Radioactive Paradise: Bikini Atoll (2008)

ALL 10/09/2008 (en) Documentary 44 Min
  • Release
    10/09/2008
  • Production
    Paola Álvarez Filmproduktion, Context TV, Science Channel
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  • Original title
    Radioactive Paradise: Bikini Atoll
  • Original language
    en
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Overview

July, 1946. Bikini. It was the first of 23 nuclear tests the US government made in their race against the Soviets during the Cold War. A remote atoll in the Marshall Islands, set in the vast blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and Hawaii. Ironically though, it was this isolation, that sealed the atoll's fate: During "Operation Crossroads" in July of 1946, two atom bombs were used to sink a ghost fleet of 84 vessels, destroying the natural environment and leaving parts of the huge atoll ring permanently contaminated in the process. The islanders are still reliant on imported food even today.

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  1. Erik Thompson

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Radioactive Paradise: Bikini Atoll (2008) 44 Min

ALL 10/09/2008 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 10/09/2008
  • Production
    Paola Álvarez Filmproduktion, Context TV, Science Channel
  • Original title Radioactive Paradise: Bikini Atoll
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

July, 1946. Bikini. It was the first of 23 nuclear tests the US government made in their race against the Soviets during the Cold War. A remote atoll in the Marshall Islands, set in the vast blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean between the Philippines and Hawaii. Ironically though, it was this isolation, that sealed the atoll's fate: During "Operation Crossroads" in July of 1946, two atom bombs were used to sink a ghost fleet of 84 vessels, destroying the natural environment and leaving parts of the huge atoll ring permanently contaminated in the process. The islanders are still reliant on imported food even today.

  1. Christopher Hale, Andreas Sawall

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer