Target : St. Louis.
After Hiroshima, the United States Army, eager for new ways to weaponize atomic power, engaged in a series of classified open-air studies designed to test the effects of aerosol radiation in a metropolitian setting. At first the tests were described as defensive, the latest strategy against the threat of Russian bombers. But as later declassified documents suggest, the goal of the testing (performed primarily in low-income and African-American neighborhoods of North St. Louis), was to develop offensive capabilities which could match the climate and terrain of downtown Moscow. Consequently, generations of St. Louis inhabitants were unwitting participants in a government testing program which, like the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Project, was facilitated by the U.S. Department of Public Health. Target: St. Louis investigates the historical catalyst for these events, the survivors' quest for answers and the subsequent Federal legislation requiring informed consent by human subjects.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (67 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: [New York] : IndiePix Films, [2019]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from web page. Originally released as a documentary film in 2018. Wide screen. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director, Sean Slater ; producers, Sean Slater, Joseph Ruzer. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Dr. Lisa Martino-Taylor, Fannie Lou Hamer, Dick Gregory, James Baldwin. |
Target Audience Note: | Rating: Not rated. |
System Details Note: | DVD, wide screen; stereo. |
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Subject: | Nuclear energy > Research > Missouri > Saint Louis. Research > Moral and ethical aspects. |
Genre: | Documentary films. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 355.0217 TARGE ST (Text) | 33126023838810 | DVD | Available | - |