Our daily bread : and other films of the Great Depression.
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LocationCall NumberStatus
Popular Media - 3rd FloorPN1997 .O97 1999On Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Drama.
Documentary films.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Short films.
Short films.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Drama.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- Drama.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Depressions
Documentary films
Drama
Economic history
Feature films
Feature films
Short films
Short films
Social conditions
United States -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Other Subjects
Courts métrages.
Courts métrages.
Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Drama.
Documentaires.
short subjects.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (194 min.) : mono, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
014381467123, 1438146712

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture made in 1934, and other short films produced in the 1930s.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Robert Planck; recording, Vinton Vernon; dialogue, Joseph Mankiewicz ; editing, Lloyd Nosler ; music, Alfred Newman.
Participants/Performers
Karen Morley, Tom Keene, Barbara Pepper, John Qualen, Addison Richards.
Description
Our daily bread (King Vidor, 1934) is a depression-era drama in which a young couple leads a group of unemployed people in making a communal farm succeed. Includes a prologue to the movie by King Vidor -- The fake newsreels "California Election News #1 and #2 (1934), were secretly produced by MGM as "dirty tricks" in the film industry's political war against Upton Sinclair -- The River (Pare Lorentz, 1937) dramatizes the stripping of the Mississipi River basin and the effort to restore this region -- The Plow that broke the plains (Pare Lorentz, 1936) focuses on the ecological and human tragedy of the Dust Bowl -- Power and the Land (Rural Electrification Administration), elevates the photogenic Parkinson family to iconic figures of Americana -- The New Frontier is a government documentary.
System Details
DVD; Dolby Digital.
Local note
SACFinal081324

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Vidor, K., Hill, E., Morley, K., Keene, T., Pepper, B., & Newman, A. (1999). Our daily bread: and other films of the Great Depression . Film Preservation Associates : Image Entertainment [distributor].

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

King Vidor et al.. 1999. Our Daily Bread: And Other Films of the Great Depression. Hat Creek, Calif.: Film Preservation Associates : Image Entertainment [distributor].

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

King Vidor et al.. Our Daily Bread: And Other Films of the Great Depression Hat Creek, Calif.: Film Preservation Associates : Image Entertainment [distributor], 1999.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Vidor, K., Hill, E., Morley, K., Keene, T., Pepper, B. and Newman, A. (1999). Our daily bread: and other films of the great depression. Hat Creek, Calif.: Film Preservation Associates : Image Entertainment [distributor].

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Vidor, King, et al. Our Daily Bread: And Other Films of the Great Depression Film Preservation Associates : Image Entertainment [distributor], 1999.

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