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Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing

Name: Atomic Energy Can Be A Blessing
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1952-01-01
Duration: 28 min

1952 · 0h 28m · Documentary

Skip it unless you're a documentary completist or atomic history buff. This 1952 propaganda piece pushing nuclear optimism feels quaint and preachy by today's standards, and even Fred MacMurray's presence can't save what amounts to a corporate/religious advertisement dressed up as enlightenment.

Plot

For most of us, including actor Fred MacMurray who presents the film, the noun atom and the adjective atomic are synonymous with devastation, period. Of course, there was Hiroshima and Nagasaki but atomic energy is also - at least according to Father James Keller, who produced the documentary - "a Gift from God". For atomic power can also (and should only) be beneficial for mankind. In 1952, it is already effective in various fields, such as industry, agriculture and medicine. Let the atom be a blessing instead of a curse.

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