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If You Love This Planet is a 1982 short documentary film recording a lecture given to SUNY Plattsburgh students by physician and anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott about the dangers posed by nuclear weapons. The movie was directed by Terre Nash and produced by Edward Le Lorrain for Studio D, the women's studio of the National Film Board of Canada. Studio D head Kathleen Shannon was executive producer.
Original Release
10/01/1982
US Release
10/01/1982
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Helen Caldicott | Self |
| Vannevar Bush | Self - In front of map of Japan |
| Winston Churchill | Self |
| Leslie Groves | Self - In front of map of Japan |
| Ronald Reagan | Self |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Self |
| Richard Tolman | Self - In front of map of Japan |
| Harry S. Truman | Self |
| Clement Attlee | Self - at Potsdam |
| Ernest Bevin | Self - at Potsdam |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Helen Caldicott | Self |
| Vannevar Bush | Self - In front of map of Japan |
| Winston Churchill | Self |
| Leslie Groves | Self - In front of map of Japan |
| Ronald Reagan | Self |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Self |
| Richard Tolman | Self - In front of map of Japan |
| Harry S. Truman | Self |
| Clement Attlee | Self - at Potsdam |
| Ernest Bevin | Self - at Potsdam |
| James Byrnes | Self - at Potsdam |
| Ed Herlihy | Universal Newsreel Narrator |
| Ernest O. Lawrence | Self - with Cyclotron Controls |
| William D. Leahy | Self - at Potsdam |
| Vyacheslav Molotov | Self - at Potsdam |
| Iosif Stalin | Self - at Potsdam |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Kathleen Shannon | Executive Producer |
| Edward Le Lorrain | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1983 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Short Subjects | Won |
