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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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Summary: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 helped their families financially. Features interviews and archived footage.
Item Description:Originally produced for television broadcast in 2009.
Special feature: Teacher's guide with lesson plans [PDF document].
Physical Description:1 videodisc (53 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, NTSC, widescreen; 5.1 surround.
System requirements to access teacher's guide: Adobe Acrobat Reader; DVD-ROM drive.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Camera, Philip Holihan, Paul Reuter ; editor, Don Kleszy ; original score, Gary Lionelli.
ISBN:9781608831234
160883123X

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