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We Are the Guinea Pigs

MOVIE • 1980

We Are the Guinea Pigs

Three Mile Island and the Catastrophe of Nuclear Power

Farmers and parents of young children, who live in the Harrisburg, Pa., area, discuss their fears of radioactive contamination from the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident in 1979. Scientists and physicians also expound on the lethal dangers of nuclear power and the risks in containment processes.

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Documentary

Top Cast

Joan Harvey

Joan Harvey

Self - Interviewer (voice)

Michio Kaku

Michio Kaku

Self - Professor of Physics, City University of New York

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Clair Hoover Sr.

Self - Dairy Farmer, Middletown, Pa.

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Walter Hooper

Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.

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Sheryl Hooper

Self - Parent, Harrisburg, Pa.

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Gene Adams

Self - President, Local 1688, United Steelworkers of America

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Tom Jenkins

Self - President, Harrisburg Coalition of Black Trade Unions

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Suzanne Magda

Self - High School Teacher, Harrisburg, Pa.

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Louise Hardison

Self - Goat Farmer, Middletown, Pa.

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Susan Cassidy

Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.

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Kevin Cassidy

Self - Parent, Halifax, Pa.

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Cathie Musser

Self - Mother, Elizabethtown, Pa.

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Donna Percarpio

Self - Mother of Five, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

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Richard Vollmer

Self - Nuclear Regulatory Commission

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Theatrical release date: April 1, 1980

Meta Snapshot

Film

Status

Released

Release

April 1, 1980

Runtime

90 min

Language

English

Origin

United States of America

Budget

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Revenue

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