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American Experience
S01 E02 / RADIO BIKINI
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EP 01
THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE
EP 02
RADIO BIKINI
EP 03
INDIANS, OUTLAWS AND ANGIE DEBO
EP 04
ERIC SEVAREID'S NOT SO WILD A DREAM
EP 05
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ROSIE THE RIVETER
EP 06
DO YOU MEAN THERE ARE STILL REAL COWBOYS?
EP 07
KENNEDY VS. WALLACE: A CRISIS UP CLOSE
EP 08
GERONIMO AND THE APACHE RESISTANCE
EP 09
LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN: REVISITED
EP 10
THAT RHYTHM, THOSE BLUES
EP 11
THE RADIO PRIEST
EP 12
HEARTS AND HANDS
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RADIO BIKINIWhile 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.
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