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...
| Main Author: | Lionelli, Gary. (Composer) |
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| Corporate Author: | 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.
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| Series: |
American experience (Television program)
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| Subjects: |
| 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. |
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| 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 |