Highest it has been since the great depression. Up next on railamerica, we turn the clock back to 19 36. Lets go america is a National Association of manufacturers short film with an optimistic message. The film argues that life has improved because of American Ingenuity and the future is bright. Under the spreading chestnut trees, the smithy stands so saying the poet longfellow. Times which we sometimes call the good old days ago but just how good were the good old days . Times,cksmith of olden he had to be. He was. The pillar of the soil, the mighty man was he also and he had to be coming he was the Food Industry toiling for the necessities of life. The woman in the home. Not often do you hear her grandchildren side for the good old days not if they really know how she labors from don to dusk. From dawn to dusk. Need to know from whence we have come in from to appreciate what we have achieved and to have faith and opportunities to come through the american system. Founded upon libert
Narrator only a few years ago, we were a discouraged people because we were forced to lose our jobs when old man depression came along. We struggled to regain our variance while depression, fear and failure took stock of the nation. A 10th of the population of the united states. One out of every four of us was on relief. In vain, we looked for something to restore our confidence and hope. And our courage. Without jobs we had no money and without money we could not purchase food for the hungry mouths at home. Our only hope laid in charity. The bread lines were built up as people anxiously waited for a sign of better days. Then came the federal governments work program. One by one, it took us out of the bread line and gave us a new chance to take our place in the normal life of our community. It made us selfsupport. It changed the haggard hopeless faces of the bread line to the faces filled with hope and happiness. For now we work again , narrator unskilled laborers, the forgotten men of
Only a few years ago, we were a discouraged people because we we were the first to lose our jobs when old man depression came along. We struggled to regain our bearings as fear stock to the nation. A 10th of the population of the united states. One out of every four of us was on relief. In vain, we looked for something to restore our confidence and hope. Without jobs we had no money and without money we could not purchase food for the hungry mouths at home. Our only hope laid in charity. The bread lines were built up as people anxiously waited for a sign of better days. And then came the work program. One by one, it took us out of the bread line and gave us a new chance to take our place in the normal life of our community. It seems the haggard hopeless faces of the bread line to the faces filled with hope and happiness. We work again unskilled laborers, the forgotten men of past generations now worked steadily at decent wages. They are building and repairing schools, Public Holdings t
And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, coitted to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. The Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines of soci change worldwide. At fordfoundation. Org. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellee in journalism. The park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awaren critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and inspires. And by the ontline journalism fund, with major support from jon and jo ann hagler. Hello. Today is the day. The day of my massacre sll begin. Narrator he was a 19yearold dropout. All the kids in school will run in fear and hide. I hate everyone and everything. Y with the power or, you will all know who i am. laughing youre all goi to die. imitating gunshots ah, yeah. Cant w
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