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Growing up in the Cold War,I was routinely reminded of the threatof nuclear weapons,...

Growing up in the Cold War,
I was routinely reminded of the threat
of nuclear weapons, either when I was hiding
under my wooden desk

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Growing up in the Cold War, I was routinely reminded
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of the threat of nuclear weapons,
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either when I was hiding under my wooden desk...
Duration
12 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:27:10
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...
Uh, looking out for the bright light - Downwind 00:06
Uh, looking out for the bright light
Fallout shelters, duck for cover drills, - Downwind 00:08
Fallout shelters, duck for cover drills,
But the threat posed by nuclear weapons - Downwind 00:09
But the threat posed by nuclear weapons
[explosion rumbling] - Downwind 00:13
[explosion rumbling]
I really cannot forgive, um, our leaders, - Downwind 00:14
I really cannot forgive, um, our leaders,
This has-- it has created the worst fear - Downwind 00:07
This has-- it has created the worst fear
Um, and we're seeing it, as we speak, right now. - Downwind 00:07
Um, and we're seeing it, as we speak, right now.
Uh, we-- we-- we-- we-- we watch this sort of drift at-- - Downwind 00:08
Uh, we-- we-- we-- we-- we watch this sort of drift at--
Climate became-- it was more important, - Downwind 00:05
Climate became-- it was more important,
But now we're-- we're looking at a-- - Downwind 00:06
But now we're-- we're looking at a--
Again, speaking about nuclear weapons. - Downwind 00:05
Again, speaking about nuclear weapons.
The one thing I'd hoped for in my lifetime - Downwind 00:09
The one thing I'd hoped for in my lifetime
[plane whooshing] - Downwind 00:11
[plane whooshing]
More than 200,000 people died - Downwind 00:08
More than 200,000 people died
We have spent more than two billion dollars - Downwind 00:10
We have spent more than two billion dollars
[static crackling] - Downwind 00:11
[static crackling]
[narrator] Despite a moratorium on testing, - Downwind 00:10
[narrator] Despite a moratorium on testing,
The Nevada test site remains operational, - Downwind 00:09
The Nevada test site remains operational,
The United States Constitution - Downwind 00:10
The United States Constitution
We're trying to share our knowledge - Downwind 00:06
We're trying to share our knowledge