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Nuclear testing: Veteran victims of irradiation

Publication date 27/06/2001 From €100.00

French atomic tests

A report on the steps taken by 150 veterans to call for a law recognising a link between certain types of cancer and their participation in the nuclear tests carried out by France. An introduction to archival images and interviews with Roland WEIL, veteran of nuclear tests in the Sahara, who describes the weak security measures used to protect soldiers and Abraham BEHAR, biophysician, radiobiologist, School of Medicine of Paris, explaining that the military law does not integrate the notion of presumption of origin, thus preventing any compensation of exposed soldiers.

Trauma and anger of a Reggane veteran

Publication date 01/08/2002 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Interview with Jean-Paul CHESSERON, former tank pilot Patton, who was sent to the zero point of the Reggane nuclear test, a few hours after the explosion. He testifies to the fear that the vision of this explosion generated in him and denounces the absurdity of the order he received to go to this zone of high radioactivity.

Defense of French nuclear tests: Jules Moch at the UN

Publication date 13/02/1960 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Excerpt from the intervention of Jules MOCH at the UN, which defends France’s decision to carry out its nuclear tests in Algerian Sahara. He declared: "the site chosen is both deserted and much closer than the atolls at the antipodes of France".

Charles de Gaulle on nuclear tests in Polynesia

Publication date 16/09/1966 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Speech by Charles de GAULLE during a trip to Tahiti on the installation of the Mururoa nuclear test centre. "Polynesia has been kind enough to be the seat of this great organization destined to give to the French power the character of deterrence which can and must to all in a dangerous world assure us peace."

Reggane, city of the 1st French nuclear test

Publication date 04/03/1960 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Report in Reggane, a city created ex-nihilo in Algerian Sahara for the launch of the first French atomic bomb. Comment on images of this city with 5,000 people then interview Colonel GUERNON and his wife. The latter claims to have witnessed the explosion with her children to prove that these tests are safe.

An atomic bomb before an explosion

Publication date 05/08/1971 From €100.00

French atomic tests

In Muruora, an H-bomb preparation operation a few hours before the explosion. This one, attached to a balloon, will explode at a few hundred meters of altitude. Explanations by Vincent COUTROT, Director of CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique).

Explosion of an atomic bomb in Mururoa

Publication date 15/06/1971 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Report of François DE CLOSETS from the National Navy carrier "The Hurricane" on the occasion of a nuclear explosion on the atoll of Mururoa. The explosion is not visible because the flash is too dangerous for the view. You can see the development of the fungus, and hear the shock wave two minutes after the explosion. These images are followed by a short interview with Vincent COUTROT, from the CEA, explaining that the shooting takes place at a few hundred meters of altitude to avoid too much contamination of the water of the lagoon.

Jacques Chirac: resumption of nuclear tests

Publication date 13/06/1995 From €100.00

French atomic tests

During his first press conference, Jacques CHIRAC announced the resumption of nuclear tests, which had ended under his predecessor François Mitterrand. He goes on to say that we would all prefer not to have to repeat nuclear tests, unfortunately we stopped them a little too early, in April 1992. That is, before the series that was supposed to allow us to finish was finished.” It also says “there are no ecological consequences whatsoever”.

Development of the atomic bomb in Marcoule

Publication date 17/02/1960 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Summary of the steps taken by France since 1952 to develop its own atomic bomb. The presence of uranium in the national territory made possible the start of experiments at the Marcoule site, which is gradually equipped with 3 batteries. It? is in these piles that was elaborated the plutonium necessary for the development of the bomb. Presentation of the devices developed to handle the latter. Commentary on images from the Nuclear Energy Committee, images illustrating uranium mining, exterior images from the Marcoule site, then laboratory images (glove box, personnel in combination, particle accelerators).

Reggane Zero Point Overview

Publication date 04/03/1960 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Helicopter survey of the zero point of Reggane, in Algerian Sahara, where the stigmas of the first French nuclear test are visible: 800 metres in diameter of vitrified earth.

The irradiated area of Reggane

Publication date 04/03/1960 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Report in Reggane, Algerian Sahara, where the first French nuclear test took place a few weeks earlier. Images of the soldiers in combination equipped with gas masks going to this irradiated area and of the various so-called "decontamination" stages.

François Mitterrand on the moratorium against nuclear tests

Publication date 25/10/1993 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Responding to Alain DUHAMEL, François MITTERRAND explains that he put in place the moratorium for the cessation of French nuclear tests because he knew that the French deterrence force continued to be sufficient to face the other nuclear powers. He went on to say that he urged the Russian and American leaders to follow France’s example in this decision to end these trials.

1960 : éloge télévisé du premier essai français

Publication date 17/02/1960 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Le 13 février 1960, le premier essai de bombe atomique française a eu lieu dans le sud du Sahara algérien, sur la base de Reggane. Ce document télévisé explique toute la mise en place et l'organisation de la base de Reggane et le dispositif au point zéro. Il se félicite de la première étape réussie de la France dans le cadre de son programme nucléaire militaire.

Analyses at the radiological monitoring laboratory

Publication date 05/08/1971 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Report in the radiological monitoring laboratory in Mururoa. Scientists go to the atolls and islands surrounding the nuclear test area, as well as to the Papeete market in Tahiti, to collect everyday consumer products such as lobsters or fruits to measure their radioactivity. According to Dr Philippe MILLON, Chief Medical Officer of the Biological Service, these analyses prove that food poses no risk, despite its proximity to nuclear test areas.

The future of Mururoa

Publication date 28/01/1996 From €100.00

French atomic tests

The day after France’s sixth nuclear launch on the Fangataufa atoll in French Polynesia, a report on Muroroa’s economic and ecological future. According to scientists, the atoll remains the least radioactive place on the planet and its infrastructure could be used for research and experimentation. Commentary off on images of the infrastructures installed on the atoll of Mururoa, as well as of its seabed and interviews of Gérard MARTIN, of the radiological surveillance service, and Jacques BOUCHARD, of the Atomic Energy Commission.

Departure Rainbow Warrior

Publication date 04/07/1995 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Despite the French authorities' ban, Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior II left Papeete this morning for Mururoa with Monsignor GAILLOT on board to protest against the resumption of nuclear tests. Images of this departure followed by an interview with Monsignor GAILLOT.

Explosion of an H-bomb on the atoll of Mururoa

Publication date 06/07/1970 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Explosion of an atomic bomb in Mururoa atoll. The soldiers, wearing protective glasses, turned around so as not to expose themselves to the powerful radiation of the explosion. They contemplate the atomic fungus that forms in a second time.

Statement by Mr Messmer

Publication date 27/12/1960 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Mr Pierre MESSMER, in his office, talks about the third nuclear test at Reggane, of a power less than the two previous ones. "Every precaution has been taken to ensure that the populations near and far from the explosion are not exposed to any danger."

Preparations for resumption of nuclear tests at Mururoa

Publication date 27/07/1995 From €100.00

French atomic tests

In Mururoa, the military, technicians and engineers resumed their activities with a view to resuming nuclear tests. The upcoming test will qualify the TN75, the next atomic bomb that will equip the nuclear submarines. The images of the atoll, the manipulations of the engineers and technicians, as well as the equipment and devices mobilized for this test (container, barge, drilling tower) alternate with the interviews of Serge CHICHE, CEA Electronics Engineer, who acknowledges that the trial shutdown period may have resulted in the loss of some of the mastery of this technology and of General Paul Véricel, Commander of the Mururoa base, who claims to be confident despite Greenpeace’s destabilization operations.

Reggane’s underground nuclear experiment

Publication date 16/05/1962 From €100.00

French atomic tests

Nuclear experience in the Sahara, based in Reggane.

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