Mururoa 1973

Name: Mururoa 1973
Director: Alister Barry
Genre: War, Documentary
Released: 1973-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 27 min
Cast: Alister Barry

“"In ten years we will have the means to kill 80 million Russians"”

197327m

WarDocumentary

Overview

In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French Government were testing nuclear weapons. Barry records the assembly of the crew, the long journey from Northland, and their reception in the test zone; when The Fri was boarded and impounded by French military he had to hide his camera in a barrel of oranges.