The Atomic Cafe

The Atomic Cafe (1982)

7.3/10 86 min Dir: Jayne Loader View on TMDB
Documentary History

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

  • Harry S. Truman as Self (archive footage)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
  • Nikita Khrushchev as Self (archive footage)
  • Lewis Strauss as Self (archive footage)
  • Julius Rosenberg as Self (archive footage)
  • Ethel Rosenberg as Self (archive footage)
  • Paul Tibbets as Self (archive footage)
  • Lloyd Bentsen as Self (archive footage)

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The Atomic Cafe
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