The panic is on the great American depression as seen by the common man.
The panic is on the great American depression as seen by the common man. [videorecording] :
Great American depression as seen by the common man
- Newton, N.J. : Shanachie Entertainment Corporation, 2009.
- 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 compact disc (ca. 70 min. ; 4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet (31 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Documentary. Title from disc.
(Everything's gonna be) O.K. America / The panic is on / If I ever get a job again / NRA blues / The clouds will soon roll by / Nobody knows you (When you're down and out) / We're in the money (The gold digger's song) / The great dust storm / Headin' for better times / Bad times blues / Brother can you spare a dime? / Bread line blues / Welfare store blues / Franklin Roosevelt's back again / I can't go to the poor house / Old age pension check / When my stocks come tumbling down / Down on Penny's farm / A tale of the ticker / In the fall of '29 / Starvation blues / Cheer up! Smile! Nertz! / Good old times (Are coming back again) / Art Kassel and his Kassels in the Air -- Hezekiah Jenkins -- Dick Robertson and his Orchestra -- Bill Cox -- Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra -- Bessie Smith -- Charlie Palloy -- Woody Guthrie -- Ted Lewis and his Band -- Barbecue Bob -- Charlie Palloy and his Orchestra -- "Slim" Smith -- Sonny Boy Williamson -- Bill Cox -- Dick Robertson -- Roy Acuff and his Crazy Tennesseans -- Fields and Hall -- The Bentley boys -- Frank Crumit -- W. Lee O'Daniel and his Light Crust Doughboys -- Charlie Jordan -- Eddie Cantor -- Dick Robertson. CD: 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: Give a man a job / Life in the thirties ; Mr. Zero gives to the needy -- The Boswell Sisters perform for legislators -- The unemployed march for relief -- A Zuni Indian offers perspective on the Depression -- Millions of us ; Dance marathons -- The Jazz Age ; A debutante sells her chinchilla coat -- Knitting sweaters for the unemployed with Fanny Brice -- Union textile workers strike -- The plow that broke the plains ; The river ; Mr. Zero evicted -- Work pays America ; We work again ; Our daily bread ; The power and the land ; (with Jimmy Durante) -- DVD: (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- Extras: (excerpt) -- (excerpt).
Executive producers, Joe Lauro, Sherwin Dunner, and Richard Nevins. Executive producers, Joe Lauro, Sherwin Dunner, and Richard Nevins.
This multifaceted set communicates both the painful hard times of the Great Depression and the grace and strong will of the common man in confronting it. Period newsreel and documentary film footage convey the feel of the times. Classic musical recordings reflect the popular mood of the day. The booklet includes photographs, letters, and first hand recollections.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC.
016351680495
6804-CD Shanachie 6804 Shanachie 6804-DVD Shanachie
Depressions--1929--Songs and music.
Depressions--1929.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States--History--1933-1945.
Compilation films.
Documentary films.
Newsreels.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary. Title from disc.
(Everything's gonna be) O.K. America / The panic is on / If I ever get a job again / NRA blues / The clouds will soon roll by / Nobody knows you (When you're down and out) / We're in the money (The gold digger's song) / The great dust storm / Headin' for better times / Bad times blues / Brother can you spare a dime? / Bread line blues / Welfare store blues / Franklin Roosevelt's back again / I can't go to the poor house / Old age pension check / When my stocks come tumbling down / Down on Penny's farm / A tale of the ticker / In the fall of '29 / Starvation blues / Cheer up! Smile! Nertz! / Good old times (Are coming back again) / Art Kassel and his Kassels in the Air -- Hezekiah Jenkins -- Dick Robertson and his Orchestra -- Bill Cox -- Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra -- Bessie Smith -- Charlie Palloy -- Woody Guthrie -- Ted Lewis and his Band -- Barbecue Bob -- Charlie Palloy and his Orchestra -- "Slim" Smith -- Sonny Boy Williamson -- Bill Cox -- Dick Robertson -- Roy Acuff and his Crazy Tennesseans -- Fields and Hall -- The Bentley boys -- Frank Crumit -- W. Lee O'Daniel and his Light Crust Doughboys -- Charlie Jordan -- Eddie Cantor -- Dick Robertson. CD: 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: 13: 14: 15: 16: 17: 18: 19: 20: 21: 22: 23: Give a man a job / Life in the thirties ; Mr. Zero gives to the needy -- The Boswell Sisters perform for legislators -- The unemployed march for relief -- A Zuni Indian offers perspective on the Depression -- Millions of us ; Dance marathons -- The Jazz Age ; A debutante sells her chinchilla coat -- Knitting sweaters for the unemployed with Fanny Brice -- Union textile workers strike -- The plow that broke the plains ; The river ; Mr. Zero evicted -- Work pays America ; We work again ; Our daily bread ; The power and the land ; (with Jimmy Durante) -- DVD: (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- (excerpt) -- Extras: (excerpt) -- (excerpt).
Executive producers, Joe Lauro, Sherwin Dunner, and Richard Nevins. Executive producers, Joe Lauro, Sherwin Dunner, and Richard Nevins.
This multifaceted set communicates both the painful hard times of the Great Depression and the grace and strong will of the common man in confronting it. Period newsreel and documentary film footage convey the feel of the times. Classic musical recordings reflect the popular mood of the day. The booklet includes photographs, letters, and first hand recollections.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC.
016351680495
6804-CD Shanachie 6804 Shanachie 6804-DVD Shanachie
Depressions--1929--Songs and music.
Depressions--1929.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
United States--History--1933-1945.
Compilation films.
Documentary films.
Newsreels.
Nonfiction films.