John Pilger-The Truth Game (1983)

John Pilger's penetrating documentary which looks at world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race. When the two American
atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, they were code-named 'Fat Man' and 'Little Boy', and President Truman announced
after the event: "The experiment has been an overwhelming success." "These", says Pilger, "were words used to describe the awful and
horrific carnage of nuclear war. By using reassuring, even soothing language, this new kind of propaganda created acceptable images of war
and the illusion that we could live securely with nuclear weapons". Official 'truths' are examined in connection with the bombing of Hiroshima, the build up of arms by Russia and America, the siting of nuclear bases by the US in Britain and Europe, Ministry of Defence statements about the Cruise missile base at Greenham Common, and other
US bases, the amount of government money spent on weapons, 'Civil defence'..

Runtime 1:19:02
Audio Format MPEG Layer 3
Frame Rate 25/second
Video XVID

First broadcast 1983