Our Daily Bread & Other Films of the Great Depression

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Summary: OOOPS!
Review: I apologize to those who read my previous (and only) review of this DVD. It was about the "same time", but wrong DVD! I meant to refer to "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime." This documentary IS great! Not to say that "Our Daily Bread" is not. I mixed the two DVD casettes, and for hopefully obvious reasons,and gave the rave to the wrong product, as well as my statement about the Mississippi flood. Mea culpa.

Our Daily Bread is ... however. The film is somewhat dated and moralistic, but the (socialistic)solution-ending is wonderful. Value-added clips from other Depression movies and archived newsreel footage make it a worthwhile choice for those interested in King Vidor and all those elements mostly forgotten, about the Great Depression. Buy them both!

JSM

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Summary: our daily bear
Review: i gave one star beacuse it is not color this very old movies i want some in color about depression i have the prombleof the derpression of you have any movies about this please let me know

Rating:
Summary: our daily bear
Review: i gave one star beacuse it is not color this very old movies i want some in color about depression i have the prombleof the derpression of you have any movies about this please let me know

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Summary: Outstanding documnetary overview of the Depression
Review: There are very few movies I chose to see again and again, and fewer still when it comes to documentaries. However this film is filled with wonderful period pieces -- mostly carefully chosen newsreel and movie clips -- that weave a woeful tale of the Depression. Strangely enough,the film is almost exhilarating, showing the courage and perseverance of individual Americans as well as the country as they faced the 1929 Crash and struggled through the grim thirties. There are dozens of carefully chosen movie clips using characters portrayed by Cagney,Bogart,etc., as well as many other lesser known actors and films dealing with very real issues of survival. I bought this DVD three years ago. When I went to purchase it for a friend I was surprised to see that no one had reviewed it! It deserves five stars and a much wider audience. (There is a short film, "The River", about the 1937 Mississippi flood, which by itself is worth the price of the DVD.)