So, I’ve been watching alot of atomic bomb test footage from the 1950’s. And almost every single time the background is black, Is this because the cameras are shooting on black and white film?
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Firstly, yes. They are mostly shooting in B/W, but also consider that the cameras are trying to take a photo of a nuclear explosion. Imagine for a second just how bright that is.
The cameras are set up to essentially ignore most of the ambient light because once the explosion happens, something orders of magnitude brighter is going to hit them and they need to be reader for it. In order to get a clear picture of the explosion, they need to basically let in as little light as possible.
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