The Goiania Incident /

In 1989, a mysterious outburst of radioactive contamination in Goiania, Brazil brought panic to the streets. Shot on location in Brazil, this film recreates the disaster and the vast emergency clean-up that followed. It also focuses on a group of people who found strange glowing crystals which they...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Higgins, Bryn (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: London : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1997, ©1996.
Series:Disaster
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:In 1989, a mysterious outburst of radioactive contamination in Goiania, Brazil brought panic to the streets. Shot on location in Brazil, this film recreates the disaster and the vast emergency clean-up that followed. It also focuses on a group of people who found strange glowing crystals which they gave to their friends and family - gifts of death.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 24, 2013).
Physical Description:1 online resource (29 min.).
Playing Time:00:29:13