War Game discrepancies

Although "War Game" had many qualities that made it feel like nuclear war was a real possibility during the 1960's, the film also had qualities that took away from its realism. During a nuclear war an electro magnetic pulse is generated which shuts down every mechanical piece of equipment. Having this knowledge would mean that it would have been impossible for the filmmakers that were apparently documenting the nuclear attack to have working cameras. In addition the people that they were documenting were suffering and dying from radiation sickness, which in theory would mean that the filmmakers would be suffering from it as well. Given these facts the film takes on a less realistic documentary presence and a more fictional presence. In the end the filmmakers may have not have cared about these discrepancies in their mission to show what a nuclear attack may look like.