Fortress Australia : the secret bid for the atomic bomb.

Title:

Author:

McAuley, Rob.

Publication Information:

Australia : National Film & Sound Archive [distributor] c2002.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 55 min.) : sd., col., with some b&w sequences ; 12 cm.

General Note:

Catalogued from container.

NFSA : 5387--2010727.

Off-air recording of an History Channel program broadcast October 8, 2010. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act 1968.

"Enhance, brought to you by screenrights" -- Disc label.

Off air broadcast DVD, UWS, 24/9/12.

Abstract:

Fortress Australia uncovers the attempt by successive Australian governments to fortress their nation with atomic weapons. Recently released secret documents reveal a web of intrigue in which Australia's nuclear industry became linked to a quest for atomic weapons technology.

Reading Level:

Exempt from classification.

Subject Term:

Nuclear weapons -- Australia -- History.

Nonfiction films.

Documentary films.

Geographic Term:

Australia -- Foreign relations -- 1945-

Australia -- Defenses -- History.

Australia -- Defenses -- Government policy.

Added Author:

McAuley, Rob.