Mururoa 1973

In 1973 Alister Barry joined the crew of a protest boat (The Fri) to Mururoa Atoll, where the French Government were testing nuclear weapons. Barry records the assembly of the crew, the long journey from Northland, and their reception in the test zone; when The Fri was boarded and impounded by French military he had to hide his camera in a barrel of oranges.

• 1970s
• new zealand
• pacific
• environment
• nuclear weapons
• french government
• pacific ocean
• nuclear testing
• military history
• pacific studies
• war
• history
• new zealand history