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Combining documentary form with staged reenactments, this film leads the viewer on an emotional tour of the U.S. and its freedom-based ideologies (just prior to World War II), as well as an unflinching look at the forces threatening to undermine its strengths from within: greedy capitalists, profess...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Frontier Films (New York, N.Y.), Kino International Corporation, Film Preservation Associates
Other Authors: Hurwitz, Leo T., 1909-1991, Strand, Paul, 1890-1976, Johnson, Fred, 1899-1971, George, Mary (Actress), Rennick, John, Da Silva, Howard, 1909-1986, Smith, Art, 1899-1973, Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kino on Video, [1994]
Series:Cinema of the New Deal.
Subjects:
Human rights > United States > History > 20th century > Drama.
Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century > Drama.
Documentary-style films.
Feature films.
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Summary:Combining documentary form with staged reenactments, this film leads the viewer on an emotional tour of the U.S. and its freedom-based ideologies (just prior to World War II), as well as an unflinching look at the forces threatening to undermine its strengths from within: greedy capitalists, professional strikebreakers, and the Ku Klux Klan.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS format.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Photography, Paul Strand ; editor, Leo Hurwitz ; commentary, David Wolff ; music, Marc Blitzstein.