Durante uma operação de rotina no Mar Vermelho, a P.L.A. Navy (Peoples Liberation Army) Chinesa é avisada de que um navio foi sequestrado por piratas locais, onde turistas e marinheiros chineses foram feitos reféns. Enquanto as frotas principais e fortemente armadas não cheguem, um grupo de marinheiros menos preparados precisa tomar o controle da situação e iniciar o resgate dos passageiros, no entanto, a operação improvisada não sai como o esperado e uma terrível batalha sangrenta é iniciada em alto mar e em terra.
A caminho da África estão um grupo de patifes, que esperam ficar ricos lá, e um aparentemente inocente casal britânico. Eles se encontram e as coisas acontecem .... Um quarteto de bandidos internacionais - Peterson, O'Hara, Ross e Ravello - está encalhado na Itália enquanto seu navio está sendo reparado. Com eles também estão os Dannreuthers. Os seis estão indo para a África, presumivelmente para vender aspiradores de pó, mas na verdade vão para comprar terra supostamente rica com urânio. Eles são acompanhados por outros que aparentemente têm objetivos semelhantes.
With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, Nuclear Now explores the possibility for the global community to overcome the challenges of climate change and energy poverty to reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy. Beneath our feet, Uranium atoms in the Earth’s crust hold incredibly concentrated energy. Science unlocked this energy in the mid-20th century, first for bombs and then to power submarines. The United States led the effort to generate electricity from this new source. Yet in the mid-20th century as societies began the transition to nuclear power and away from fossil fuels, a long-term PR campaign to scare the public began, funded in part by coal and oil interests.
Um terapeuta que atende um policial durão depressivo também acaba aprendendo algumas coisas quando eles são envolvidos em uma conspiração.
Uma rocha radioativa incomum no fundo do mar transforma a vida do oceano em um monstro horrível. Quando carbonizados, corpos radioativos começam a ser levados para a costa de um cientista e agente do governo que investiga o fenômeno, e é uma conexão com um professor local de biologia marinha.
Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the government finds out about this, the Armed Forces storm onto the farm in a frantic search for the duck responsible.
A mining engineer, who is shunned by his peers for his unorthodox beliefs concerning the whereabouts of large uranium deposits, joins forces with a girl and her father to search for the mineral. When the father is hurt in an accident, daughter and engineer continue the project, aided by a Native American guide. Unbeknownst to the group, a reputable citizen of the town, really of low moral value, is shadowing them, his intention to jump their claim.
Stories of the people who built the first atomic weapons are well known. But what about those who provided the uranium? We look at a mysterious man who derived huge profits from the business of war.
A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are being done. He becomes radioactive, and helps the FBI break up an enemy spy ring.
Em 2016, o cineasta e fotógrafo Pete McBride e o escritor Kevin Fedarko começaram uma jornada de 1207 quilômetros pelo Grand Canyon. Juntos, conseguiram um feito que muitos levaram décadas para completar e outros perderam as vidas tentando.
In a post-apocalyptic world, a soldier of fortune enters "The Forbidden Land" to find uranium that will help save mankind. However, a rival adventurer is also after the uranium, but for his own ends.
Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.
A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.
An insurance investigator must track down thieves before they take off in a plane with stolen uranium ore.
Motivated by the pursuit of angel-hood, the boy Enoch sacrifices his friends and family to a prospective uranium deposit, Coles Hill, Virginia. An ensemble of hypnotic instruments and choir weave together, intersect, and thread sonic and visual information in an unconventional approach to silent film.
Republic of Finland is promoting clean technology by organizing Green Mining seminars where foreign experts tell us how the development of the world is becoming increasingly expensive by 2050. The Earth is running out of resources and mining companies have to use increasingly low-grade metal deposits. Finland aims to be a model country for environmentally friendly mining. Its pioneer project is Talvivaara, which uses new biotechnology to extract nickel, zinc and uranium. Through several charismatic characters, the documentary film The Land Of Mine follows the rise of the biggest nickel mine in Western Europe and the ensuing disasters whose effects continue to reverberate in the nation.
Documentary on the lives and hopes of the people living in Arlit, Niger and working in its uranium mine.
Documents the cultural and ecological impacts of coal stripmining, uranium mining, and oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – homeland of the Hopi and Navajo.