1988 Biography documentary
USA
56 minutes
Original language: English, Russian
Through archival footage (much of it never before seen by civilians), fragments of an incomplete government propaganda film, and the testimony of firsthand witnesses, Stone's Oscar-nominated documentary tells the story of Operation Crossroads, the first nuclear weapons test by the United States, conducted at Bikini Atoll in the summer of 1946 -- an event which would lend its name to a women's two-piece swimsuit, and incontestably secure us in the Atomic Age.
| Directed by | Robert Stone |