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[film reel narrator] 640 square miles
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640 square miles of desert and mountains

[film reel narrator]
640 square miles of desert and mountains

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[film reel narrator] 640 square miles
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of desert and mountains.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:00
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...
65 miles northwest from Las Vegas, - Downwind 00:08
65 miles northwest from Las Vegas,
Since we have no atomic monopoly, - Downwind 00:11
Since we have no atomic monopoly,
But naturally, the folks in St. George, - Downwind 00:13
But naturally, the folks in St. George,
The reason that they chose this site - Downwind 00:07
The reason that they chose this site
Um, the scientists were getting concerned - Downwind 00:08
Um, the scientists were getting concerned
Um, the security alone - Downwind 00:15
Um, the security alone
So the President authorized a top-secret program, - Downwind 00:14
So the President authorized a top-secret program,
So they looked here, at the Nevada Proving Grounds, - Downwind 00:12
So they looked here, at the Nevada Proving Grounds,
They looked at a Camp Lejeune, - Downwind 00:06
They looked at a Camp Lejeune,
But they chose here, - Downwind 00:06
But they chose here,
You gotta remember, the population center - Downwind 00:08
You gotta remember, the population center
Very remote, very hard to get to, - Downwind 00:09
Very remote, very hard to get to,
The President signed the paperwork - Downwind 00:06
The President signed the paperwork
And 45 calendar days later, - Downwind 00:06
And 45 calendar days later,
-[announcer] Two! -[explosion rumbles] - Downwind 00:11
-[announcer] Two! -[explosion rumbles]
[film reel narrator] The answer is, - Downwind 00:06
[film reel narrator] The answer is,
In the vast, isolated reaches of the Mid-Pacific, - Downwind 00:08
In the vast, isolated reaches of the Mid-Pacific,
Only smaller bombs are tested inside the United States. - Downwind 00:06
Only smaller bombs are tested inside the United States.
These smaller devices, - Downwind 00:15
These smaller devices,
[Keith Rogers] Testing underground continued - Downwind 00:09
[Keith Rogers] Testing underground continued