To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
If it was going to stay within that range of 170 millirems
Please log in to add to collections.
Downwind

If it was going to stay withinthat range of 170 millirems, if they hada prompt massive...

If it was going to stay within
that range of 170 millirems, if they had
a prompt massive venting, and the 170 millirem limit was gonna be
inside a certain area, then they would go ahead
and do the test

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.879
If it was going to stay within that range of 170 millirems,
00:00:04.962 --> 00:00:06.881
if they had a prompt massive venting,
00:00:06.964 --> 00:00:09.758
and the 170 millirem limit
00:00:09.842 --> 00:00:11.385
was gonna be inside a certain area,
00:00:11.468 --> 00:00:14.054
then they would go ahead and do the test.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:18
Uploaded
Apr 15, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Backlot Docs,Cinco Dedos Peliculas

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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...
[narrator] Through nuclear testing, - Downwind 00:12
[narrator] Through nuclear testing,
Somehow, fallout has, - Downwind 00:07
Somehow, fallout has,
And, um, the perfect example - Downwind 00:19
And, um, the perfect example
And it's this-- this long volcanic rock ridge - Downwind 00:12
And it's this-- this long volcanic rock ridge
And this was where the Department of Energy - Downwind 00:14
And this was where the Department of Energy
The highest, deadliest nuclear waste in the world - Downwind 00:09
The highest, deadliest nuclear waste in the world
And the spent fuel rods - Downwind 00:06
And the spent fuel rods
And it turns out, Yucca Mountain's - Downwind 00:11
And it turns out, Yucca Mountain's
That-- that nuclear remnants - Downwind 00:07
That-- that nuclear remnants
Had gone from the top of Yucca Mountain - Downwind 00:17
Had gone from the top of Yucca Mountain
Fallout was so widespread - Downwind 00:15
Fallout was so widespread
And that's how we know how far it traveled, - Downwind 00:07
And that's how we know how far it traveled,
[narrator] So what does the American government do - Downwind 00:07
[narrator] So what does the American government do
[Kevin Kamps] RECA is short - Downwind 00:13
[Kevin Kamps] RECA is short
Unfortunately, its scope is way too limited, - Downwind 00:07
Unfortunately, its scope is way too limited,
It's other diseases, it's genetic damage, - Downwind 00:06
It's other diseases, it's genetic damage,
The amount of money being offered - Downwind 00:10
The amount of money being offered
I mean, $50,000 doesn't buy much in the way of chemotherapy, - Downwind 00:22
I mean, $50,000 doesn't buy much in the way of chemothe...
But the United States government almost never admits guilt, - Downwind 00:10
But the United States government almost never admits guilt,
I mean, it took many decades, - Downwind 00:08
I mean, it took many decades,