The Great Depression - 1930's-40's - 5 Hours of Early Films on DVD

The Great Depression - 1930's-40's - 5 Hours of Early Films on DVD

The Great Depression - 1930's-40's - 5 Hours of Early Films on DVD
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DVD Cover Information

Primary Contributor: Various People
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Black & White, Full Screen, NTSC
Running Time: 300 minutes
Published: 2003
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: www.yumheart.com
Product features:
  • Classic early depression era films
  • Good quality transfers to digital format
  • This dvd is region free
  • Produced on high quality DVD-R media
  • Black and White cover in paperboard case

Movie Reviews of The Great Depression - 1930's-40's - 5 Hours of Early Films on DVD

Movie Review: Full list of films on this DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

Better Housing News Flashes (No. 7) 1935 4:30
Theatrical short subject, newsreel-style, promoting the benefits of the National Housing Act for homebuilders, remodelers and would-be homeowners.

National Recovery Administration (NRA) Promo 1933 2:47
New Deal-era promo for the NRA (National Recovery Administration).

Your Social Security 1940s 17:02
How the system works.

Work Pays America (Part I) 1937 16:07
Work Pays America (Part II) 1937 15:01
How the WPA's program of public works benefits both unemployed workers and American society.

We Work Again 1930s 10:51
How the New Deal benefits African Americans.

Man Against the River 1937 9:54
Describes the work of members of the Works Projects Administration in helping refugees of a winter flood of the Ohio River.

Rain for the Earth 1937 9:52
Drought in the Dust Bowl and efforts to combat it.

Summary of The Great Depression - 1930's-40's - 5 Hours of Early Films on DVD

Included are instructional / educational / classroom films, newsreels, public service announcements, and other public domain films. Total run time is over 5 hours! Titles on this DVD: Rain for the Earth (Part I) 1937 9:52 Drought in the Dust Bowl and efforts to combat it. The Plow That Broke The Plains (Part I) 1936 22:55* Classic drama which details the Great Plains during the Depression.* Financing the American Family 1935 10:20 How the Household Finance Corporation helps working families with installment loans during the Depression.* Valley Town 1940 24:32 Social documentary showing the damage visited on the people of a Pennsylvania steel town by the deployment of new tech.* Work Pays America (Part I) 1937 16:07 (Part II) 1937 15:01 How the WPA's program of public works benefits both unemployed workers and American society. National Recovery Administration (NRA) Promo 1933 2:47 New Deal-era promo* Finding Your Life's Work 1940 18:52 Classic vocational guidance film* Frontiers of the Future (Lowell Thomas) 1937 9:57 Excellent compilation of stock shots of 1930s-era manufacturing, research laboratories and industry.* It Happened in Mayfair 1937 17:09 Advertising film presenting a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia during the Depression.* Amateur films: Ivan Besse collection: Britton, South Dakota (Part I) 1938-39 19:09 (Part II) 20:11 (Part III) 14:13 (Part IV) 16:45 (Part V) 16:07 (Part VI) 9:32 (Part VII) 17:08 (Part VIII) 14:10 (Part IX) 16:06 (Part X) 9:13 Daily life in a South Dakota town during the Great Depression, Silent film shot by Ivan Besse.
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