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2 The Atomic Café documentary covers the start of the periods of nuclear welfare and is created from various archival materials from between the 1940s and the start of the 1960s. 1 The two primary texts represent the Atomic Café film in diverse ways. It seems that these two primary texts were among the materials that were used to create the Atomic Café film. First, the documentary represents the reasons why nuclear welfare was started. It was after the dropping of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Atomic Catastrophe is a narration by Michihiko Hachiya concerning the dropping of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and the effects that were left by the bomb. Hachiya was a physician and director of Hiroshima Communications Hospital, which is one of the facilities that were destroyed by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. The hospital was strengthened by concrete and situated about 15,000 meters from the hypocenter of the atomic bomb. 2 Despite its strength and far located, this hospital was destroyed and many people inside the hospital were injured, including Hachiya. After been bedridden for several weeks, Hachiya narrated his experiences when the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima. In this source, Hachiya is striving to signify the strength of the atomic bomb. Similarly, the Atomic Café documentary is striving to represent the strength of the atomic bombs which were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The fact that Hiroshima Communication Hospital was situated at a relatively far distance and was reinforced by concrete is an indication that the atomic bomb was a powerful 1 Legolas Greenleaf (February 25, 2019). The Atomic Café 2 Atomic Catastrophe, Michihiko Hachiya, Hiroshima Diary (August 7, 1945).

3 and destructive weapon. Also, the point that Hachiya, who was inside the hospital at the time when the bomb was dropped, was bedridden for several weeks is a representation that the bomb had intense power. The distance where Hachiya was situated is large enough to conclude that every part of Hiroshima City was affected by the atomic bomb. The production of the Atomic Café film was steered by the strength of the nuclear weapon and the amount of destruction it can lead to people. The start of nuclear welfare which the film is representing was to control the production and use of nuclear bombs. The second source, Truman and the Soviet Threat represents the Atomic Café documentary by showing some of the efforts which were made to start nuclear welfare. As per this source, President Truman initiated talks with the then Russian ruler Stalin to try and reach an agreement concerning the production and use of nuclear weapons. President Truman knew that the Soviet Union was a threat and could use nuclear weapons because its relations with the US had collapsed after the end of the Second World War. 3 Further, President Truman met Stalin to try and stop the expansion of communism to the rest of the world. President Truman knew that dealing with Stalin was difficult but would significantly stop the spread of communism and lead to the creation of nuclear welfare. The film also exemplifies that the spread of communism was a significant hindrance to any agreement concerning the production and use of nuclear weapons. 3 Truman and the Soviet Threat, National Security Council, Paper Number 68 (1950)

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4 There is a significant overlap between the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and President Truman’s strategy on the Soviet Union. The bomb was dropped in Hiroshima by the allies to make the Japanese surrender the Second World War and end it. The strategy was successful because the Japanese yielded immediately they were attacked by atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States and the Soviet Union were part of the allies during this war. But, proximately after the end of World War II, the relationship between the US and Soviets deteriorated, leading to the emergence of the Cold War. Being part of the allies, Soviets were significantly involved in the Manhattan project, meaning they had the skills to produce and use nuclear bombs. Truman's plan for the Soviet Union aimed to eradicate communism and nuclear bombs threats from the Soviet Union. President Truman knew that the Soviets were a significant threat and could use nuclear weapons top accelerate the spread of communism to the rest of the world. That is why he planned a meeting with Stalin to deliberate on nuclear welfare. The Atomic Café documentary represents the period appropriately. The film adopts materials relating to nuclear welfare from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The Atomic Catastrophe source does not represent the period correctly because it is dated August 7, 1945, while the atomic bomb was dropped in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Truman and the Soviet threat source represent the period when Truman met Stalin that is 1950.

5 Bibliography Atomic Catastrophe, Michihiko Hachiya, Hiroshima Diary (August 7, 1945). Legolas Greenleaf (February 25, 2019). The Atomic Café - contains some Disturbing Images Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=lF0r1OdDIME&list=PLm1jy0NqF9t2cYyQJcpxtKLqq12Werzxr&index= 1 Truman and the Soviet Threat, National Security Council, Paper Number 68 (1950)