American Experience

Radio Bikini

Directed by Robert Stone
TV-PG
S1 • E2    Oct 10, 1988    55m
7.5
While the U.N. debated strategies for control of atomic energy, the U.S. Navy was preparing two highly-publicized nuclear tests. Seven hundred fifty cameras were shipped to Bikini to be used for a major propaganda film. Bikinians had no say about turning their idyllic island into an atomic test site. Forty years later, their home would still be too contaminated to support human life.

Where to Watch Radio Bikini

Cast of Radio Bikini

  • Kilon BaunoSelf - Chief of the Bikinians
  • John SmithermanSelf - Veteran of Nuclear Weapons Tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946
  • Warren AustinSelf - US Delegate to UN
  • Bernard BaruchSelf
  • W.H.P. BlandySelf
  • Albert EinsteinSelf - Concerned About Bikini Test
  • James ForrestalSelf
  • Vyacheslav MolotovSelf
  • Woodrow P. SwancuttSelf
  • Harry S. TrumanSelf
  • Harold UreySelf - Concerned About Bikini Test
  • Lee Van AttaSelf - Radio Reporter
  • William E. KepnerSelf - Delivering Motivation Address
  • Robert StoneDirector / Producer

 

  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices