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Pacific Peacemaker Project film, 1981-1984
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Pacific Peacemaker Project (U.S.)
- Title
- Pacific Peacemaker Project film
- Dates
- 1981-1984 (inclusive)19811984
- Quantity
- 1 film reel
- Collection Number
- PH1280
- Summary
- Film of the "Pacific Peacemaker Project" protest at Hanford Nuclear Power Plant in the 1980s
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Access is restricted. For terms of access, contact Special Collections.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Pacific Peacemaker was an Australian vessel dedicated to anti-nuclear protest from the 1980s. The Peacemaker was funded by trade unions, churches, peace groups, and individuals throughout Australia and New Zealand (Aotearoa). Launched in August of 1981 by the Australian Council of Trade Union President, the project generated media coverage against Trident, nuclear weapons, and the plight of the Pacific people subject to nuclear testing and seizure of lands for military purposes. U.S. supporters, mostly on the U.S. Pacific coast, launched a two-year Pacific Peacemaker Project from 1982-1984. The purpose of this project was to raise awareness of the consequences of the continuing nuclearization of the Pacific, to focus on the impact nuclear weapon proliferation had on the Pacific Peoples, and to work for the concept of a Nuclear Free Pacific as expressed by the Nuclear Free Pacific Conference of 1980. The Pacific Peacemaker left Australia for Seattle, Washington on December 28, 1981 to protest the Trident nuclear weapons system. Pacific Peacemaker arrived in the U.S. and became one of the two flagships in the August 12, 1981 Peace Blockade of the first Trident submarine as it entered the waters of Puget Sound on its way to its home port at Bangor, Washington, drawing attention to the U.S.’s role in the continuing escalation of the arms race.
Source: Center for World Indigenous Studies
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Copyright unknown. Some restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections for details. copyright holder unknown
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | item | ||
1 | 1 |
Pacific Peacemaker Project
film 1 reel (1200 feet) : sound, color ; 16mm
Film of the "Pacific Peacemaker Project" protest at Hanford
Nuclear Power Plant in the 1980s. The Hanford plant is a mostly decommissioned
nuclear production complex on the Columbia River operated by the federal
government. It was established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project and was
home to the B Reactor, the first full-scale plutonium production reactor in the
world.
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Between 1981 and 1984 |
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Subject Terms
- Antinuclear movement--Washington (State)--Hanford--History--Sources
- Moving Image Collections (University of Washington)
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Geographical Names
- Hanford Site (Wash.)--History--Sources