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But they were passing them out after a test, instead of before, and it was supposed to...

But they were passing them out after a test, instead of before, and it was supposed to inhibit
the, uh, absorption of the--
the radiation

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But they were passing them out
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after a test,
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instead of before,
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and it was supposed to inhibit the, uh,
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absorption of the-- the radiation.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:43
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Backlot Docs,Cinco Dedos Peliculas

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Movie Summary

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...
[Geiger counter clicking] - Downwind 00:17
[Geiger counter clicking]
Since the beginning of time, - Downwind 00:13
Since the beginning of time,
But this remarkable element would go on radiating - Downwind 00:07
But this remarkable element would go on radiating
This was against all laws of science - Downwind 00:06
This was against all laws of science
How could this tiny mass contain so much energy? - Downwind 00:06
How could this tiny mass contain so much energy?
[show narrator] Radiation from any source - Downwind 00:15
[show narrator] Radiation from any source
Its effects: cancers, genetic mutations. - Downwind 00:06
Its effects: cancers, genetic mutations.
[ominous orchestral music plays] - Downwind 00:06
[ominous orchestral music plays]
[Mary Dickson] People are still getting sick. - Downwind 00:05
[Mary Dickson] People are still getting sick.
It's not like you just have cancer, - Downwind 00:06
It's not like you just have cancer,
You-- no, you're dealing with it the rest of your life, - Downwind 00:07
You-- no, you're dealing with it the rest of your life,
It's-- it-- it's a huge emotional problem, - Downwind 00:08
It's-- it-- it's a huge emotional problem,
Every ache, every pain, you think, - Downwind 00:10
Every ache, every pain, you think,
It's so, so hard to live with that. - Downwind 00:05
It's so, so hard to live with that.
And it's-- you know, the more work I did on this, - Downwind 00:06
And it's-- you know, the more work I did on this,
I was, um, on my way to work one day, - Downwind 00:06
I was, um, on my way to work one day,
And the woman is telling me that-- - Downwind 00:12
And the woman is telling me that--
I have wondered, all these years, - Downwind 00:06
I have wondered, all these years,
I mean, there are even people in my own state - Downwind 00:08
I mean, there are even people in my own state
I don't think it ever was in history books. - Downwind 00:05
I don't think it ever was in history books.