Return To Bikini Pt. 1 of 2 (main title missing)
Men on white sand & in tidal pools of Eniwetok. Footage of pre-test life w/ men carrying fishing boats to water, cutting coconuts; waves over coral reefs. Map showing location. Aerial of atoll. Illustration of formation of atoll by subsidence of island. Wreckage of trucks & equipment on beaches in water; large beached cargo ship rusted out.
16:02:38 Atomic test control ship; explosions w/ large cloud forming VO describing. Aerial over barren islands after testing. Describing reason for the expedition in 1964. View of green & craters remaining from tests.
16:04:09 Small landing craft & pickup backed onboard w/ scientists leaving Eniwetok. POV on board; CU of technicians. Dr. Lauren R. Donaldson explaining, pointing as craft moves across water; go ashore in small outboard & pull up onto sand. Taking radiation levels w/ geiger counter; hacking w/ machete. Putting pipe into sand & getting drinking water. Plants starting to grow from nuts that floated in. CUs.
16:07:05 Spreading rotenone in shallow water to poison fish for sampling. Diving for fish & gathering the posoned fish. CU squirrel fish; damsel fish; groupers; mullets, surgeon fish all stunned by poison.
16:08:46 Outer reef walked by two men w/ buckets; CU puffer fish. Water boiling up thru rocks cleansing reef.
16:10:04 Leaving for Bikini on ship Ran-Annim at dock, equipment loaded into hold. Lines cast off. Bikini on horizon, flying fish. Anchor dropped, large sharks seen in water. Small wooden boat w/ inboard engine lowered & Marshalese take scientists to island. Pan over. Coconut trees, Ferry Tern sitting & in flight. Birds on ground; in trees. Rock of surf edge; pools w/ marine life. Hermit crabs walking. Continued...
Cold War; Atomic Testing; Biological Rebirth; Botanical Regrowth; Pacific Islands; 1960s; Propaganda; Health; Safety;
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Return To Bikini Pt. 1 of 2 (main title missing) Men on white sand & in tidal pools of Eniwetok. Footage of pre-test life w/ men carrying fishing boats to water, cutting coconuts; waves over coral reefs. Map showing location. Aerial of atoll. Illustration of formation of atoll by subsidence of island. Wreckage of trucks & equipment on beaches in water; large beached cargo ship rusted out. 16:02:38 Atomic test control ship; explosions w/ large cloud forming VO describing. Aerial over barren islands after testing. Describing reason for the expedition in 1964. View of green & craters remaining from tests. 16:04:09 Small landing craft & pickup backed onboard w/ scientists leaving Eniwetok. POV on board; CU of technicians. Dr. Lauren R. Donaldson explaining, pointing as craft moves across water; go ashore in small outboard & pull up onto sand. Taking radiation levels w/ geiger counter; hacking w/ machete. Putting pipe into sand & getting drinking water. Plants starting to grow from nuts that floated in. CUs. 16:07:05 Spreading rotenone in shallow water to poison fish for sampling. Diving for fish & gathering the posoned fish. CU squirrel fish; damsel fish; groupers; mullets, surgeon fish all stunned by poison. 16:08:46 Outer reef walked by two men w/ buckets; CU puffer fish. Water boiling up thru rocks cleansing reef. 16:10:04 Leaving for Bikini on ship Ran-Annim at dock, equipment loaded into hold. Lines cast off. Bikini on horizon, flying fish. Anchor dropped, large sharks seen in water. Small wooden boat w/ inboard engine lowered & Marshalese take scientists to island. Pan over. Coconut trees, Ferry Tern sitting & in flight. Birds on ground; in trees. Rock of surf edge; pools w/ marine life. Hermit crabs walking. Continued... Cold War; Atomic Testing; Biological Rebirth; Botanical Regrowth; Pacific Islands; 1960s; Propaganda; Health; Safety;