Historic poverty films.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Quality Information Publishers, producer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salvation Army--California--San Francisco.

Salvation Army.

Salvation Army--Florida.

Rural poor--United States.

Rural poor.

United States.

Old age homes.

Public welfare.

Community welfare councils.

Public housing.

Florida.

California--San Francisco.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Quality Information Publishers, 2006.

System Details:

DVD.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

Explore the history of poverty in America first-hand with this special DVD compilation of historical filmstrips featuring great movies from the Salvation Army, the United Fund and other positive social organizations. There are six films here and over 95 minutes of invaluable video history that helped bring about social change in the United States.

Poverty in rural America: This documentary takes a raw and detailed examination of some of the poorest areas of the United States. There are plenty of interviews with poor Southerners in this vintage flick from the mid-1960s.

A place to live: This film looks at the issue of housing situations for the elderly in the post war economic boom. So many of the elderly during this period had struggled through an economic depression that didn't allow them to properly save for retirement.

With no one to help us: A group of welfare mothers in Newark form together to fight the over-pricing of grocery items to welfare recipients. This is a tremendously important documentary and a vital teaching tool for African American studies. Amazing historical documentation of the projects of Newark around the 1960s.

For the living: Public housing in New York City is discussed in this film. It includes a lot of amazing footage of NYC, including many of the areas worst neighborhoods and slums.

The long street: The Salvation Army promotes many of its causes and projects in this video shot in San Francisco and other parts of Florida.

Till it helps: Late 1950s St. Louis is shown through the eyes of the unfortunate in the United Fund donation commercial. It includes lots of great shots of the low-income St. Louis of this era.

Contents:

1. Poverty in rural America (1956) (11 min.)

2. A place to live (1948) (24 min.)

3. With no one to help us (1967) (19 min.)

4. For the living (1949) (22 min.)

5. The long street (1957) (13 min.)

6. Till it helps (1959) (7 min.).

Notes:

Title from disc label.

Copyright date on packaging is 2007; date on disc is 2006.

Contains:

Poverty in rural America

A place to live

With no one to help us

For the living

The long street

Till it helps

OCLC:

253617116