2007 | Spain | Documentary

Operación Flecha Rota. Accidente Nuclear En Palomares (Broken Arrow. Nuclear Accident In Palomares)

  • Spanish, English Spanish 96 mins
  • Director | Jose Herrera Plaza
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Antonio Sánchez Picón

STATUS: Released

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Cold War. In January 1966 two American airplanes collided over Palomares (Almería-Spain) and as a consequence, four H-bombs fell to hearth. Two of them explode their conventional charge and due to the strong wind radioactive material is scattered over the region. An intensive search is started to find the fourth bomb... Director's statement: „2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the nuclear accident in Palomares (Almeria, Spain). For half a century, 1500 human beings have lived misled surrounded by several kgs of plutonium scattered by wind and rain in the Mediterranean and around. This is the story of a lie born during the Cold War, the Franco dictatorship and the genesis of the nuclear industry in Spain. A still alive, open story, in demand for a final solution. "

Documentary Nuclear Accident Environmental Impact Palomares Cold War Nuclear Safety Spanish History
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