An Unfinished Story

Compares the social, economic and political conditions in the United States in the 1930's and the present time. Points out the similarities between the two eras concerning such issues as drug abuse, unemployment, anti-war sentiment, and the rise of socialist and communist groups.

1930s hobos around campfire, Roosevelt speech to youth(cuts back to HS classroom students), archival footage: American Youth Conference, people on double-decker bus, doctor examines man, others stand in line, Civilian Conservation Corps workers 30s, 2 men sawing huge beam w/ big saw 30’s, young boys sing “Happy Days are Here Again”, huge line of men & sign that reads “Free Coffee and Donuts for the unemployed”, soup lines, eating soup in room, head shots--men talking about soup & jobs, scenes of poverty in America(early 60s), 1935 Roosevelt speaks & institutes social security unemployment compensation from old age pensions