“ LIFE IN THE THIRTIES “ 1930s DOCUMENTARY FILM GREAT DEPRESSION, NEW DEAL, DUST BOWL, FDR 91964

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This b&w educational film is about the United States in the 1930s. It was released in 1959. This film is part 1 of 2. FOR PART 2 VISIT: Opening titles: McGraw-Hill Films presents “Life in the Thirties“ (:08-1:22). A man puts up a closing sign. The 1930s are upon us and it is the Great Depression. The Great Depression began with the Wall Street Crash in October 1929 and marked a time of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, plunging farm incomes and economic growth. A man wears a sign: unemployed, will take any job. Men stand around, no money, no jobs. Bread line. Farmers talk, men stand and stare at him. A flyer calls for a strike. People rally, farmers grab guns, jump on a truck, break through a group of people and then pour milk out onto the ground (1:23-4:04). U.S. Capitol building. WW1 vete