Frontline. Inside Japan's nuclear meltdown / a Quicksilver Media Production for WGBH/Frontline ; written, produced & directed by Dan Edge.

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In the desperate hours and days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the fate of thousands of Japanese citizens fell into the hands of a small corps of engineers, firemen and soldiers who risked their lives to prevent the Daiichi nuclear complex from complete meltdown. This is their story, with rar...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Sim, Samuel (Composer)
Corporate Authors: WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Quicksilver Media
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Other Authors: Edge, Dan (Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Cinematographer)
Lyman, Will, 1948- (Narrator)
Language:English
Japanese
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Japanese with English narration over the Japanese; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [Brighton, Mass.] : PBS Distribution, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
Nuclear power plants > Accidents > Japan.
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011.
Emergency management > Japan.
Emergency management.
Nuclear power plants > Accidents.
Japan.
Japan > Tōhoku Region.
2011
Documentary television programs.
Television news programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.
Closed caption video recordings.
Genre:
Documentary television programs.
Television news programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.
Closed caption video recordings.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Inside Japan's nuclear meltdown.
Inside Japan's nuclear melt down.
Other Uniform Title:Frontline (Television program)
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
In the desperate hours and days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the fate of thousands of Japanese citizens fell into the hands of a small corps of engineers, firemen and soldiers who risked their lives to prevent the Daiichi nuclear complex from complete meltdown. This is their story, with rare footage from inside the plant and eyewitness testimony from the people on the frontlines.
Note:Videorecording.
Call Number:CX1 D0142704 VideoDVD
ISBN:9781608836666
1608836665
Credits:Editor, Alex Archer ; director of photography, Dan Edge ; music, Samuel Sim.
System Details:DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen; stereo.
Participant or Performer:
Narrated by Will Lyman.
Event Details:
Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series Frontline on Feb. 28, 2012.