Interview with Richard Whitehead, Downwinders of Utah Archive, June 12, 2017, Video

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Title Interview with Richard Whitehead, Downwinders of Utah Archive, June 12, 2017, Video
Creator Whitehead, Richard
Contributor Sams, Anthony
Date 2017-06-12
Subject Nuclear weapons testing victims--West (U.S.); Nuclear weapons--Testing--Nevada; Radioactive fallout--Physiological effect--West (U.S.); Radioactive fallout--Health aspects--West (U.S.)
Description Video (13 minutes, 58 seconds) of an interview conducted by Anthony Sams with Richard Whitehead, St. George, Utah, June 2017. Interview discusses Whitehead's medical issues with stomach cancer, memories of aboveground testing, classmates getting sick with thyroid issues, his father's dairy, and medical problems with sheep. He also discusses the filming of the movie the Conqueror, and people involved in the movie dying from cancer.
Type Image/MovingImage
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format video/mp4
Extent 13:58
Language eng
Rights
Is Part of Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project
ARK ark:/87278/s63244zv
Setname uum_dua
ID 1379196
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63244zv
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