Ooops. This 'underground' nuclear test in 1970 went badly. A ten-kiloton weapon, buried 900 feet in the ground, accidentally vented radiation 10,000 feet in the air, exposing test site employees and downwind communities to radioactive fallout.

Bob Hunter on Phyllis Cormack together with Ben Metcalfe en route to Amchitka to oppose US nuclear weapons testing.

On board the Phyllis Cormack during Greenpeace first protest against nuclear testing off coast of Canada.

Greenpeace vessel Vega boarded by French commandos in Moruroa nuclear test zone. Skipper David McTaggart was hospitalised from his beating by commandos and almost lost the sight in one eye.

Evacuation of Rongelap Islanders to Mejato by crew of the Rainbow Warrior. Rongelap was contaminated with radioactive fall out from American nuclear tests in the Pacific.

Greenpeace protest against the arrival of the British aircraft carrier ARK ROYAL in Hamburg harbour. The ARK ROYAL carries on board nuclear weapons 80 times the explosive power of Hiroshima. Greenpeace projected 'we have nuclear weapons on board'...

Smokestacks of coal power station.