“A hot spot in a cold war.”
The Atomic Cafe
7.3
76 votes·1982
·1h 26m
·MovieDocumentaryHistory
Overview
A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.
Commercial Verdict
Disaster
Revenue vs Budget0.1x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Significant financial loss
Keywords
nuclear warpropagandaatomic bombcold waradvertisingnewsreel footagenuclear disaster
Cast
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
Lewis Strauss
Self (archive footage)
Julius Rosenberg
Self (archive footage)
Ethel Rosenberg
Self (archive footage)
Paul Tibbets
Self (archive footage)
Lloyd Bentsen
Self (archive footage)
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