The Great Depression
The Great Depression [Videorecording] /
Blackside, Inc., The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, WGBH-TV Boston.
- 1993.
- 4 videocassettes (VHS) (420 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
Originally broadcast on PBS in 1993. Taped off-air with permission.
Tape 1. pt. 1. Job at Ford's (60:00) -- pt. 2. Road to rock bottom (60:00) -- Tape 2. pt. 1. New Deal/New York (60:00) -- pt. 2. We have a plan (60:00) -- Tape 3. pt. 1. Mean things happening (60:00) -- pt. 2. To be somebody (60:00) -- Tape 4. Arsenal of democracy (60:00)
Series creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton. Series creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton.
Joe Morton.
This series on the Great Depression provides historical context for issues that dominate political and popular discourse today: the responsibilities of government to provide work assistance to the poor and unemployed; the responsibilities of businesses and industries to their workers; the persistence of prejudice in a nation founded on the ideal of liberty and justice for all; the importance of families, friends and the kindness of others during hard times.
VHS format.
Depressions--United States.--1929
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States--Economic policy.
United States--Social conditions--1918-1945.
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.
Originally broadcast on PBS in 1993. Taped off-air with permission.
Tape 1. pt. 1. Job at Ford's (60:00) -- pt. 2. Road to rock bottom (60:00) -- Tape 2. pt. 1. New Deal/New York (60:00) -- pt. 2. We have a plan (60:00) -- Tape 3. pt. 1. Mean things happening (60:00) -- pt. 2. To be somebody (60:00) -- Tape 4. Arsenal of democracy (60:00)
Series creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton. Series creator and executive producer, Henry Hampton.
Joe Morton.
This series on the Great Depression provides historical context for issues that dominate political and popular discourse today: the responsibilities of government to provide work assistance to the poor and unemployed; the responsibilities of businesses and industries to their workers; the persistence of prejudice in a nation founded on the ideal of liberty and justice for all; the importance of families, friends and the kindness of others during hard times.
VHS format.
Depressions--United States.--1929
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States--Economic policy.
United States--Social conditions--1918-1945.
United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.