8. Radio Bikini
Site score: 5, IMDb score: 3 Overall score: 8
Directed by Robert Stone
Year: 1988
Prior to 1946 and the Operation Crossroads, very few people have ever heard of Bikini Atoll, a group of 23 small islands in the middle of nowhere in the South Pacific. A part of Marshall Islands archipelago, Bikini was left alone for the most of its history. That all changed in 1946 when the US decided that it is a perfect spot for testing a new and terrifying weapon that has just helped end the bloodiest conflict in human history. In a series of tests, a total of 23 nuclear bombs were detonated between 1946 and 1958. The bottom of Bikini lagoon is covered with shipwrecks that were used as test subjects, including the battleship Arkansas and aircraft carrier Saratoga, as well as the former flagship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, battleship Nagato. But far more important than ships was the fate of inhabitants and US servicemen involved in the tests. Robert Stone tells us their story.
