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The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's (1993) [NR]

Release Date:
January 1, 1993

Original Title:
The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
Blackside
Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 52

Overview from TheMovieDB

Just before the advent of the Great Depression, Henry Ford controlled the most important company in the most important industry in the booming American economy. His offer of high wages in exchange for hard work attracted workers to Detroit, but it began to come apart when Ford hired a private police force to speed up production and spy on employees. After the depression hit in 1929, these workers faced a new, grim reality as unemployment skyrocketed.

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Production

Additional Camera:
Robert Shepard
Joe Vitagliano

Assistant Camera:
Otis W. Bess Jr.
Kim Chidester
Fred Neilsen

Associate Producer:
Leslie D. Farrell

Camera Operator:
Christopher Hall
Brett Wiley

Director:
Jon Else

Director of Photography:
Michael Chin

Editor:
Lillian Benson

Executive Producer:
Henry Hampton

Music:
Brian Keane

Producer:
Jon Else
Terry Kay Rockefeller

Production Manager:
Michael Dick

Sound Editor:
Ray Palagy

Sound Effects Designer:
Joe Boekelheide

Sound Recordist:
Felipe Borrero
Sara Chin
Charles Dixon
John Haptas

Supervising Producer:
Alison Bassett
Stephen Stept

Writer:
Jon Else
Steve Fayer

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