American History TV

The Atomic Age in America from the 1940s to the 1960s

Kansas City, Missouri
Saturday, February 9, 2013

Co-curator Michael Scheibach discusses and shows images from “Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow,” a Kansas City Public Library exhibit chronicling the atomic age.  Mr. Scheibach, author of “Atomic Narratives and American Youth,” and “In Case the Bombs Fall,” examines how Americans coped with the ever-present threat of nuclear war in the post-world war two era.   This event was held at the Kansas City Public Library in Missouri. 

Updated: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 9:53am (ET)