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.

Top cast

Martin Vaughan

Narrator

Directed by

Harry Bardwell

Written by

Dasha Ross, Harry Bardwell

Produced by

Harry Bardwell

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