Radio Bikini (rare documentary) INFOFALLOUT

=============TITLE: Radio Bikini =============



=============SOURCE: DVD ======RIPPER: NoBeard =============



=============BITRATE: 1551 kbps ======AIR DATE: -none- =============



=============CODEC: XviD 1.0.3 ======RLS DATE: 05/03/2005 =============



=============SIZE: 689 MB ======RUNTIME: 56 mins =============



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In the tradition of "The Atomic Cafe," RADIO BIKINI transports us back to The Cold War, a



terrifying time when the threat of nuclear war was part of daily life. Told in a hauntingly



perceptive tone, this critically-acclaimed film is one of the most powerful and insightful films



ever made on the overwhelming destructiveness of nuclear power. By using extraordinary and rarely



seen archival footage, much of which was once kept classified by the U.S. government, director



Robert Stone brings to light the largely untold story of Bikini Atoll. A peaceful and tropical



island located in the Pacific, it was the unwitting site of a series of high-profile atomic bomb



tests conducted by the U.S. in 1946. With startling eyewitness accounts by a naval serviceman and



the chief of the native Bikinians, the film reveals the stark reality of these tests- thought to



be harmless, they instead left Bikini island uninhabitable for over 40 years and exposed thousands



of sailors to heavy doses of radiation. The film's virtually surreal footage of sailors fishing in



contaminated waters, mushroom clouds filling the skies, and top level government officials



professing the safety of the tests leaves us in utter shock and disbelief- how could something



so horrific have gone untold for so long?