The Battle of Chernobyl
La Bataille de Tchernobyl
Watch the battle of chernobyl Soap2Day. On April 26, 1986, a 1,000 feet high flame rises into the sky of the Ukraine. The fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant just exploded. A battle begins in which 500,000 men are engaged throughout the Soviet Union to "liquidate" the radioactivity, build the "sarcophagus" of the damaged reactor and save the world from a second explosion that would have destroyed half of Europe. Become a reference film, this documentary combines testimonials and unseen footage, tells for the first time the Battle of Chernobyl.
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Country: France
- Director: Thomas Johnson
- Cast: Tim Birkett, Mikhail Gorbachev, Hans Blix, Oleg Mirochnikov,
