Mysteries in the Archives: 1946 A-bomb Tests on Bikini

200826 min 19 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Serge Viallet

Production: Florence Fanelli

Co-produced by ARTE France and Institut national de l'audiovisuel with the participation of Centre National de la Cinématographie, in association with YLE Teema - Ritva Leino and RTSI-Televisione Svizzera, and with the participation of the National Film Board of Canada.

This title is an acquisition.

No event in the history of cinema had ever been so thoroughly covered. Why so many cameras and equipment to film two atomic explosions just after the end of the Second World War? And what is the relationship between atomic testing and the famous bathing suit?

Subject categories


  • History > Historical PerpectivesWorld History

Credits


idea
Serge Viallet
Cédric Lépée
series director
Serge Viallet
director
Serge Viallet
editor
Clarisse Gilbert
graphic design
Stéphanie Mée
Cédric Babel
historical research
Cedric Gruat
musical illustration
Niels Poux
image masking
Alexandre Auque
dressing conception
Alexandre Auque
credit sequence design
Philippe Truffault
credit sequence production
Philippe Truffault
credit sequence editor
François Labat
colour correction
Rémi Berge
translator
Dana Burns Westberg
narrator
Dana Burns Westberg
documentary research
Serge Viallet
Michael Dolan
Marie Bessi
sound design
Laurent Thomas
mix
Laurent Thomas
post-production manager
Rita Lourdemarianadin
post-production technician
Daniel Ricard
broadcast mastering
Vincent Legrain
image restoration
Emmanuel Laroche
video transfer
Eric Queille
Marc Grandhomme
production manager
Thierry Ippolito
production assistant
Vincent Encontre
commissioning editor
Elisabeth Hulten
administrator
Françoise Tsitsichvili
Yasmine Boucherat
producer
Florence Fanelli
head of production
Xavier Marliangeas