We Are the Guinea Pigs (1980)

04/01/1980 (US) • 1h 30m

Documentary

Three Mile Island and the Catastrophe of Nuclear Power

Overview

Farmers and parents of young children, who live in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, discuss their fears of radioactive contamination from the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident in 1979. Scientists and physicians also expound on the lethal dangers of nuclear power and the risks in containment processes.

Top Billed Cast

Joan Harvey

Self - Interviewer (voice)

Michio Kaku

Self - Professor of Physics, City University of New York

Clair Hoover Sr.

Self - Dairy Farmer, Middletown, Pa.

Walter Hooper

Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.

Sheryl Hooper

Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.

Gene Adams

Self - President, Local 1688, United Steelworkers of America

Tom Jenkins

Self - President, Harrisburg Coalition of Black Trade Unions

Suzanne Magda

Self - High School Teacher, Harrisburg, Pa.

Louise Hardison

Self - Goat Farmer, Middletown, Pa.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

pennsylvania, usa

radiation

nuclear radiation

animal death

radiation sickness

nuclear power

nuclear accident

dairy farmer

stillbirth

three mile island

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