The Atomic Cafe

A chilling, provocative, and often hilarious reminder of cold-war era paranoia in the United States, The Atomic Café reveals a defining period of 20th century history, artfully presented through a collage of newsreel footage, government archives, military training films, and fifties music. Profoundly shocking and perversely topical, The Atomic Café craftily captures a panicked nation, offering a fascinating and witty account of life during the atomic age and resulting cold war, when fall-out shelters, duck-and-cover drills, and government propaganda were all a part of our social consciousness. (official distributor synopsis)