Silent Storm (film)

Silent Storm
Directed by Peter Butt
Produced by Peter Butt
Anna Greive
Rob McAuley
Starring Billie Brown
Paula Arundell
Distributed by Film Australia
SBS independent
Release dates
 2003
Running time
 90 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

Silent Storm is an Australian documentary film. The documentary was directed and written by Australian documentary film maker Peter Butt.

Synopsis

From 1957 to 1978, scientists secretly removed bone samples from over 21,000 dead Australians as they searched for evidence of the deadly poison, Strontium 90 - a by-product of nuclear testing. Silent Storm reveals the story behind this astonishing case of officially sanctioned 'body-snatching'. Set against a backdrop of the Cold War, the saga follows celebrated scientist, Hedley Marston, as he attempts to blow the whistle on radioactive contamination and challenge official claims that British atomic tests posed no threat to the Australian people. Marston's findings are not only disputed, he is targeted as 'a scientist of counter-espionage interest'.

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