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So they looked here, at the Nevada Proving Grounds
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So they looked here,at the Nevada Proving Grounds, which wasthe initial name of it, where...

So they looked here,
at the Nevada Proving Grounds, which was
the initial name of it, where they carved away a piece of the Nevada Bombing
and Gunnery Range, as it was called back then

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So they looked here, at the Nevada Proving Grounds,
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which was the initial name of it,
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where they carved away a piece
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of the Nevada Bombing and Gunnery Range,
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as it was called back then.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:15
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...
They looked at a Camp Lejeune, - Downwind 00:06
They looked at a Camp Lejeune,
But they chose here, - Downwind 00:06
But they chose here,
You gotta remember, the population center - Downwind 00:08
You gotta remember, the population center
Very remote, very hard to get to, - Downwind 00:09
Very remote, very hard to get to,
The President signed the paperwork - Downwind 00:06
The President signed the paperwork
And 45 calendar days later, - Downwind 00:06
And 45 calendar days later,
-[announcer] Two! -[explosion rumbles] - Downwind 00:11
-[announcer] Two! -[explosion rumbles]
[film reel narrator] The answer is, - Downwind 00:06
[film reel narrator] The answer is,
In the vast, isolated reaches of the Mid-Pacific, - Downwind 00:08
In the vast, isolated reaches of the Mid-Pacific,
Only smaller bombs are tested inside the United States. - Downwind 00:06
Only smaller bombs are tested inside the United States.
These smaller devices, - Downwind 00:15
These smaller devices,
[Keith Rogers] Testing underground continued - Downwind 00:09
[Keith Rogers] Testing underground continued
Ice Cap was ready and, uh, - Downwind 00:12
Ice Cap was ready and, uh,
Edward Teller was, you talk about regret, he-- - Downwind 00:09
Edward Teller was, you talk about regret, he--
He'd like to be known as the physicist - Downwind 00:09
He'd like to be known as the physicist
When I asked him, where we were as far as being, - Downwind 00:18
When I asked him, where we were as far as being,
And-- and you would get this whole-- - Downwind 00:08
And-- and you would get this whole--
And all of a sudden, - Downwind 00:08
And all of a sudden,
And he goes, "I don't want to go any further in the interview." - Downwind 00:09
And he goes, "I don't want to go any further in th...
We all looked around and, you know, - Downwind 00:06
We all looked around and, you know,