Purpose    This web site is a visual companion to the book, Atomic Bomb Cinema. The site makes available a rich source of visual materials that could not be included in the book.   This site contains film stills, film posters, scenes from key films, art works, bomb and bomb film related objects, and statistical data.     Accompanying these materials are easy-to-read comments, often excerpted from the book.  These comments will provide you with an introduction to the historical and social background to the images, or the symbols used in the image, in order to more fully appreciate the films and cultures or societies that produced these films.     If you have already read the book, you will find the supplementary materials in this site highly valuable. But, you need not buy the book to truly enjoy and learn form this web site.     The purpose of this website is not to advocate any particular political or ideological agenda, pro or antinuclear campaign, or even "good" filmmaking (whatever that may be). This site hopes to remain unfashionably apolitical.     You may purchase Atomic Bomb Cinema online. Clicking on the Purchase Atomic Bomb Cinema Online graphic will take you to a page with links to various book dealers. We hope that this page will also include an expanding list of other books related to cinema, culture, and the bomb.     © 2001 Atomic Bomb Cinema, Ltd