Blowing Up Paradise

Blowing Up Paradise

#A story of liberty, equality and radioactivity.


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1h 19m 2005 HD

Blowing Up Paradise uses color archival footage to chronicle France's explosion of various nuclear devices, in violation of the international test ban treaty, from the first test in 1966 to the last in 1995. Interviews with former and current French government officials, scientists, and nuclear advisors.


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