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Since the beginning of time, mankind has been bombardedby radiation from outer space and...

Since the beginning of time, mankind has been bombarded
by radiation from outer space and from the ground
beneath him." [film reel narrator]
Radium turned out to be a mysterious source of energy

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Since the beginning of time,
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mankind has been bombarded by radiation
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from outer space
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and from the ground beneath him."
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[film reel narrator] Radium turned out to be
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a mysterious source of energy.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:10
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...
But this remarkable element would go on radiating - Downwind 00:07
But this remarkable element would go on radiating
This was against all laws of science - Downwind 00:06
This was against all laws of science
How could this tiny mass contain so much energy? - Downwind 00:06
How could this tiny mass contain so much energy?
[show narrator] Radiation from any source - Downwind 00:15
[show narrator] Radiation from any source
Its effects: cancers, genetic mutations. - Downwind 00:06
Its effects: cancers, genetic mutations.
[ominous orchestral music plays] - Downwind 00:06
[ominous orchestral music plays]
[Mary Dickson] People are still getting sick. - Downwind 00:05
[Mary Dickson] People are still getting sick.
It's not like you just have cancer, - Downwind 00:06
It's not like you just have cancer,
You-- no, you're dealing with it the rest of your life, - Downwind 00:07
You-- no, you're dealing with it the rest of your life,
It's-- it-- it's a huge emotional problem, - Downwind 00:08
It's-- it-- it's a huge emotional problem,
Every ache, every pain, you think, - Downwind 00:10
Every ache, every pain, you think,
It's so, so hard to live with that. - Downwind 00:05
It's so, so hard to live with that.
And it's-- you know, the more work I did on this, - Downwind 00:06
And it's-- you know, the more work I did on this,
I was, um, on my way to work one day, - Downwind 00:06
I was, um, on my way to work one day,
And the woman is telling me that-- - Downwind 00:12
And the woman is telling me that--
I have wondered, all these years, - Downwind 00:06
I have wondered, all these years,
I mean, there are even people in my own state - Downwind 00:08
I mean, there are even people in my own state
I don't think it ever was in history books. - Downwind 00:05
I don't think it ever was in history books.
And-- and there have been newspaper articles, but... - Downwind 00:06
And-- and there have been newspaper articles, but...
Unless you're taught it. And it's not taught. - Downwind 00:05
Unless you're taught it. And it's not taught.