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The Civilian Conservation Corps
Title
The Civilian Conservation Corps [electronic resource (video)] / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], c2009.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
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Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 20, 2011.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
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Summary
The crash of 1929 left a country - once reeling with optimism - with 25% of its citizens unemployed and at a near complete loss of hope. But in March, 1933, within weeks of his election, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stepped in with a solution: the Civilian Conservation Corps. As told by four veterans of this unique organization, The Civilian Conservation Corps, from the PBS American Experience collection, takes us back to this most ambitious undertaking, when in military-like fashion for a 0 monthly wage, men ages 18-25 were recruited and trained to perform specific tasks in the arena of natural conservation. This episode explores this bold introduction to both modern environmentalism and federal unemployment relief as it reveals the alumni's experiences of poverty, racism, hard work and the special brotherhood of the CCC.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
American experience (Television program)
Other formats
Originally produced: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), 2009.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 05, 2020
Series
The 1930s
Audience
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
9 & up.
Contents
Introduction: The Civilian Conservation Corps (2:30)
Unsustainable Farming Practices (3:06)
Devastation of Depression (3:05)
Roosevelt's Goals and Priorities (2:56)
The New Deal (2:23)
Rapid Mobilization of CCC (2:59)
Opposition to CCC (2:36)
Hobos (2:05)
CCC Experience (3:18)
Discipline (2:35)
Political, Economic and Environmental Benefits (3:51)
Fire Fighting and Race (2:40)
Human Capital (3:24)
Economic and Political Impact (2:15)
Workers, Townspeople and Race (3:35)
Environmental Legacy (3:15)
War Ends CCC (1:43)
Ethic of Conservation (2:23)
Where Are They Now (0:35)
Sponsors & Credits: The Civilian Conservation Corps (1:41)
Videorecording number
44079s Infobase
44081 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Videorecording.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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