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How many testsdo you have to do, to find out that they work, and that stuff goes upin the...

How many tests
do you have to do, to find out that they work, and that stuff goes up
in the air, a-- and I've had people, especially students,
when I speak to class, they say, "Well,
why did they do so many tests?" It's like, "You know,
it's a really good question." Because what did they find out
on the 928th test that they didn't know
on the 12th or tenth or 20th or 30th?

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How many tests do you have to do,
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to find out that they work,
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and that stuff goes up in the air,
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a-- and I've had people,
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especially students, when I speak to class,
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they say, "Well, why did they do so many tests?"
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It's like, "You know, it's a really good question."
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Because what did they find out on the 928th test
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that they didn't know on the 12th
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or tenth or 20th or 30th?
Duration
26 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:53
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...
Um, and-- and to me, I always said, - Downwind 00:18
Um, and-- and to me, I always said,
[narrator] The Atomic Energy Commission's report added, - Downwind 00:09
[narrator] The Atomic Energy Commission's report added,
In this atomic age, we are living - Downwind 00:06
In this atomic age, we are living
It is important that we try to understand it, - Downwind 00:07
It is important that we try to understand it,
It is also important that we respect its powers, - Downwind 00:13
It is also important that we respect its powers,
[Brian] The United States government, - Downwind 00:13
[Brian] The United States government,
And that film that they produced, - Downwind 00:07
And that film that they produced,
Now a lot of people might say, - Downwind 00:12
Now a lot of people might say,
The scientist who works-- - Downwind 00:20
The scientist who works--
Twelve years later, for the United States government - Downwind 00:16
Twelve years later, for the United States government
But we want you to go inside - Downwind 00:18
But we want you to go inside
It is not constituted an appreciable danger - Downwind 00:08
It is not constituted an appreciable danger
It was absurd at the time. It was dishonest at the time. - Downwind 00:05
It was absurd at the time. It was dishonest at the time.
In retrospect, we can certainly identify it - Downwind 00:10
In retrospect, we can certainly identify it
[film reel narrator] We must be ready - Downwind 00:05
[film reel narrator] We must be ready
First, you have to know what happens - Downwind 00:06
First, you have to know what happens
They would come to my elementary school, with-- with films. - Downwind 00:06
They would come to my elementary school, with-- with films.
To show me how to protect myself - Downwind 00:06
To show me how to protect myself
[audience laughter] - Downwind 00:10
[audience laughter]
[audience laughter] - Downwind 00:11
[audience laughter]