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"The American Experience" Radio Bikini (1988)
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11 October 1988
(Season 1, Episode 2)
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It starts with a live radio broadcast from the Bikini Atoll a few days before it is annihilated by a nuclear test...
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One of the best documentaries on any topic
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Cast
(Episode Credited cast) | Kilon Bauno | ... | Himself (chief, Bikini Islanders) |
| John Smitherman | ... | Himself (veteran, Bikini H-bomb tests) |
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| Warren Austin | ... | Himself (US delegate to UN) (archive footage) |
| Bernard Baruch | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| W.H.P. Blandy | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Vice Admiral William H.P. Blandy) |
| Albert Einstein | ... | Himself (concerned about Bikini test) (archive footage) |
| James Forrestal | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Vyacheslav Molotov | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Woodrow P. Swancutt | ... | Himself (archive footage) (as Woodrow Swancutt) |
| Harry S. Truman | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Harold Urey | ... | Himself (concerned about Bikini test) (archive footage) |
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56 min
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This is a powerful and disturbing film using archival footage from the Bikini Bomb Tests in 1946. This is not about the use of the Bomb on Japan; instead, it is a study of the immediate post-war test, designed not only for scientific study but also domestic and international relations and to prepare our military for the eventual use of these weapons. Operation Crossroads changed the lives of those people who used to live on Bikini, as well as tens of thousands of our own sailors. There is no narration, only some interviews and the film footage strung together with audio and voiceovers. The film definitely takes the point of view that these tests had unintended consequences; we were playing with new toys that we did not understand...and most of us still do not understand. I cannot give this film a higher rating.