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The Great Depression

Mean Things Happening (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Documentary, History

In the American democracy of the 1930s two visions of liberty collided. Working men and women battled landowners and factory managers for the right to join a union. On the tenant farms and in the steel factories working people asserted ...See moreIn the American democracy of the 1930s two visions of liberty collided. Working men and women battled landowners and factory managers for the right to join a union. On the tenant farms and in the steel factories working people asserted their citizenship in the midst of great economic turmoil and a tide of government reform. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Dante James (as Dante J. James)
Writers
Steve Fayer (series writer) | James R. Green (additional writing) | Dante James (written by)
Producer
Dante James (as Dante J. James)
Composer
Editor
Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 31, 1993

Release date
1993 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
1 nomination

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3 cast members
Name Known for
John L. Lewis
Self - Founder CIO (archive footage) Self - Founder CIO (archive footage)   See fewer
Joe Morton
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - U.S. President (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Self - U.S. President (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt)   See fewer
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