Feature film · 1982

The Atomic Cafe

7.3·86 min·1982·Documentary · History·United States of America

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.

Cast

8 credited

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Julius Rosenberg

Self (archive footage)

Ethel Rosenberg

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Trailers & teasers

2 clips

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