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Impact of the Atom Film and Lecture Series: “Atomic Cafe”

Name: Impact of the Atom Film and Lecture Series: “Atomic Cafe”
Start: 2020-02-23T15:00:00+00:00
End: 2020-02-23T18:00:00+00:00
Location: No location set

Sunday Feb 23, 2020, 3:00 PM → 6:00 PM UTC

Whitney Humanities Center, 53 Wall Street, New Haven, CT, 06520

Description

Using archival material from the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, The Atomic Cafe (directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty, 1982 USA) is a disturbing collection of United States government-issued propaganda films, news footage, and advertisements designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

Running time: 86 minutes. Format DCP.

This film is presented as part of the Impact of the Atom Film & Lecture Series. It is offered free & open to the public.
https://wlab.yale.edu/media/arts/impact-atom

Sponsor: Films at the Whitney, Yale University Physics Department, and the Yale Wright Laboratory

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Impact of the Atom Film and Lecture Series: “Atomic Cafe”