A-Bomb

[Brian D. McCary]

 From: "HAROLD POSKANZER" <HAROLD_POSKANZER at smtpgate.radius.com>

> >the image of the mushroom cloud as a deathcock
> 
> It wasn't until rereading that section that I remembered reading a while ago 
> that pictures of mushroom clouds were not declassified and publically available 
> until years after the war.  It was in some article about how they had to fake it 
> based on witness descriptions for a science fiction movie -- they ended up 
> dumping an opaque liquid into a clear liquid and filming it in profile upside-
> down.
> 
> Is this nit correct or did I dream it?
> 

Couldn't have been too many years; I have a book published by Chrysler Corp
in '47 with lots and lots of photos supplied by both the Army and the Navy.