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On Wed, 6 Jun 2018 08:51:33 -0500, Charles Richmond
<nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:

>On 6/4/2018 4:38 PM, maus wrote:
>> On 2018-06-04, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 12:50:42 -0700 (PDT)
>>> hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 3:00:04 AM UTC-4, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 	What's really amazing is that at the time (well into the 1970s
>>>>> too) it wasn't noticable it was just normal.
>>>>>
>>>>> 	One of Arthur C Clarke's books had a character whose job was
>>>>> editing the smoke and cigarettes out of old films so as not to offend
>>>>> modern sensibilities. It seemed unlikely when I read it, recently I read
>>>>> that there are people doing just that today - score another one for
>>>>> Arthur!
>>>>
>>>> In old works shown on TCM and the rerun channels (e.g. METV) lots
>>>> of people are shown smoking.  I'm surprised they would bother editing
>>>> it out.
>> 
>> 
>> I notice while watching "The Quiet Man", that John Seemed unable to get
>> through a scene without lighting a cigarette. He died later of cancer.
>> In this country at the moment, its an easy way to spot foreigners.
>> 
>
>John Wayne was subjected to radioactive particles from an above-ground 
>nuclear test in 1956 while acting in the movie "The Conqueror".  Many of 
>the actors in that movie later died of cancer.
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conqueror_(1956_film)#Production

The blame was tried for 'standard cancer levels' aparently by the AEC.
But the number of deaths was found to be higher than standard for that
number of people and age group.

According to the documentary I watched on this, people went out there
with geiger counters and found the area to be radioactive. Some scenes
were filmed on a sound stage, so the red dust and dirt was brought
back for that to the studio.