For the diner, see Atomic Cafe (diner). For the discotheque, see The Atomic Café (club).
The Atomic Cafe
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Kevin Rafferty Jayne Loader Pierce Rafferty
Written by
Kevin Rafferty Jayne Loader Pierce Rafferty
Produced by
Kevin Rafferty Jayne Loader Pierce Rafferty
Edited by
Kevin Rafferty Jayne Loader
Music by
Consultant: Charles Wolfe
Production company
The Archives Project
Distributed by
Libra Films
Release date
March 17, 1982 (1982-03-17) (New York City)
Running time
86 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$300,000
Box office
$1 million[1]
The Atomic Cafe is a 1982 American documentary film directed by Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader and Pierce Rafferty.[2][3][4] It is a compilation of clips from newsreels, military training films, and other footage produced in the United States early in the Cold War on the subject of nuclear warfare. Without any narration, the footage is edited and presented in a manner to demonstrate how misinformation and propaganda was used by the U.S. government and popular culture to ease fears about nuclear weapons among the American public.
In 2016, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[5]
^"14. The 1980s and American Documentary". Contemporary American Cinema. McGraw-Hill Education. May 16, 2006. p. 291. ISBN 9780335228430. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
^McLane Betsy "Film Quarterly", film review, Spring 1983. Last accessed: November 27, 2012.
^Canby, Vincent (17 March 1982). "DOCUMENTARY ON VIEWS ABOUT ATOM BOMB". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
^Epstein, Sonia (March 30, 2018). "False Truths: The Atomic Cafe Seen Today". Sloan Science & Film. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
^"With "20,000 Leagues," the National Film Registry Reaches 700". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
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