Vega To Moruroa

In 1981, nearly ten years after Greenpeace's voyages to Moruroa into the French exclusion zone around Moruroa Atoll in 1972 and 1973 to protest against French nuclear testing, the Vega returns once again to Moruroa to protest at France's continued detonation (now underwater) of neutron bombs that have blown one side off the atoll and caused a huge crack in the side to open resulting in the release of radiation into the ocean.

Unique identifier: GP044HY

Type: Video

Shoot date: 01/11/1981

Locations: French Polynesia, Moruroa, Pacific Ocean

Credit line: © Greenpeace

Duration: 8m53s

Audio format: Mute

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Rainbow Warrior Bombing - 20th Anniversary (Videos)

Videos marking the 20th anniversary of the bombing of the Greenpeace flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, by agents of the French government in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand. On the night of July 10 1985 the Rainbow Warrior had been docked in harbour for three days while preparations for the protest voyage to the nuclear test site at Moruroa Atoll were finalised. Just before midnight two bombs exploded sinking the ship and killing cameraman Fernando Pereira. Shoot includes an interview with Peter Willcox, Rainbow Warrior Captain in 1985.

Also includes two stories about the voyages by Greenpeace's yacht Vega, skippered by David McTaggart, into the French exclusion zone around the Moruroa Atoll in 1972 and 1973 to protest against French nuclear testing and in 1981, nearly ten years later, the Vega returns once again to Moruroa to protest at France's continued detonation (now underwater) of neutron bombs that have blown one side off the atoll and caused a huge crack in the side to open resulting in the release of radiation into the ocean.

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