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American Experience: Riding the Rails DVD

Name: American Experience: Riding the Rails DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL SCREEN ARTS
SKU: WA9852
Price: 19.95 USD
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Rating: 4.8125 (16 reviews)

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New video segment featuring an interview with the filmmakers Photo gallery featuring archival images from the National Archives and the Library of Congress Excerpt from the companion bookProducer: Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell, Susan Bellows, Sharon Grimberg Executive Producer: Mark Samels Production Company: Out of the Blue Enterprises, LLC Production Year: 2003 Copyright Year: 1997 Director: Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell Narrator: ... More

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New video segment featuring an interview with the filmmakers
Photo gallery featuring archival images from the National Archives and the Library of Congress
Excerpt from the companion book

Producer: Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell, Susan Bellows, Sharon Grimberg
Executive Producer: Mark Samels
Production Company: Out of the Blue Enterprises, LLC
Production Year: 2003
Copyright Year: 1997
Director: Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell
Narrator: Richard Thomas
Writers: Michael Uys, Lexy Lovell
Discs: 1
Audio Format: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 4x3 Full Screen

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4.8 16 Reviews

16 Reviews

Karen

05/18/22

Exceptional video

The video was very well made with interesting interviews with people who rode the rail and why. I loved the old footage from the 30's of so many Young men and some girls who left home to ride the rails.

James

02/07/22

Excellent

Rich

08/03/21

unbelieveable! a trip into the future?

I cannt imagine how calloused the politicians were until FDR started his New Deal to relieve the strain. Are we headed there again?

High L.

11/12/20

I get teary eyed every time I watch it.

Interviews with adults who as teenagers rode the rails in search of work and escape from Depression era doldrums. Most teenagers today do not appreciate the hardships their grandparents and great grandparents went through during the 1930s. Some of the folks interviewed saw their experience riding the rails as a great adventure, but most were in very desperate straits. 21st century teens whose most pressing concern is how to afford the latest electronic gizmo or Vera Bradley bag could use the dose of reality this film provides.

Billy C.

11/12/20

memories of my father

My father rode the rails searching for work. He told me great stories about people he met while doing so. One story about a man who saved his life because of my fathers inexperience on riding the rails. He sang me songs when I was young. Songs by Jimmie Rodgers about hobos he heard while staying in jungles

Eldy

11/12/20

A View of American Life

Excellent!

Carmine

11/12/20

lots of fun

need of of this type of history

Okieprofessor

11/08/20

Excellent film for students

I use this in my history survey courses as an added interesting side bar to the Great Depression. In discussing with students how the depression effected everyone- this adds to the discussion. Students are interested in learning how the youth of America fared and the interviews are wonderful. Generally my students are fascinated by this film.

Mrsr

11/08/20

Brings history alive for my students

I pair this with a novel to teach students about the Depression both in literature and history.

Paul D.

10/08/20

Very good .

I lived through this era. This film brought back many memories of my growing experience.

Old J.

10/08/20

American Experience: Riding the Rails

I ordersd this because my father was one of these young people who rode the rails. When he would tell me of his adventures and his friends who went with him, he never told me why they did this. I just assumed that they did it for a lark.

A B.

10/08/20

A great way to go back in time!

Very, very interesting with a nice presentation and a good format. Felt like we were right there.

Aging H.

10/08/20

Phoebe Eaton, A Girl On The Rails

I actually missed the program but recently read my cousins book Chronicles of a Western Family in which she describes her adventure on the rails from Wyoming to Seattle in the 30s as well as the rest of her amazing life story. She is now 87 and I plan to order the DVD of The American Experience:Riding The Rails, The Great Depression Story of Youth in America because she is the only female featured in the documentary.

Butterfly

07/17/20

riding the rails is a must see

every generation including the older people like myself (born 1943) should view this to put their own childhood in perspective.

Woody

07/17/20

Riding the Rails

Seems to me another PBS program highlighted the end of wandering teenagers as the initiation of the CCC and other NRA programs. This film didnt make the link. But it is an entertaining portrait of some pretty independent, sometimes beligerant punks who rode for fun, adventure, and eventual starvation. Interesting to see kids like my Dad must have been like during a time when their options were limited.

Nicko

07/17/20

Very good!

Informative and entertaining.

Highlighted Customer Reviews

Butterfly reviewed American Experience: Riding the Rails DVD

riding the rails is a must see

every generation including the older people like myself (born 1943) should view this to put their own childhood in perspective.

Aging H. reviewed American Experience: Riding the Rails DVD

Phoebe Eaton, A Girl On The Rails

A B. reviewed American Experience: Riding the Rails DVD

A great way to go back in time!

Very, very interesting with a nice presentation and a good format. Felt like we were right there.