This Oscar-nominated documentary chronicles the aftermath of the 1946 U.S. atomic bomb tests on Bikini Atoll, which became uninhabitable for 40 years.. Radio Bikini is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning (and Oscar nominated) documentary film about the greatest operation to test nuclear weapons ever conducted by the United States.
This Academy Award-nominated documentary about nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll (Operation Crossroads) in 1946 aired as an episode of the long-running PBS program "American Experience". It was seen via PBS member station WNET in Newark, NJ.. This Oscar-nominated doc chronicles the jingoistic rush to test atom bombs on the Pacific island of Bikini Atoll following World War Two and the devastating effects on natives and US soldiers.