GREAT DEPRESSION
A day in the lives of three friends presented over five distinct chapters set from dawn to dusk. They set forth on a journey of emotions, revealing the different shades of human nature and answering life's deepest secret
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A day in the lives of three friends presented over five distinct chapters set from dawn to dusk. They set forth on a journey of emotions, revealing the different shades of human nature and answering life's deepest secret
Mark Turner, heir and chairman of his family’s billion-dollar company, struggles to reclaim his life after battling depression. As his world begins to fracture, the line between imagination, ambition and self-destruction
A day in the lives of three friends presented over five distinct chapters set from dawn to dusk. They set forth on a journey of emotions, revealing the different shades of human nature and answering life's deepest secret
An underground docudrama of the Depression, and rare surviving film from Chicago’s WFPL. The protagonist looks in vain for work, only to find ‘no help wanted’. Acerbic editing transforms his plight into a guide to the br
A Great Depression relays how the Farm Security Administration's documentary photography program, led by Roy E. Stryker, was used to portray the effect of government aid on poor farmers in the 1930s - 1940s. More than 17
Didem and Ayse aren't able to find a job even though it has been a while since they've graduated from the university. In this time period in which these two young women step into adulthood and need to make money now - th
As the Great Depression progressed economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, and robberies increased dramatically. The U.S. Arm
Youngsters express their thoughts about the Great Depression of the 1930s and what they believe it was all about. Some learn more about that period of American life by interviewing individuals who lived through the dread
In his first one hundred days in office, in a effort to stem the effects of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created many new federal agencies. They gave jobs and relief to people and transformed the American la
Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming American economy. His offer of high wages in exchange for hard work attracted
A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of t
See how the people of Britton South Dakota faced up to the challenges thrown at them by the great depression of the 30s. Witness their resolute spirit and never-say-die attitude, in the fascinating films on this fabulous
A stunning collection of photographs, newsreel and vintage documentary footage, era-specific pop music, and mesmerizing eyewitness accounts make for a palpable time capsule of the Great Depression of 1929.
Join Utah high school as they learn about the Great Depression and our current economy.
Disney's The American Presidents is a fresh and relevant narrative (developed with the former producer of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report about the people who led this country through change--from an early idea of