Silent Storm (film)

infobox film
name = Silent Storm


caption = Promotional poster for "Silent Storm"
director = Peter Butt
producer = Peter Butt
Anna Greive
Rob McAuley
starring = Billie Brown
Paula Arundell
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editing =
distributor = Film Australia
SBS independent
released = 2003
runtime = 90 min
country = AUS
language = English
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imdb_id = 0402497

"Silent Storm" is an Australian documentary film. The documentary was directed and written by Australian documentary film maker Peter Butt.

Sypnosis

From 1957 to 1978, scientists secretly removed bone samples from over 21,000 dead Australians as they searched for evidence of the deadly poison, Strontium 90 - a by-product of nuclear testing. Silent Storm reveals the story behind this astonishing case of officially sanctioned 'body-snatching'. Set against a backdrop of the Cold War, the saga follows celebrated scientist, Hedley Marston, as he attempts to blow the whistle on radioactive contamination and challenge official claims that British atomic tests posed no threat to the Australian people. Marston's findings are not only disputed, he is targeted as 'a scientist of counter-espionage interest'.