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Today,only a handful of people know -what it really means.-

[announcer] Today,
only a handful of people know -what it really means.
-[indistinct shouting] [high-pitched humming]

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[announcer] Today, only a handful of people know
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-what it really means. -[indistinct shouting]
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[high-pitched humming]
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:49
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...
I became active, um, because of this script - Downwind 00:13
I became active, um, because of this script
Which was written by a guy named Mike Gray, - Downwind 00:09
Which was written by a guy named Mike Gray,
And I saw it as a, uh, a great horror movie. - Downwind 00:07
And I saw it as a, uh, a great horror movie.
Then, as I began the whole process of-- of, - Downwind 00:18
Then, as I began the whole process of-- of,
And they had had a loss of faith, - Downwind 00:17
And they had had a loss of faith,
And so we made this movie, - Downwind 00:08
And so we made this movie,
Particularly from Jane's, uh, part of-- point of view, - Downwind 00:07
Particularly from Jane's, uh, part of-- point of view,
And then 13 days after the movie came out, - Downwind 00:09
And then 13 days after the movie came out,
And all of a sudden, I, like everybody, - Downwind 00:07
And all of a sudden, I, like everybody,
Our movie-- our movie, - Downwind 00:17
Our movie-- our movie,
[reporter] The accident occurred here, - Downwind 00:08
[reporter] The accident occurred here,
At about four o'clock this morning, - Downwind 00:08
At about four o'clock this morning,
Officials say some 50-60,000 gallons - Downwind 00:09
Officials say some 50-60,000 gallons
Steam escaped into the atmosphere, - Downwind 00:07
Steam escaped into the atmosphere,
So this was an epiphany, uh, for me. - Downwind 00:05
So this was an epiphany, uh, for me.
Such pressure, and as it was turning out, - Downwind 00:08
Such pressure, and as it was turning out,
So, that was sort of the beginning - Downwind 00:06
So, that was sort of the beginning
And then, um, uh, a few years later, - Downwind 00:06
And then, um, uh, a few years later,
Uh, and we watched that unfold and unveil. - Downwind 00:06
Uh, and we watched that unfold and unveil.
And a couple of years after that, - Downwind 00:05
And a couple of years after that,