Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes Online

: These tapes were often filmed at great risk by a handful of cameramen who lived alongside "liquidators" during the harrowing weeks after the accident. Key Narrative Elements

: While many assumed the KGB had destroyed all incriminating footage of the disaster, much of it survived because the cameramen and their families hid the tapes in their homes for decades. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

The documentary’s existence is the result of a year and a half of intensive searching through state archives in Ukraine and Russia. : These tapes were often filmed at great