Film Number

8031

Title

MANCHESTER, A NUCLEAR FREE CITY

Producer

Abercrombie Lighthouse co-production for Manchester City Council Nuclear Policy and Civil Defence subcommittee

Date

1988

Gauge

VHS

Colour

b/w & colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

22 mins 37 secs

Description

Video promoting Manchester's status as a "Nuclear Free City" and detailing Manchester City Council's efforts to protect residents from the nuclear threat. It opens with vox pops of passers by, all of whom regard the city's nuclear free status as pointless at best, and then sets out to dispel this "myth" by describing the dangers that nuclear power and weapons could pose to the North West. Interviews with experts on various aspects of the nuclear threat are interspersed with vox pops of the general public, exterior shots of Manchester and the surrounding area and a number of still photographs and graphics illustrating points made in the accompanying voiceover.