Cold Comfort is a lively and incisive documentary on the local and global consequences of the decision to export Australian uranium. It presents statements by those who support the mining of uranium for nuclear energy purposes, alongside those who oppose it. The program incorporates archival footage, and contemporary interviews to chart Australia’s participation in atomic history. Presented in four sequences. “The Uranium debate”, “The History of the bomb”, “Transportation of radioactive waste” and “Fallout from Chernobyl and Three Mile Island”.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
017494
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Uranium mines and mining - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Maralinga (S. Aust.)
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Atomic bomb
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chernobyl Ukraine, 1986
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Antinuclear movement
History → Maralinga (S. Aust.)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan