# Atomic Bomb Test Films? Where Can I See Them?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 11, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-bomb-test-films-where-can-i-see-them/264033 "2004-09-11T13:48:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-bomb-test-films-where-can-i-see-them/264033/1 "2004-09-11T13:48:43Z")

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Back in the early 1950’s, the US Givt. detonated Atomic bombs in the Nevada Desert. Films were made of the effects of the blasts…they built houses, garages, etc., and st up armor=tprotected, radiation=proof movie cameras to record the destructuion. I have seen some still pictures of a test house being obliterated by such a bomb test. Are these film clips available today? Where can they be obtained?

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**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-bomb-test-films-where-can-i-see-them/264033/2 "2004-09-11T14:28:41Z")

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[Enjoy](http://www.qwikfliks.com/Movies/America's_Atomic_Bomb_Tests_At_Ground_Zero.asp)

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-bomb-test-films-where-can-i-see-them/264033/3 "2004-09-11T15:23:37Z")

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Not going too far OT, have you seen [The Atomic Cafe](http://imdb.com/title/tt0083590/)?

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atomic-bomb-test-films-where-can-i-see-them/264033/4 "2004-09-12T00:49:30Z")

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There’s also [Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000IML5?v=glance).