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I don't knowif that was part of the conscious deliberations, on the part of peoplewho made...

I don't know
if that was part of the conscious deliberations, on the part of people
who made that decision

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I don't know if that was part
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of the conscious deliberations,
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on the part of people who made that decision...
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:12
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...
If-- if you're gonna say, "Well, - Downwind 00:10
If-- if you're gonna say, "Well,
But obviously, the 10,000 people that you're going to expose... - Downwind 00:06
But obviously, the 10,000 people that you're going to e...
Are never going to view that as anything other than - Downwind 00:06
Are never going to view that as anything other than
[film reel narrator] We in the military biomedical group - Downwind 00:07
[film reel narrator] We in the military biomedical group
These are the standard animals we work with daily - Downwind 00:07
These are the standard animals we work with daily
Knowing and working with them, we find that in many ways, - Downwind 00:07
Knowing and working with them, we find that in many ways,
-[announcer] One, zero! -[explosion rumbles] - Downwind 00:06
-[announcer] One, zero! -[explosion rumbles]
[film reel narrator] Early in the Plumbbob Operation, - Downwind 00:17
[film reel narrator] Early in the Plumbbob Operation,
The mortality rates, nearly 100%, - Downwind 00:07
The mortality rates, nearly 100%,
Outside the precursor, those animals in the open, - Downwind 00:12
Outside the precursor, those animals in the open,
Flying glass fragments - Downwind 00:06
Flying glass fragments
[narrator] Downwinders were, and remain, expendable. - Downwind 00:06
[narrator] Downwinders were, and remain, expendable.
Unfortunately for the humans - Downwind 00:12
Unfortunately for the humans
[Darwin Morgan] The world was in a different - Downwind 00:08
[Darwin Morgan] The world was in a different
So, I-- whatever the subject is, - Downwind 00:13
So, I-- whatever the subject is,
They were faced with the situation - Downwind 00:09
They were faced with the situation
So, yes, it's easy, - Downwind 00:12
So, yes, it's easy,
Would we have been able to have done it at all, - Downwind 00:05
Would we have been able to have done it at all,
But again, it was a different time, - Downwind 00:06
But again, it was a different time,
[film reel narrator] 640 square miles - Downwind 00:06
[film reel narrator] 640 square miles