Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster

October. 08,2007      
Rating:
7.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Film revealing how political ambition fuelled the Windscale fire of 1957 and then dictated that the heroes of Windscale be made the scapegoats.

Caroline Catz as  Self - Narrator (voice)

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Reviews

Titreenp
2007/10/08

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

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Cortechba
2007/10/09

Overrated

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Spidersecu
2007/10/10

Don't Believe the Hype

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SeeQuant
2007/10/11

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

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