Meltdown at Three Mile Island


60m 1999

Brief Synopsis

On March 28, 1979, a reactor at Three Mile Island nuclear power facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, overheated, releasing radioactive gas and water. During the next week, scientists scrambled to prevent a meltdown, officials rushed in to calm public fears and more than 100,000 residents fled to

Film Details

Also Known As
American Experience (02/22/99), The
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

On March 28, 1979, a reactor at Three Mile Island nuclear power facility near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, overheated, releasing radioactive gas and water. During the next week, scientists scrambled to prevent a meltdown, officials rushed in to calm public fears and more than 100,000 residents fled to emergency shelters.

Crew

Michael Bacon

Series Theme Adaptation ("The American Experience")

Johanna Baker

Publicist (Wgbh/New York)

Maureen Barden

Post-Production ("The American Experience")

Stacey Barnett

Post-Production Coordinator

Todd Boekelheide

Music

Alvin Bowens

Video Post-Production

Amy Brown

Production Assistant

Kristina Cafarella

Production Assistant

Frank Capria

Post-Production ("The American Experience")

Leonard Clarke

Production Assistant

Joy Conley

Archival Researcher

Jim Dalglish

Colorist

Tom Doran

Field Producer ("The American Experience")

Margaret Drain

Executive Producer ("The American Experience")

Frank Ferrigno

Photo Animator

Chana Gazit

Writer

Chana Gazit

Producer

Terry Hopkins

Additional Cinematography

William Kastenberg

Advisor

Alison Kennedy

Series Designer ("The American Experience")

Charles Kuskin

Series Theme ("The American Experience")

Christine Larson

Unit Manager ("The American Experience")

Michael Lomma

Additional Cinematography

Megan Lukas

Associate Producer

Daniel Martin

Advisor

William B Mccullough

Assistant Camera

William B Mccullough

Field Producer ("The American Experience")

Susan Mottau

Coordinating Producer ("The American Experience")

Marilyn Ness

Associate Producer

Chas Norton

Field Producer ("The American Experience")

Daphne B Noyes

Publicist (Wgbh/Boston)

Laura Ozment-schenck

Archival Researcher

Allan Palmer

Aerial Cinematography

Charles Perrow

Advisor

Chris Pullman

Series Designer ("The American Experience")

Michael Ruschak

Rerecording Mixer

Bernard Russo

Sound Recordist

Mark Samels

Senior Producer ("The American Experience")

Joel Shapiro

Cinematographer

Tony Slocum

Audio Post-Production

Mark Steele

On-Line Editor ("The American Experience")

David Steward

Co-Producer

David Steward

Additional Cinematography

David Steward

Editor

Paul Taylor

Creative Consultant

Joseph Tovares

Series Editor ("The American Experience")

Kelley A Trotter

Controller

Doug Wallick

Grip

Merce Williams

Field Producer ("The American Experience")

George Winchell

Grip

Shala Zagone

Production Assistant

Film Details

Also Known As
American Experience (02/22/99), The
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Quotes

Trivia