Film portraits of the Great Depression. Franklin Roosevelt's 1933 inauguration marked a rebirth of hope among Americans and began an unprecedented era of government activity and social experiment. The non-fiction films included mirror the 1930s new social consciousness that was helping to pull America out it's economic and societal depression. Included are: King Vidor's "Our Daily Bread" (with prologue, 1934, 78 min.), "California Election News #1 and #2" (13 min.), "The Plow That Broke the Plains" (1936, 25 min.), "The River" (1937, 31 min.), "Power and the Land" (1940, 37 min.), and "The New Frontier" (1934, 10 min.).
