Caldicott, Helen

  • The Velvet Sledgehammer: November 6, 1982 (Production reel)

    Production reel containing excerpts for the June 8, 1982 episode of The Velvet Sledgehammer. Part one contains clips of Helen Caldicott speaking about the threat of nuclear weapons; part two contains an unnamed speaker (Parsons?) at an Upper West Side Manhattan, NY town meeting on nuclear freeze and nuclear reduction, reading a telegram from Senator…

  • Helen Caldicott on The Velvet Sledgehammer: June 25, 1978

    WBAI’s Velvet Sledgehammer program for June 25, 1978. Opens with Judie Pasternak giving information about upcoming anti-nuclear protest in NYC as part of the show’s Community Bulletin Board segment, followed by Eileen Zalisk’s Medical News segment. At 00:10:00, Helen Caldicott is interviewed over the phone about her activism against nuclear energy, weapons, and war by…

  • Survival Sunday III (Part 5 of 7)

    Fifth part of actualities from the antinuclear rally held at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on May 25, 1980, broadcast live on KPFK. This reel includes James Lawson, Peter Herreshoff of the Alliance for Survival, Helen Caldicott, Bud Cort, and Lily Tomlin. |r.1. Pat Smith, Friends Band, Alliance Welcome (56 min.). — r.2. Roscoe…

  • June 12th (1982) No-Nuke rally. (Part 4 of 6)

    Live coverage from New York rally, anchored by Robert Knight; Linda Ronstadt and others. Last of the New York reels. Song “Fate of the Earth” ends.

  • June 12th (1982) No-Nuke rally. (Part 5 of 6)

    Live coverage via satellite of San Francisco rally, anchored by Aileen Alfandary: Ron Dellums and others.

  • June 12th (1982) No-Nuke rally. (Part 6 of 6)

    Live coverage via satellite of San Francisco rally at the San Francisco Civic Center, anchored by Aileen Alfandary: Olga Talamantes, Angela Davis, Bonnie Raitt, Ying Lee Kelley, Jody Guthrie, Graham Nash, and others. End credit clipped.

  • June 12th (1982) No-Nuke rally. (Part 2 of 6)

    Live coverage from New York rally, anchored by Robert Knight; Dick Gregory, Pete Seeger, William Sloan Coffin, Orson Welles, House of the Lord Choir, Helen Caldicott, Randall Forsberg, Holly Near, Micheo Kaku, survivors of Hiroshima, Mickey Leland, and others. Technical note: buzz in some places.

  • June 12th (1982) No-Nuke rally. (Part 3 of 6)

    Live coverage from New York rally, anchored by Robert Knight; Coretta Scott King, Helen Caldicott, Dick Gregory, Michio Kaku, Bruce Springsteen, and others. Recording ends with Tony Cavin (sp?) describing crowd and Linda Ronstadt starting to sing.

  • June 12th Rally: Nuclear disarmament rallies in San Francisco and New York (1982)

    The International March and Rally for a Freeze and Reduction of Nuclear Arms and a Transfer of Funds from the Military to Human Needs. On June 12, 1982, the largest antinuclear demonstration was held in New York City’s Central Park, while a simultaneous demonstration was held in San Francisco at its Civic Center. Over one…

  • Disarmament now! / Dr. Helen Caldicott (Episode 2 of 4)

    Disarmament Now! Episode 2 of 4. Dr. Helen Caldicott, a pediatrician and founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, gives her horrifying account of what the world will be like after a nuclear war, giving examples of the radiation disease resulting from the bombs dropped on Japan. Then she gives some chilling statistics about bombs and…