Note to self: Verify Wikipedia account. Cover up stories prepared in advance. East Coast ignores NM news speculations. News not made public until actual day of Hiroshima.
Thanks for that. I was trying to determine exactly when the news broke. It seems that they kept a lid on the news until Hiroshima. NYT agreed to keep silent until then. Then these reels would come out later. I wonder what the typical time gap was between news and film.
Search Alex Wellerstein’s blog, he’s the most authoritative source for nuclear history. I know the locals here in NM were told the Trinity test was an ammo dump accident. And my Dad, who got out of the war early due to illness, was thrown out of bed by the force of the explosion, 120 miles away in ABQ.
By the way, Joe, I had stumbled on this blog yesterday or the day before, but had not noticed its evident credentials. I’m reading it now. What a brilliant resource, and there are many great scans of annotated typescripts for typospherian reading pleasure.
The Untimely Typewriter:Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction 
Note to self: Verify Wikipedia account. Cover up stories prepared in advance. East Coast ignores NM news speculations. News not made public until actual day of Hiroshima.
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News reels were a common method of mass media. Few had TVs in 1945, but everyone went to the movies.
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Thanks for that. I was trying to determine exactly when the news broke. It seems that they kept a lid on the news until Hiroshima. NYT agreed to keep silent until then. Then these reels would come out later. I wonder what the typical time gap was between news and film.
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Search Alex Wellerstein’s blog, he’s the most authoritative source for nuclear history. I know the locals here in NM were told the Trinity test was an ammo dump accident. And my Dad, who got out of the war early due to illness, was thrown out of bed by the force of the explosion, 120 miles away in ABQ.
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Fascinating. What a world it must have been. Thanks, Joe.
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By the way, Joe, I had stumbled on this blog yesterday or the day before, but had not noticed its evident credentials. I’m reading it now. What a brilliant resource, and there are many great scans of annotated typescripts for typospherian reading pleasure.
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