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828 bombswere conducted underground, including "Boxcar," a 1.3 megaton blast with an...

828 bombs
were conducted underground, including "Boxcar," a 1.3 megaton blast with an equivalent yield of 65 Hiroshima bombs

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828 bombs were conducted underground,
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including "Boxcar,"
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a 1.3 megaton blast
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with an equivalent yield
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of 65 Hiroshima bombs.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:05
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Backlot Docs,Cinco Dedos Peliculas

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Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living do...
When they were shooting tests back then, - Downwind 00:10
When they were shooting tests back then,
Back then, the population centers - Downwind 00:10
Back then, the population centers
That's where they tended to make sure - Downwind 00:06
That's where they tended to make sure
So EPA would go out into the communities - Downwind 00:08
So EPA would go out into the communities
They may not give the specific time, - Downwind 00:07
They may not give the specific time,
And if there was a prompt massive venting, - Downwind 00:08
And if there was a prompt massive venting,
But they literally knew where every sheepherder was, - Downwind 00:06
But they literally knew where every sheepherder was,
If there was hunting going on, - Downwind 00:06
If there was hunting going on,
So they knew where the population was, - Downwind 00:06
So they knew where the population was,
And then the laboratories would submit those to DOE, - Downwind 00:19
And then the laboratories would submit those to DOE,
[lan] Out of the 928 tests, here at the Nevada test site, - Downwind 00:11
[lan] Out of the 928 tests, here at the Nevada test site,
Of names, and we have Zuni, Yuma, Erie, Seminole, - Downwind 00:13
Of names, and we have Zuni, Yuma, Erie, Seminole,
They named their weapons tests after, - Downwind 00:12
They named their weapons tests after,
And we began our investigations - Downwind 00:15
And we began our investigations
But it's important-- - Downwind 00:16
But it's important--
[Darwin] If the weather was going to carry the cloud - Downwind 00:11
[Darwin] If the weather was going to carry the cloud
If it was going to stay within that range of 170 millirems, - Downwind 00:15
If it was going to stay within that range of 170 millirems,
[narrator] Through nuclear testing, - Downwind 00:12
[narrator] Through nuclear testing,
Somehow, fallout has, - Downwind 00:07
Somehow, fallout has,
And, um, the perfect example - Downwind 00:19
And, um, the perfect example