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Testing nuclear bombs in the Nevadanuclear testing area

Testing nuclear bombs in the Nevada
nuclear testing area

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Testing nuclear bombs
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in the Nevada nuclear testing area.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:26
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...
I can't think of anything that disqualifies a person more - Downwind 00:10
I can't think of anything that disqualifies a person mo...
Knowing what that has done to public health - Downwind 00:30
Knowing what that has done to public health
And I don't think there's any idea - Downwind 00:11
And I don't think there's any idea
[Kevin] Downwinders are people who live downwind, - Downwind 00:14
[Kevin] Downwinders are people who live downwind,
The United States government literally said, - Downwind 00:16
The United States government literally said,
"A low-use segment of the population,” - Downwind 00:05
"A low-use segment of the population,”
We've got some business to conduct, - Downwind 00:09
We've got some business to conduct,
Not just a low-use segment of the population, - Downwind 00:41
Not just a low-use segment of the population,
They were being experimented upon - Downwind 00:05
They were being experimented upon
[narrator] The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act - Downwind 00:15
[narrator] The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
[Brian] When people are exposed to radiation, - Downwind 00:08
[Brian] When people are exposed to radiation,
And genetic damage is what we call the break in-- - Downwind 00:10
And genetic damage is what we call the break in--
When that happens, there, uh, - Downwind 00:08
When that happens, there, uh,
What is easiest for the public to understand, - Downwind 00:06
What is easiest for the public to understand,
The functioning, and proper functioning of genes, - Downwind 00:12
The functioning, and proper functioning of genes,
It's critical to the function of the heart, - Downwind 00:09
It's critical to the function of the heart,
So, if you're exposed to anything - Downwind 00:27
So, if you're exposed to anything
Not to mention the psychological burden - Downwind 00:06
Not to mention the psychological burden
And I remember, uh, the weekend - Downwind 00:08
And I remember, uh, the weekend
-[explosion booming] -[wind whooshing] - Downwind 00:06
-[explosion booming] -[wind whooshing]