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The atomic cafe /

One of the defining documentaries of the 20th centry, this film offers a darkly humorous glimpse into mid-century America, an era rife with paranoia, anxiety, and misapprehension. Whimsical and yet razor-sharp, this timeless clasic illuminates the often comic paradoxes of life in the "Atomic Ag...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Atomic cafe (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: New Video Group, Docurama (Firm)
Other Authors: Rafferty, Kevin, 1947-, Loader, Jayne, 1951-, Rafferty, Pierce
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Docurama : 2008.
Edition:Collector's ed.
Subjects:
Nuclear warfare > Social aspects.
Nuclear energy > Government policy > United States.
Nuclear warfare in motion pictures.
Cold War.
Propaganda, American.
Atomic bomb > Social aspects > United States.
Atomic bomb > Political aspects > United States.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Table of Contents:
  • Bonus disc (100 min.) : Duck and cover (1951)
  • Our cities must fight (1951)
  • House in the middle (1954)
  • Self preservation in an atomic attack (1950)
  • Operation Crossroads (1946)
  • Operation Cue (1955)
  • Survival under atomic attack (1951)
  • Birth of the B-29 (1945).