in those old videos of atomic bomb tests destroying buildings, how does the camera/footage survive?

Question

I’m referring to those old black and white videos of US atomic bomb tests – it always shows buildings and other constructions being literally blown away but the camera seems fine

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Answer 1

There are a few different ways they did this. A lot of the footage was shot through mirrors to protect the camera. Just like a periscope protects soldiers in trenches. They also commisioned special cameras where the film were routed into a safe to protect it when the camera got destroyed. They still lost a lot of footage.