The great depression was not confined to the united states. Documentaries about the great depression the great depression 1993 this pbs documentary series is the best on the great depression. In fact, australia, with its extreme dependence on exports, particularly primary products such as wool and wheat 1, is thought to have been one of the hardesthit countries in the western world along with canada and germany. While most narratives of the great depression chronicle the pain and struggles of the common folk, this account takes a drastically different approachtelling stories of health and happiness in the 1930s. The great depression is everywhere and nowhere in our cinema. You have lost a loved one, a relationship, work or all of the above. When potts interviewed australians who remembered the period. My research question and main research focus has been formed from my sources found on trove sourcebased. The great depression 1929 body of historical evidence public.
Movies and newsreels brother, can you spare a billion. Its aim is to help students be more aware of the variety of experiences and the complexity of the factors. Particular emphasis on limits of historical knowledge is especially apparent in the attempts to reconstruct or imagine the experiences of one of the hundreds of unemployed women, who visited the female labour exchange during the 1930s. The great depression is often said to have lasted approximately between the years of 19291933, but it had a lasting effect upon society, and it is not until this year have we truly felt free of its grip, as unemployment rates have dropped to below 10%. Boulevard of broken dreams al dubin song brother, can you spare a dime. Australia was also borrowing vast sums of money, which dried up as the economy slowed. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Unemployment, already high at 10% in mid 1929, was 21% by mid 1930 and rising, hitting almost 32% in mid1932. Great depression educational videos watchknowlearn.
Pages in category great depression songs the following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. The book remains canonical today because the debate is still very alive. The australian economy collapsed and unemployment reached a peak of 32 per cent in 1932. Coronavirus to cause worst economic downturn since great. The stock market crash of 1929 was not the sole cause of the great depression, but it did. Hd, 2k, 4k, 35mm, 16mm film unusual shots, sports, cities, etc. At first glance it appears as though the australian governments response to the financial crisis of 2008 is very different to the response adopted in 1931.
A lot of times, when we think about shtf, we think about civil unrest or getting lost in the wilderness, but an economic depression. In which john green teaches you about the great depression. Download the abc news app and subscribe to our range of news alerts. Collection the depression on aso australias audio and. The great depression music, videos, stats, and photos. My focus of the research is on the social implications of the great depression on both american and australian families.
So, everybody knows that the great depression started with the stock market. Australias debts to overseas banks were impossible to meet. It was as hard on children and teens as it was on adults. During the great depression songs provided a way for people to complain of lost jobs and impoverished circumstances. The 1929 stock market crash began the greatest economic slump of the 20th century, leading to strikes and rife unemployment.
Great depression testing images of the great depression case study overview. From 19291939, the great depression affected the united states. This 7part series on the great depression uses newsreels, archival photographs and footage, hollywood films, and eyewitness accounts to recreate the time, from the end of the roaring twenties to the outbreak of the second world war, when economic forces, political change, and social turmoil transformed the nation. It may just be the quality of the recordings, but the instrumentals and vocals are really engaging on the great depression, and all the sounds merge together seamlessly. This australian made, curriculum fit programme examines the impact of the great depression on australian society during the late 1920s and. Hitlers antiseminitism was met by fertile soil in the poverty and despair of germany udring the great depression. Then the wall street crash of 1929 led to a worldwide economic depression. Imf predicts great depressionlike world economy for 2020. Usc research bank university of the sunshine coast. Licensed to youtube by merlin idol distribution, sme on behalf of didier jeunesse. The former head of the cbi and the financial services authority, lord. For an event that had such a cataclysmic impact on the country, there are very few direct signs of it in the films made between 1929 and 1932, the worst years in fact, there are very few films made at all in those years. Songs of the great depression in australia warren fahey. The great depression of the 1930s was an economic catastrophe that severely affected most nations of the world, and australia was not immune.
Australian curriculum, assessment and reporting of the english language, building slowly up through the lm, including. From youtube, produced by great depression cooking. Mario cuomo, erik barnouw, calvin coolidge, pretty boy floyd, francisco franco, herbert hoover. Brief history of that other economic designed crash of 1929 bbc. Facebook twitter youtube linkedin flickr instagram. During the gfc, a downturn in the us housing market was a catalyst for a financial crisis that spread from the. Will the economic crisis caused by coronavirus reshape our idea of. If you have older relatives who were born in the 1930s. Australia suffered badly during the period of the great depression of the 1930s.
The high unemployment and poverty during this period had a great social impact, with many families affected. In this video, we examine the causes behind the great depression with the help of the aggregate demandaggregate supply model. The initial economic collapse which resulted in the great depression can be divided into two parts. The great depression is an independent film produced written directed by marc fignon.
Jones videos with historians describing the influence of jesse h. This unit provides a way of introducing students to the social impacts of the great depression on australia in a simple, entertaining and challenging way. How could this have happened in the richest country on earth. Children queue for soup and bread during the great depression, circa 1932. Factory output fell almost 10% in 192930 and another 30% in. The following clips have teachers notes related to this topic. In germany the depression combined with the gloomy versailles treaty led to the rise of hitler. In australia, as in most of the world, the great depression obliterated jobs, bank balances, and, by all accounts, optimism. Ive listened to some of defiance, ohio s earlier music, and while theyve got some good songs there, i think that this album is considerably better than their earlier work. The great depression history channel 4 video set vhs. Participating by video connection from new york city, professor. Listen free to dmx the great depression sometimes, school street and more.
Perhaps the most famous of these is brother can you spare a dime. The national archives southeast region presents stories from survivors of the great depression overlaid with powerful pictures from era. The great depression of the 1930s was the greatest economic calamity in american history. The great depression, generally accepted as beginning with the stock market crash in the united states of america in october 1929, was a time of hardship for many people in australia. Jones, who served as chairman of the reconstruction finance corp. The depression, which saw real gdp fall 17 per cent over 1892 and 1893, and the accompanying financial crisis, which reached a peak in 1893. Australian exports fell overnight, leaving local industries at a standstill, driving up unemployment, misery and hardship. During this time, most people believed that the decline was merely a bad recession, worse than the recessions that occurred in 1923 and 1927, but not as bad as the depression of 192021. Factory output fell almost 10% in 192930 and another 30% in 193031. The economic hit to australia is expected to be harder than a typical recession. The 1930s saw a prolonged period of economic difficulties known as the great depression. From the dorothea lange collection photos of migrants in california during the great depression 19351945. The great depression still haunts are collective memories with comparisons with the 1930s becoming a stock phrase in reports on the current financial crisis. The 1890s had been a decade of bitter strikes in the shearing industry followed by widespread rural unemployment.
The initial decline lasted from mid1929 to mid1931. Survival lessons from the great depression youtube. Songs of the great depression and the dust bowl migrants. It uses newsreels, archival photos and footage, hollywood films and eyewitness accounts to tell the story of the great depression from the end of the 1920s to world war ii. The great depression is something most of us are familiar with. It took australia almost a decade to recover from the great depression. From episode 9 of the frontier of dreams documentary series. On tuesday 29 october 1929 the new york stock market collapsed. An overview of how brisbane women made ends meet during the great depression of the 1930s is provided. The great depression 1993 documentary on free online video. Download the worksheet for this video subscribe for more quick lessons visit the site. Great depression 1930s stock footage historical archival.
This video is for educational purposes only, and all rights are retained by the history channel and abc news. By 1932, about 30% of australian workers were unemployed. In this video, the causes of the stock market crash and the great depression are discussed. In the 10 months up to january 1893, the bank lost a third of its australian deposits. In the 1930s during the great depression, one in three australian breadwinners was unemployed. The great depression 1929 1940 chapter summary and learning objectives. The depression, set off by the october 1929 wall street stock market crash, hit the new south wales economy with great severity. Great book on the depression so good it is impossible to praise it. One number will tell us if australias coronavirus outbreak is. Rothbards americas great depression is a staple of modern economic literature and crucial for understanding a pivotal event in american and world history.
Men, women and even children were forced to uproot and travel the. I ve little neverending with a great free youtube video downloader and converter disco. This book applies austrian business cycle theory to understanding the onset of the 1929 great depression. The depression began with the wall street crash of 1929 and rapidly spread worldwide. All in and down and out blues, uncle dave macon, 1937. Great depression testing images of the great depression. In the face of the great depression in the 1930s, labor turned on its working class supporters in order to bail out capitalism.
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