Return To Bikini Pt. 2 of 2
Continued... Shore crabs walking across rocks. CUs odd colorful shells, snails. Catching plankton w/ fine nets from wooden boat. Underwater diver picking coral samples. Silt as effect of the blast in bottom that has smothered coral.
16:15:55 Scientists carrying day’s samples in rucksacks, packs & bags walking out to boat to ferry out to ship Ran-Annim. Giant clam hoisted aboard; had lived thru the blast & clams dissected for analysis of radioactivity. View down into boat hull & laboratory w/ scientist putting trays into drier; dried samples wrapped, bagged & sealed. Geiger counter over coconut crab shell showing build up of Strontium 90.
16:18:07 Hoisting bucket of bottom sample, bagged for later analysis. Small turtle on boat deck & put back. Lizard on palm tree trunk, try to catch w/ noose.
16:19:27 Rat in ground litter beside traps. 25th generation of rats that survived the blast checked on table on boat deck; organs studied for effects. Eagle rays in shallow water playing.
16:20:50 Captain charting on map by light, cruising to Rongelap. View of island from water w/ houses along shore, trees behind. Men & children greeting arriving scientists; kids sailing boats made from chewing gum wrappers; men carry outrigger fishing boats out, sailing.
16:22:17 Picking breadfruit from large tree w/ pole w/ hook. Woman gathering. Man climbing coconut palm & picking. Girl husking nut on spike. Baking beadfruit over fire; kids chewing pandanus fruit.
15:23:49 Scientists measuring growth of trees, measuring & recording. Natives helping tag trees. Fertilizing trees. Kids & scientists carry fruit & samples to shoreline. Women weaving frond basket; kids watch. “Life is back to normal... (Rongelap)” Woman washing clothes & hanging on line; girl playing ukulele, kids jumping rope, playing rock, paper, scissors game.
16:26:19 Anchored chain lifting. Aerial view of atolls & reefs. End Credits.
Cold War; Atomic Testing; Biological Rebirth; Botanical Regrowth; Pacific Islands; 1960s; Propaganda; Health; Safety; Misinformation;
NOTE: Rongelap islanders were again evacuated in 1985. Earlier high rates of thyroid-tumors & leukemia caused deaths. 1996 resettlement again tried.
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Return To Bikini Pt. 2 of 2 Continued... Shore crabs walking across rocks. CUs odd colorful shells, snails. Catching plankton w/ fine nets from wooden boat. Underwater diver picking coral samples. Silt as effect of the blast in bottom that has smothered coral. 16:15:55 Scientists carrying day’s samples in rucksacks, packs & bags walking out to boat to ferry out to ship Ran-Annim. Giant clam hoisted aboard; had lived thru the blast & clams dissected for analysis of radioactivity. View down into boat hull & laboratory w/ scientist putting trays into drier; dried samples wrapped, bagged & sealed. Geiger counter over coconut crab shell showing build up of Strontium 90. 16:18:07 Hoisting bucket of bottom sample, bagged for later analysis. Small turtle on boat deck & put back. Lizard on palm tree trunk, try to catch w/ noose. 16:19:27 Rat in ground litter beside traps. 25th generation of rats that survived the blast checked on table on boat deck; organs studied for effects. Eagle rays in shallow water playing. 16:20:50 Captain charting on map by light, cruising to Rongelap. View of island from water w/ houses along shore, trees behind. Men & children greeting arriving scientists; kids sailing boats made from chewing gum wrappers; men carry outrigger fishing boats out, sailing. 16:22:17 Picking breadfruit from large tree w/ pole w/ hook. Woman gathering. Man climbing coconut palm & picking. Girl husking nut on spike. Baking beadfruit over fire; kids chewing pandanus fruit. 15:23:49 Scientists measuring growth of trees, measuring & recording. Natives helping tag trees. Fertilizing trees. Kids & scientists carry fruit & samples to shoreline. Women weaving frond basket; kids watch. “Life is back to normal... (Rongelap)” Woman washing clothes & hanging on line; girl playing ukulele, kids jumping rope, playing rock, paper, scissors game. 16:26:19 Anchored chain lifting. Aerial view of atolls & reefs. End Credits. Cold War; Atomic Testing; Biological Rebirth; Botanical Regrowth; Pacific Islands; 1960s; Propaganda; Health; Safety; Misinformation; NOTE: Rongelap islanders were again evacuated in 1985. Earlier high rates of thyroid-tumors & leukemia caused deaths. 1996 resettlement again tried.