Films about the Great Depression

Films about the Great Depression Jun 12, 2017 3:16:40 GMT spiderwort likes this

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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 12, 2017 3:16:40 GMT

Jun 12, 2017 3:04:47 GMT spiderwort said:

Jun 12, 2017 0:41:54 GMT Matthew the Swordsman said:

A short cartoon, but Somewhere in Dreamland (1936) could be said to fall into this category, as could Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936). Both cartoons are about children living in poverty.

Sounds very, very interesting, Dacron!

You can probably find them on YouTube, as they are both public domain.

They are part of the underrated "Color Classics" series that was popular with cinemagoers in the 1930s (and found a new life in the 1950s/1960s through endless TV showings). Yet today these cartoons are forgotten.

On an unrelated note, there's a fascinating documentary called We Work Again (1937), which a benevolent propaganda piece about the Works Progress Administration (WPA) efforts to find work for African-Americans. It can be viewed on the Internet Archive (it too is public domain).