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The Atomic Cafe

"A hot spot in a cold war."

72
Audience
1982 · 1h 26m
History, Documentary
Starring Harry S. Truman · Lyndon B. Johnson · Nikita Khrushchev
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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.

Box Office
$22K
Budget
$300K
Return
0.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 26, 2002
Theaters
1
Directors
Jayne Loader, Pierce Rafferty, Kevin Rafferty
Producers
Pierce Rafferty, Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader
Studio
The Archives Project
Keywords
nuclear war atomic bomb cold war propaganda advertising newsreel footage nuclear disaster
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Cast

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H
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
L
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
N
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
L
Lewis Strauss
Self (archive footage)
J
Julius Rosenberg
Self (archive footage)
E
Ethel Rosenberg
Self (archive footage)
P
Paul Tibbets
Self (archive footage)
L
Lloyd Bentsen
Self (archive footage)

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