The unemployment and relief situation in New Jersey, with the crisis accented as the true meat of the coming elections; the British viewpoint of Mussolini, Ethiopia and the League of Nations; the railroads recently reduced mileage rate..
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Is this worth your time? Honestly, only if you're the type who gets a kick out of old-school newsreels or are weirdly obsessed with the mid-1930s. If you want a slow, meditative watch, skip this. It’s loud, it’s frantic, and it packs a lot into a very short window. The whole thing feels like a punch to the gut. The se...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
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"Is this worth your time? Honestly, only if you're the type who gets a kick out of old-school newsreels or are weirdly obsessed with the mid-1930s. If you want a slow, meditative watch, skip this. It’s loud, it’s frantic, and it packs a lot into a very short window. The whole thing feels like a punch to the gut. The segment on unemployment in New Jersey is grim, and it doesn't try to hide that. It makes you realize how desperate things really were, way more than a textbook ever could. The newsr..."
