America - 9: The huddled masses, Parts 1 and 2

Duration: 52

Year Published: 1973

Format: 16mm

Description: A personal history of the United States by Alistair Cooke which was filmed for the British Broadcasting Company. Part 1: Turn of the century immigration contributes to slum areas and cheap labor which fed the treasuries of the industrial tycoons. The machine age and sweat shops march on. Part 2: Labor unions and strikes emerge. Museums of rare books and European art treasures represent some of the new wealth. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President and is determined to bring monopolies and robber barons under the control of the government and the courts.

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