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- Title
- Mururoa 1973
- Content partner
- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
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. The Fri was a key part of activism that was formative for environmental group Greenpeace, and anti-nuclear sentiment in New Zealand. Bar...
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- Video
- Date created
- 1973
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- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/mururoa-1973
- Related subjects
- yacht / sailing / campaign for nuclear disarmament / cnd / frigate / norman kirk / pitcairn / david moodie / barry mitcalfe / atoll / protest / pacific / nuclear testing / nuclear free / peace media / greenpeace / history / pacific island / polynesia / french polynesia / france / resistance / education / world war two / world war 2 / 1975 / nuclear power / atomic / protest boat / boat / crew / colin marshall / opua / whangarei / grassroots / government / support / voyage / fallout / chief / magistrate / community / sphere of influence / shelter / hope family / test zone / spirit of peace / pacific tests / opposition / aopuni / hms otago / radio / boarding / hao atoll / hao island / french government / new zealand government / nz government
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