The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
77 audience votes
Key crew
- Jayne LoaderDirector
- Kevin RaffertyDirector
- Pierce RaffertyDirector
Cast
- Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage)
- Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)
- Nikita KhrushchevSelf (archive footage)
- Lewis StraussSelf (archive footage)
- Julius RosenbergSelf (archive footage)
- Ethel RosenbergSelf (archive footage)
- Paul TibbetsSelf (archive footage)
- Lloyd BentsenSelf (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
nuclear warpropagandaatomic bombcold waradvertisingnewsreel footagenuclear disaster