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				The Great Depression			


			

				
The Great Depression


				

					10.0											
							IMDb tt0247103
						
										1993										Documentary				


				
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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				A Job at Ford's
				52m				Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most…			

		
				
			

									
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				The Road to Rock Bottom
				54m				As the Great Depression progressed economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages…			

		
				
			

									
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				New Deal, New York
				54m				In his first hundred days in office, President Roosevelt created many new federal agencies giving jobs and relief…			

		
				
			

									
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				We Have a Plan
				54m				By 1934 challenges to the New Deal came from both sides of the political spectrum. In California Socialist…			

		
				
			

									
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				Mean Things Happening
				54m				In the American democracy of the 1930s two visions of liberty collided as working men and women battled…			

		
				
			

									
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				To Be Somebody
				53m				Many Americans, struggling to survive the Great Depression, were determined to help build a better America through direct…			

		
				
			

									
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				Arsenal of Democracy
				54m				By 1939 Americans were still struggling to end the Great Depression. Their dreams of peace and prosperity were…