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Three, two, one, -zero.- Over time, uh, it was later on that when we were told, uh, that...

[announcer] Three, two, one, -zero.
-[explosion rumbles] Over time, uh, it was later on that when we were told, uh, that they were doing
the testing there, and, uh, there was radiation
spreading out across the-- Yeah,
Nevada and across the States, and we found out that, uh, it caused cancer and leukemia

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[announcer] Three, two, one,
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-zero. -[explosion rumbles]
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Over time, uh, it was later on
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that when we were told, uh,
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that they were doing the testing there, and, uh,
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there was radiation spreading out across the--
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Yeah, Nevada and across the States,
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and we found out that, uh,
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it caused cancer and leukemia.
Duration
31 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:08
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...
We had noticed that when he was growing up, - Downwind 00:08
We had noticed that when he was growing up,
And I remember, - Downwind 00:13
And I remember,
Once we've seen the-- the mushroom, - Downwind 00:05
Once we've seen the-- the mushroom,
My brother, Philip Graham, - Downwind 00:08
My brother, Philip Graham,
Even if he went to the doctor's in Phoenix, Las Vegas, - Downwind 00:10
Even if he went to the doctor's in Phoenix, Las Vegas,
No one ever warned us about the testing - Downwind 00:06
No one ever warned us about the testing
And we still do, at times. - Downwind 00:05
And we still do, at times.
And that was being taken away, - Downwind 00:06
And that was being taken away,
And it's destroying our medicine, - Downwind 00:07
And it's destroying our medicine,
"Cause that's where the radiation go, - Downwind 00:05
"Cause that's where the radiation go,
Cross-- all across the United States, - Downwind 00:10
Cross-- all across the United States,
[eerie music plays] - Downwind 00:09
[eerie music plays]
[narrator] The path of radioactive fallout - Downwind 00:09
[narrator] The path of radioactive fallout
[Patrick Wayne] My father was under contract for, - Downwind 00:07
[Patrick Wayne] My father was under contract for,
If my dad had to make a choice, he never would have-- - Downwind 00:08
If my dad had to make a choice, he never would have--
I do remember that, uh, you know, - Downwind 00:07
I do remember that, uh, you know,
But what we did know, was at that time, - Downwind 00:07
But what we did know, was at that time,
Uranium mining was a big thing, - Downwind 00:06
Uranium mining was a big thing,
-Everybody had Geiger counters. -[Geiger counter clicking] - Downwind 00:09
-Everybody had Geiger counters. -[Geiger counter clicking]
We thought, you know, we're gonna discover uranium, - Downwind 00:07
We thought, you know, we're gonna discover uranium,