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2024-03-15 16:08:03 UTC - HELPFUL
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Cameras were housed in specific location in thick steel and lead lined cases to protect them from the blast and secured in concrete This question was asked and answered at the time of the blasts In 1955 test there was 48 cameras and many didn't survive https://www.iflscience.com/how-did-cameras-filming-nuclear-tests-survive-the-blasts-70068 https://cinergie.unibo.it/article/view/10328/11419 https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/fact_checking/newsreel-footage-reports-detail-how-cameras-able-to-successfully-record-1950s-a-bomb-test-blasts/article_33e85860-2a76-5a44-918a-d904a2684e2d.html https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/11/tweets/no-this-footage-doesnt-prove-nukes-are-fake-heres/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1N39E29R/ https://petapixel.com/2023/07/31/conspiracy-debunked-yes-cameras-can-survive-nuclear-weapons/ https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-nukes-fake-camera-conspiracy-rogan-742805510402
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