7.5
A Plastic Ocean
2016
Project XX: Life in the Thirties (1959)
October 16, 19591hEN
7.0
1 votes
Overview
Project XX examines American life in the 1930s from the Depression and election of Franklin D. Roosevelt to the eve of World War II. Note: Originally part of Project XX, this film was also distributed separately on 16mm for schools and libraries, qualifying it as a standalone documentary.
Director
Donald B. HyattWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
NBC
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CinemaSerf
7.0This isn't really a documentary, more a collection of doom-laden archive that illustrates just how broke the United States was in the 1930s as the fall out from the Wall Street crash led to the "Great Depression". There are calls for a general strike. Farmers call for action to force prices up so they can earn a decent wage. The Government has to supply food and clothes even though they cannot afford to pay their own employees. Troops have to disperse the protesters and the Capitol dome is shrouded in acrid smoke. President Hoover puts his faith in the private sector, in stimulating growth, bu…
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