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Back then,the population centers were not as they are now, so there was very,very low...

Back then,
the population centers were not as they are now, so there was very,
very low population to the northeast of the site

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Back then, the population centers
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were not as they are now,
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so there was very, very low population
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to the northeast of the site.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:03
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...
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
And it's this-- this long volcanic rock ridge - Downwind 00:12
And it's this-- this long volcanic rock ridge
And this was where the Department of Energy - Downwind 00:14
And this was where the Department of Energy