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Race to Oblivion

Race to Oblivion

1982•27m
Documentary

Documentary about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, including an interview with an eyewitness of the bomb drop on Hiroshima and scientific statements describing the devastating consequences of a nuclear war.

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Production

Physicians For Social Responsibility, Valley Cable TV Crew

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

Self - Host / Narrator

Shigeko Sasamori

Self - Hiroshima survivor

Gene R. LaRocque

Self - Rear Admiral U.S.N. (Ret.) (archive footage)

Kosta Tsipis

Self - PhD. (archive footage)

Victor W. Sidel

Self - M.D. (archive footage)

John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith

Self - PhD. (archive footage)

Richard G. Saxon

Self - M.D. (archive footage)

Judd Marmor

Self - M.D. (archive footage)

H. Jack Geiger

Self - M.D. (archive footage)

Helen Caldicott

Self - M.B., B.S. (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - President of the United States (archive footage)

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