''Silent Storm'' is a 2003 Australian
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
written and directed by
Peter Butt.
Synopsis
From 1957 to 1978,
scientist
A scientist is a person who conducts scientific research to advance knowledge in an area of the natural sciences.
In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engaged in the philosoph ...
s secretly removed
bone
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, ...
samples from over 21,000 dead Australians as they searched for evidence of the deadly
poison, Strontium 90 – a by-product of
nuclear testing. Silent Storm reveals the story behind this astonishing case of officially sanctioned 'body-snatching'. Set against a backdrop of the
Cold War, the saga follows celebrated scientist,
Hedley Marston, as he attempts to blow the whistle on
radioactive
Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is consi ...
contamination and challenge official claims that British atomic tests posed no threat to the Australian people. Marston's findings are not only disputed, he is targeted as 'a scientist of counter-espionage interest'.
See also
*''
Britain, Australia and the Bomb''
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List of films about nuclear issues
This is a list of films about nuclear issues:
Documentary films
* ''Ashes to Honey''
* '' The Atom Strikes!''
* ''The Atomic Cafe''
* '' Atomic Ed and the Black Hole''
* '' Atomic Power''
* '' The Bomb (2015)''
* '' Chernobyl Heart''
* ''Command ...
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British nuclear tests at Maralinga
Between 1956 and 1963, the United Kingdom conducted seven nuclear tests at the Maralinga site in South Australia, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area about north west of Adelaide. Two major test series were conducted: Operation Buffalo in 195 ...
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McClelland Royal Commission
The McClelland Royal Commission or Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia was an inquiry by the Australian government in 1984–1985 to investigate the conduct of the British in its use, with the then Australian government's p ...
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Montebello Islands
The Montebello Islands, also rendered as the Monte Bello Islands, are an archipelago of around 174 small islands (about 92 of which are named) lying north of Barrow Island and off the Pilbara coast of north-western Australia. The islands f ...
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2003 films
2003 in the environment
Australian documentary films
Documentary films about nuclear war and weapons
2003 documentary films
Body snatching
Films scored by Guy Gross
2000s English-language films
English-language documentary films
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