The Civilian Conservation Corps

Started in 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, the CCC was used as a way to not only help unemployed Americans, but to help conserve some of the country's forests and parks. Over the next ten years it would employ over 3 million men who planted trees, fought fires, and help...

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Main Author:	Lionelli, Gary (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS Distribution (Firm), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), Robert Stone Productions
Other Authors:	Stone, Robert, 1958- (Screenwriter, Producer, Director), Guss, Alison (Producer), Holihan, Philip, Reuter, Paul, Kleszy, Don (Film editor)
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA : [VA] : WGBH Educational Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Distribution, c2010.
Series:	American experience (Television program)
Subjects:	Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) > History. New Deal, 1933-1939. United States > Economic conditions > 1918-1945. United States > Economic policy > 1933-1945. United States > History > 1933-1945. Conservation of natural resources > United States > History. Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) > Employees > Personal narratives. Public service employment > United States > History. Forest conservation > United States > History. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Historical television programs. Documentary television programs.
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