1919 Boston police strike: VO explains Governor Calvin Coolidge fired the strikers; Massachusetts State House, scene of strike; Coolidge inspecting police recruits; Coolidge taking oath after election.

Fold-up Cars: Two women push an odd, folded-up vehicle onto street, put it together, drive away.

FDR sailing with a friend

Examines the many factors that led to the Depression, Hoover's attempts to counter the nation's economic woes, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs.

Some of the most important issues of our time were no less important 100 years ago. America in 1919, at the close of World War I, was shaken from the events of large-scale warfare, fearing a Communist takeover, and facing an incredible amount of social and political change. From Prohibition to women's suffrage, the labor strikes to the violence of the Red Summer and the Red Scare, this book explores each major movement of 1919. Showing how these events...

This Universal newsreel focuses on Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chat No. 2. Washington, D.C.: In a dramatic newsreel interview at the White House, the Chief Executive reviews the accomplishments of his two-months-old administration, promising further legislation designed to better economic conditions throughout the United States and to improve the financial standing of the industrial worker, the farmer, and others.

"Step back in time to investigate the events that shaped the United States during the early 1900s, including World War I and Prohibition."--discoveryschool.com.

Explores the era of unbounded optimism on Wall Street leading up to the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Tells the story of how a small group of bankers, brokers and speculators manipulated the market, grew wealthy and helped create the economic boom in the decade preceding the crash. Then discover how the false promise or permanent prosperity came to an abrupt end in 1929 through the recollections of people whose families experienced the crash.

This Universal newsreel focuses on the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Washington, D.C.: Striking close-up views of President-elect Roosevelt's arrival at the White House to take President Hoover to the Capitol for the Inaugural ceremony, and the historic ride of the celebrated pair down Pennsylvania Avenue, with a Congressional escort, as cheering thousands, massed on the sidewalks, hail the event. Also, interesting scenes are shown of the...

This videodisc explores the extraordinary story of what happens when a freedom-loving nation outlaws the sale of intoxicating liquor, and the disastrous unintended consequences that follow. The utterly relevant cautionary tale raises profound questions about the proper role of government and the limits of legislating morality. When the country goes dry in 1920, after a century of debate, millions of law-abiding Americans become lawbreakers overnight....