The Great Depression
A 7-part series telling dramatic and diverse stories of struggle and survival during the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. From the producers of Eyes on the Prize, this series was met with critical acclaim and won both an Emmy Award for writing and a duPont-Columbia Award.
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- Ep 1
1.A Job at Ford's
25-10-199352mJust 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 w...
- Ep 2
2.The Road to Rock Bottom
25-10-199354mAs 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 robber...
- Ep 3
3.New Deal, New York
01-11-199354mIn his first hundred days in office, President Roosevelt created many new federal agencies giving jobs and relief to people and transforming the American landscape with public work...
- Ep 4
4.We Have a Plan
01-11-199354mBy 1934 challenges to the New Deal came from both sides of the political spectrum. In California Socialist Upton Sinclair ran for Governor promising to turn idle land and factories...
- Ep 5
5.Mean Things Happening
08-11-199354mIn the American democracy of the 1930s two visions of liberty collided as working men and women battled landowners and factory managers for the right to join a union. On the tenant...
- Ep 6
6.To Be Somebody
08-11-199353mMany Americans, struggling to survive the Great Depression, were determined to help build a better America through direct action in the courts, in the Congress and in everyday life...
- Ep 7
7.Arsenal of Democracy
15-11-199354mBy 1939 Americans were still struggling to end the Great Depression. Their dreams of peace and prosperity were celebrated at World's Fairs in New York and San Francisco, but prospe...
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