▶

How Kodak Detected Secret Nuclear Tests with Film

Veritasium · Explainer · 13 min · 2020 · YouTube title: How Kodak Exposed Nuclear Testing
Why it's here

HN commenters bring it up as a good related watch in any thread about fallout, nuclear tests or detecting hidden events through indirect evidence.

What it covers

Veritasium tells how Kodak film was fogged by radioactive fallout from the first atomic tests, letting the company detect nuclear testing before anyone announced it. The video also covers the deal to keep it quiet and how fallout contaminated packaging.