Depressions — 1929 — United States. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Hey brother can you spare a job? / produced by Victor Vazquez.

Examination and comparison of the unemployment situation in the ’30s and ’70s.

August 24, 2025

Of the 30’s : life and literature / Malcolm Cowley.

Talks life in the U.S. in the 1930’s. |r.1. The crisis in belief, 1930-33 (49 min.) — r.2. The international crisis, 1933-38 (55 min.) — r.3. The moral crisis, 1938-41 (53 min.) — r.4. A retrospect of the 1930’s (59 min.).

August 24, 2025

The Bonus march / Jerry Zilg ; interviewed by Bonnie Bellow.

Documentary on the 1932 veterans’ bonus march of 1932 and discussion with author of book on the march, Jerry Zilg.

August 24, 2025

Fight for life (Episode 3 of 3) / produced by the People’s Media Collective, San Francisco.

Documentary on the depression under FDR; the New Deal, the WPA, the Socialist movement, Dr. Townsend, Upton Sinclair, and Huey Long. Contains music.

August 24, 2025

Fire among the ashes (Episode 1 of 3) / produced by the People’s Collective of San Francisco.

Documentary on the 1929 depression. Contains actuality and musical selections.|FIRE AMONG THE ASHES / produced by the People’s Media Collective of San Francisco. – SERIES: An Oral history of the Great Depression – Documentary on the 1929 depression. Contains actuality and musical selections. – BROADCAST: KPFA, March 1977

August 24, 2025

The Farmer is the man (Episode 2 of 3) / produced by the People’s Media Collective of San Francisco.

Documentary on the impact of the depression on the rural sector. Includes the dust bowl, westward migration, effect on Blacks, and the Scotsboro case. Contains music.|THE FARMER IS THE MAN / produced by the People’s Media Collective of San Francisco. – SERIES: An Oral history of the Great Depression| no. 2 – Documentary of the…

August 24, 2025