(AP) -- A new documentary features South Carolina families who were displaced nearly 60 years ago when their homes were razed to make way for the federal nuclear complex known as "the bomb plant."
The documentary is titled "Displaced: The Unexpected Fallout From the Cold War." Residents of Ellenton and nearby hamlets tell how their families were uprooted by the construction of the Savannah River Site. Material for the nation's nuclear weapons were made at the plant.
About 5,000 residents were told in 1950 they had to leave their homes.
The Aiken Standard reported Monday that filmmaker Mark Albertin interviewed dozens of evicted residents over three years to chronicle what he calls their "heroic act of patriotism."
The film will debut March 20 at the University of South Carolina at Aiken.
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