{"id":9117,"date":"2010-09-15T13:58:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T12:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=9117"},"modified":"2010-09-15T14:00:47","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T13:00:47","slug":"the-atomic-studio-filmmakers-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/09\/15\/the-atomic-studio-filmmakers-cold-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The Atomic Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Images of atomic test explosions were a defining feature of the Cold War<\/a> era, but the story of the men who filmed them has only recently emerged.<\/p>\n

Two new documentaries about the dangers of nuclear weapons – Countdown to Zero<\/a> and Nuclear Tipping Point<\/a> – both feature archival footage of mushroom clouds.<\/p>\n

But who were the people behind the camera as the bombs went off?<\/p>\n

The New York Times recently ran a piece by William J Broad<\/a> that explored how a group of filmmakers actually based in the Hollywood Hills were the men who documented the mushroom clouds that linger in the collective memory.<\/p>\n