Film

The Atomic Cafe 1982

Directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty

  • Documentary, History
  • 86 min

A hot spot in a cold war.

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.

DocumentaryHistorynuclear warpropagandaatomic bombcold waradvertisingnewsreel footagenuclear disaster

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Epic, prestige, plot-driven and bleak.

  • intimateepic
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • warmbleak
  • gravecomic

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