Riding the Rails

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Call Number: DVD 385.097 Ri
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD 385.097 Ri	1-week checkout	On Shelf

An edited version of "Riding the rails" was broadcast on the PBS television program American experience.
DVD features: interview with the filmmakers; slide show featuring Depression-era photos; excerpt from Riding the rails : teenagers on the move during the Great Depression; web sites of interest.
Tells the story of the 250,000 teenagers who left their homes and hopped freight trains during the Great Depression.
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Excellent film, good history submitted by teri on July 4, 2018, 8:30pm A very well done film that captures the depression era, with an emphasis on those who took to "riding the rails". Includes contemporary interviews with people talking about what it was like to hop trains, why they did it, and the dangers they encountered.