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To have this opportunityto recognize the important role of scholarsin addressing an issue...

to have this opportunity
to recognize the important role of scholars
in addressing an issue that has plagued the
international community for far too long

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to have this opportunity to recognize
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the important role of scholars in addressing an issue
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that has plagued the international community
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for far too long.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
01:26:57
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...
Growing up in the Cold War, I was routinely reminded - Downwind 00:12
Growing up in the Cold War, I was routinely reminded
Uh, looking out for the bright light - Downwind 00:06
Uh, looking out for the bright light
Fallout shelters, duck for cover drills, - Downwind 00:08
Fallout shelters, duck for cover drills,
But the threat posed by nuclear weapons - Downwind 00:09
But the threat posed by nuclear weapons
[explosion rumbling] - Downwind 00:13
[explosion rumbling]
I really cannot forgive, um, our leaders, - Downwind 00:14
I really cannot forgive, um, our leaders,
This has-- it has created the worst fear - Downwind 00:07
This has-- it has created the worst fear
Um, and we're seeing it, as we speak, right now. - Downwind 00:07
Um, and we're seeing it, as we speak, right now.
Uh, we-- we-- we-- we-- we watch this sort of drift at-- - Downwind 00:08
Uh, we-- we-- we-- we-- we watch this sort of drift at--
Climate became-- it was more important, - Downwind 00:05
Climate became-- it was more important,
But now we're-- we're looking at a-- - Downwind 00:06
But now we're-- we're looking at a--
Again, speaking about nuclear weapons. - Downwind 00:05
Again, speaking about nuclear weapons.
The one thing I'd hoped for in my lifetime - Downwind 00:09
The one thing I'd hoped for in my lifetime
[plane whooshing] - Downwind 00:11
[plane whooshing]
More than 200,000 people died - Downwind 00:08
More than 200,000 people died
We have spent more than two billion dollars - Downwind 00:10
We have spent more than two billion dollars
[static crackling] - Downwind 00:11
[static crackling]
[narrator] Despite a moratorium on testing, - Downwind 00:10
[narrator] Despite a moratorium on testing,
The Nevada test site remains operational, - Downwind 00:09
The Nevada test site remains operational,
The United States Constitution - Downwind 00:10
The United States Constitution