The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) tells the story of Charles Lindbergh's daring solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. In the face of numerous challenges and dangers, Lindbergh embarks on an epic journey to become the first person to fly non-stop from New York to Paris. The movie captures the excitement, drama, and triumph of this historic feat.
Atomic Homefront is a documentary that exposes the environmental contamination and health risks caused by the illegal dumping of nuclear waste in St. Louis, Missouri. The film explores the history of the issue, from the Manhattan Project to the present day, and follows the courageous activists and victims fighting for environmental justice and a safer future.
Before the creation of the secret cities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford, the Manhattan Project hired the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St. Louis to refine the first uranium used in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. For the next two decades, Mallinckrodt continued its classified work for the Atomic Energy Commission during the Cold War. The resulting radioactive waste contaminated numerous locations in the St. Louis area some of which have not been cleaned up 70 years after the end of World War II. Told through the eyes of an overexposed worker, the story expands through a series of interviews that careen down a toxic pathway leading to a fiery terminus at a smoldering, radioactively-contaminated landfill. The First Secret City reveals a forgotten history and its continuing impact on the community in the 21st Century, uncovering past wrongdoing and documenting the renewed struggles to confront the issue.
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