GREAT AMERICAN SPEECHES : PROGRAM ONE : THE
DEPRESSION
Author - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Publisher - Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Publishing Date - 1995
Interest Level - 10-adult
This program features FDR's first inaugural address and Grilled Millionaire" speech, as well as the Huey Long's "Every Man Is a King." Other speeches include a call for honesty in government by Populist Wisconsin Senator Robert LaFollette; two speeches praising, then criticizing, FDR's policies delivered by demagogue Father Charles Coughlin; and Coughlin supporter Gerald L. K. Smith's eulogy for Huey Long. Smith's keynote speech as third-party candidate opposing FDR's 1936 reelection is presented, along with a rousing call for working-class tax reductions by Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge.
PANIC IS ON : THE GREAT AMERICAN DEPRESSION
Author - Joe Lauro
Publisher - Sanachie Video
Publishing Date - 2009
Interest Level - 10-adult
This "remarkable collection of archival material" examines America during the Great Depression from the view of journalists and musicians from the 1930s. Public service announcements, newsreels, documentaries and speeches all provide viewers with "an instructive and timely glimpse" at the economic hardships experienced by most Americans during this troubling time in U.S. history. Also included is an accompanying CD containing 20 famous and lesser-known songs of the era sung by a variety of artists.(72 minutes)
STRYKER'S AMERICA : PHOTOGRAPHING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Author - Beverly Brannan
Publisher - Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Publishing Date - 2007
Interest Level - 10-adult
ISBN - 9781421379753
Roy E. Stryker headed the Historical Division of the Farm Security Administration from 1935 to 1943. This program tells the story of how Stryker, a low-level federal bureaucrat with integrity and vision, managed a massive New Deal project to document the Great Depression. These photos-nearly 200,000 by both established and aspiring photographers, including Dorothea Lange, Gordon Parks, Arthur Rothstein, and many others-became the defining statement of the era. Many signature images of poverty and hardship are included. (23 minutes)
RISING UP : NEW DEALS AND NEW ALLIES : TEACHER VERSION
Publisher - Sunburst Video
Publishing Date - 2003
Depicts the creation of the New Deal by President Franklin Roosevelt which pulled the United States out of the Great Depression. Contains the influence and legacy of this political movement.
AMERICA'S GREAT DEPRESSION
Author - Murry M. Rothbard
Publisher - Blackstone Audio
Publishing Date - 2008
ISBN - 9781433219375
This staple of modern economic literature explains how the American Great Depression was not a crisis for capitalism but merely a downturn in the business cycle, generated by government intervention in the economy.
POLITICALLY INCORRECT GUIDE TO THE GREAT
DEPRESSION
Author - Robert Murphy
Publisher - Blackstone Audio
Publishing Date - 2009
ISBN - 9781433293603
Revealing the free-market truth about the Great Depression and the New Deal, Robert Murphy’s book is a modern-day fireside lesson in our past, current, and future economic history.