Intense Footage of Fake Towns Used for 1950s Nuclear Tests - a podcast by Smithsonian Channel

To test the impact of an atomic blast on populated areas, technicians built entire fake towns, with houses, shops, and even mannequin families. These settlements went by an ominous name: doom towns.

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