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Summary: STUPENDOUS!
Review: Directed by Jayne Loader, Pierce and Kevin Rafferty. This is a trip down memory lane for us oldsters, and a fresh look at the "cold war" for the youngsters. I have two copies in my personal library and watch it often. Great music, motion picture newsreel footage, and a message of truth.
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Summary: Entertaining review of the "atomic" aspect cold war era
Review: Excellent!!! Very entertaining and humorous. Includes all sorts of ridiculous songs, propaganda films, and common beliefs from the time. From kids trying to ride bikes in lead suits, to families throwing their lunch and crawling under their picnic blankets for protection from nuclear blast. A must see!!!
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Summary: Entertaining review of the "atomic" aspect cold war era
Review: Excellent!!! Very entertaining and humorous. Includes all sorts of ridiculous songs, propaganda films, and common beliefs from the time. From kids trying to ride bikes in lead suits, to families throwing their lunch and crawling under their picnic blankets for protection from nuclear blast. A must see!!!
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Summary: It's Finally on DVD!
Review: I am gratified to see that this film is on DVD. Michael Weldon, author of The Psychotronic Film Guide, calls this the most important film ever made. I'm not sure I'd go so far as that, but this is a good film. Few of the other reviewers have commented about the actual content of the movie. It's a documentary with little (or no) narration which pieces together newsreel and archival films to contrast the stark destructive reality of nuclear weapons with the insipid optimism of 50's Cold War propaganda. Apparently this theme is lost on a great deal of viewers including the US Air Force; you can buy it at the National Atomic Museum gift shop. Another reviewer commented on the bad music on the soundtrack. In fact, this soundtrack is just as important a historical document as the film itself. It was the very last LP record I ever bought in shrink-wrap. Now that the film is on DVD, it's time for the soundtrack to come out on CD as well.
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Summary: Excellent Media Reference
Review: I bought this to use the media off of it. This offers a lot of it!! Everything you want to see, that is. From people dressing in home-made fallout suits that are going to save you from the "big one" to the propaganda the government sent out. Of course, there are many pictures of the bomb and its effects also. It's even kid friendly, so you can show it in a high school class. I'm in high school, and I guarentee they'll at least look at it during class. One note, though. I don't think the DVD is worth having over the VHS version. The only useful feature is scene selection, which can be good in a classroom but not real great for home viewing. That can be added to the fact that since this is all about old propaganda, there's little to no stereo in any of it anyway.
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Summary: Excellent Media Reference
Review: I bought this to use the media off of it. This offers a lot of it!! Everything you want to see, that is. From people dressing in home-made fallout suits that are going to save you from the "big one" to the propaganda the government sent out. Of course, there are many pictures of the bomb and its effects also. It's even kid friendly, so you can show it in a high school class. I'm in high school, and I guarentee they'll at least look at it during class. One note, though. I don't think the DVD is worth having over the VHS version. The only useful feature is scene selection, which can be good in a classroom but not real great for home viewing. That can be added to the fact that since this is all about old propaganda, there's little to no stereo in any of it anyway.
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Summary: I don't see what is so funny
Review: I saw the video years ago and thought it was quite a revelation into the mindset of American citizenry and what they were concerned about.I fail to understand what is so silly about the "duck and cover" drills.Of course at ground zero duck and cover is useless,but the blast wave will travel miles,causing less and less destruction as it moves out.The tips to duck and cover,to avoid looking at the flash,and protecting oneself from fallout are all very commonsensical.Nuclear bombs are not all powerful,they have limits,and following the advice in the movie would have prevented thousands of casualties from flying glass,falling rubble,and the like.To mock the survival tips shows gross ignorance of the effects of an atomic blast,and to mock the paranoia as "stupid" just because we did not have an atomic war with the Soviets(thanks to M.A.D. doctrine) is illogical.
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Summary: Should be required in Schools everywhere
Review: I unfortunately do not own a copy of this wonderful piece of work...although I have seen it several times. It is getting terribly difficult to find these days and I will soon buy my personal copy to keep. Now to the review: This should be required in every school across the land. This is one of, if not, the best documentaries I've ever seen. Nothing is left to the imagination in this....cold hard facts about what a farce world we all live(d) in. Some other reviewer wrote that he thought this was propaganda about propaganda...well if this is propaganda written about the governments propaganda then doesn't that make this the truth if the governments version is propaganda? Anyway, it's about as close to the truth as you are ever gonna get...and it's a whole lot better than the garbage they teach you at school...which is basically nothing truthful to begin with. For all those people out there who want to remain in their 'Happy-go-lucky' denail prozac world...avoid this video at all costs....you might actually learn something for real. Anyway, you might not be able to change things but why the heck would you not want to know about them? For anyone out there who says the truth of history, or of anything for that matter, does not matter to them, then please send me your address and the make and color of your car. You are the perfect target for a robbery as you aparently careless about anything enough to want to know about it.....oh yeah...of course your car is more important than knowing your history isn't it? Anyway, terrific video, great documentary...perfect work in my opinion...anything that gets right into the facts with both eyes wide open is perfect.
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Summary: the atomic cafe
Review: I want to thiis dvd?
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Summary: Atomic Buffet
Review: I was listening to a country western song on the radio and it reminded me of the closing song in "Atomic Cafe". I haven't seen that movie in 20 years but I remember it well. It is an interesting idea for a movie; flims clips about the Atomic Bomb from the 40's and 50's. We were a nation (and a world) that was sorting out just exactly what we should or shouldn't do with this new-found weapon of mass destruction. I remember the duck and cover drills in school and I especially remember my somewhat elderly and somewhat overweight teacher trying to get under her desk when the alarm sounded.
There are a lot of reminders of that era in "Atomic Cafe" and those of us who remember that time can laugh at a lot that we see. The bomb shelters are still out there. When we were looking to buy a house some years ago, we looked at one that had a bomb shelter in the basement. I thought of an old "Twilight Zone" episode and envisioned it as my reading room. However, that was about all that that house had to offer. For those who weren't around back then, this movie may fit somewhere between frightening and ridiculous.
We still have the atomic bomb these days and the potential users of those weapons are scarier than were the ones in the "Atomic Cafe" era. Hopefully, we will still be able to watch this movie and laugh for generations to come.
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