Classics of the Depression/New Deal Era


Classics by documentary masters such as Robert Flaherty, Pare Lorentz, Joris Ivens, Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke, and Alexander Hammid.

 

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Dawn Strikes the Capitol Dome

Hands

Power and the Land

The City

The Columbia

The Fight for Life

The Land

The Plow that Broke the Plains

The River

The Road is Open Again

Valley of the Tennessee

We Work Again

Work Pays America