The Civilian Conservation Corps

Stone, Robert, 1958- (Screenwriter, Producer, Director). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). WGBH Educational Foundation (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm) (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) (Added Author).

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 details

ISBN: 9781608831234
ISBN: 160883123X
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation ; [New York] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2010]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	"WGBH"--Container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Co-produced by Alison Guss ; edited by Don Kleszy ; original score Gary Lionelli ; camera by Philip Holihan and Paul Reuter.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally broadcast on PBS as the television program American Experience in 2009.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen; 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.