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"Duck and cover."” This is an official civil defense film,produced in cooperation with the...

"Duck and cover."” [film reel narrator 2]
This is an official civil defense film,
produced in cooperation with the Federal Civil
Defense Administration, and in consultation
with the Safety Commission of the National
Education Association

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"Duck and cover."”
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[film reel narrator 2] This is an official
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civil defense film, produced in cooperation
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with the Federal Civil Defense Administration,
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and in consultation with the Safety Commission
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of the National Education Association...
Duration
14 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:53
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...
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[Lewis] I got 13 problems
Maybe 100. In this-- in New York City. - Downwind 00:06
Maybe 100. In this-- in New York City.
Ah, you know, I'm a-- chances are-- - Downwind 00:06
Ah, you know, I'm a-- chances are--
[laughs] Um, that's-- that's usually the way it works. - Downwind 00:06
[laughs] Um, that's-- that's usually the way it wo...
[Claudia] What scares me the most - Downwind 00:07
[Claudia] What scares me the most
That what if I hadn't become one? - Downwind 00:06
That what if I hadn't become one?
Um, and I was a just a drone. [chuckles] - Downwind 00:08
Um, and I was a just a drone. [chuckles]
When I was first started, being an activist about this, - Downwind 00:10
When I was first started, being an activist about this,
And my father got sick, with a brain tumor, - Downwind 00:11
And my father got sick, with a brain tumor,
My sister was diagnosed with melanoma. - Downwind 00:05
My sister was diagnosed with melanoma.
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I had to say, "Please don't call me an activist.&q...
My boss would say, - Downwind 00:16
My boss would say,
I know that years ago, - Downwind 00:09
I know that years ago,
And we used to, uh, do our spiritual walk run for-- - Downwind 00:13
And we used to, uh, do our spiritual walk run for--
Five-- five days to get to the test site - Downwind 00:09
Five-- five days to get to the test site
We have an alliance with the United States, - Downwind 00:08
We have an alliance with the United States,
Your people, my people. Together, our peoples. - Downwind 00:06
Your people, my people. Together, our peoples.
And that's the term of diplomatic engagement, - Downwind 00:06
And that's the term of diplomatic engagement,
[interviewer] - Downwind 00:07
[interviewer]
I stand on the Consti-- - Downwind 00:06
I stand on the Consti--