Castaways, The
Broadcast: 11th August 1950
Added: Nov 22 2003
In the south pacific night comes on rapidly, the sun blips below the flat horizon, the sea is crimson for a moment and then night falls. But on Tohonayato giant floodlights turn night in to day across the waters of the lagoon within the barrier reef launches and tugs skitter back and forth while on the curving half moon of the island army trucks and jeeps scuttle down the rough roads bulldozed by the CV’s just six weeks ago. A hut stands near the beach surrounded by barbed wire. This is the preliminary command post and inside is General Frank Gadosh field director of the test, operation destruction…