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A short documentary about the men and women of the 1352 photographic group, the bery people responsible for making all these great nuke films... respect to themThe Lookout Mountain Air Force Station located on Wonderland Avenue, Los Angeles, California, provided in-service production of classified motion picture and still photographs to the U.S. Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission from 1947-1969.The 100,000-square-foot (10,000 m²) facility is built on 2 acres of land and was originally built in 1941 as a World War II air defense center to coordinate radar installations. The studio was established in 1947 and its purpose kept secret. The studio consisted of a complete stage, 2 screening rooms, a helicopter landing pad, a bomb shelter and 17 climate controlled film vaults as well as, two underground parking garages. With the latest equipment the studio could process both 35 mm and 16 mm motion pictures as well as optical prints and still photographs. The nuclear tests later filmed at Nevada test site Mercury were filmed in CinemaScope, stereophonic sound, VistaVision and 3-D photography.The studio contained staff from many prominent studios alongside its military staff. Civilian personnel from Warner Brothers, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer and RKO Pictures worked at the studio in functions such as producers, cameramen and directors.

Channel: Education Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am Author: antogrimes85

Length: 02:35 Rating: 5.00 Views: 715