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[narrator]
On January 27th, 1951, the United States air-dropped
the first nuclear device -on the Nevada test site.
-[explosion booms] It was codenamed "Able." Apparently, it was determined that the detonation
of this one kiloton device, and the 927 tests
conducted thereafter
On January 27th, 1951, the United States air-dropped
the first nuclear device -on the Nevada test site.
-[explosion booms] It was codenamed "Able." Apparently, it was determined that the detonation
of this one kiloton device, and the 927 tests
conducted thereafter
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[narrator]
On January 27th, 1951,
00:00:04.001 --> 00:00:07.757
the United States air-dropped
the first nuclear device
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-on the Nevada test site.
-[explosion booms]
00:00:10.926 --> 00:00:12.047
It was codenamed "Able."
00:00:13.054 --> 00:00:14.847
Apparently, it was determined
00:00:14.093 --> 00:00:18.392
that the detonation
of this one kiloton device,
00:00:18.476 --> 00:00:22.688
and the 927 tests
conducted thereafter...
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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...