AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | The 1930s: The Civilian Conservation Corps | PBS

Airing Monday, November 2, 9-10 pm ET (check local listings) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/ccc What is the role of government in our lives? Does the environment play a role in economic recovery? How do we deal with our faltering economy? American Experience presents a 5-part series that examines the nations response to the unprecedented economic crisis, high unemployment, and environmental catastrophe that threatened the nation during one of historys most tumultuous decades, The 1930s. The second film looks at the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the boldest and most popular New Deal experiments, and a pivotal moment in the emergence of modern environmentalism and federal unemployment relief.

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