A film for our times: The Civilian Conservation Corps
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 21:38 Are you an environmentalist? You should watch this film. Are you a minority? Watch this film. Are you concerned about our economy and joblessness? This film is for you. Does your family enjoy parks and hiking trails around the nation? Don’t miss this film. Do you think government interference is no damn good? This film might change your mind.
The parallels between the 1930’s - outlined as a foundation of the CCC story - and now are striking to say the least. The fathers and grandfathers of today’s anti-tax, anti-government crowd - laying awake nights worrying about a certain descent into Socialism - hated Roosevelt for creating the CCC.
This film- and several other things I’ve read and watched lately - have convinced me that Roosevelt saved the country in more ways than one. Had it not been for FDR, we would have very likely had another revolution, and real socialism would have been the result. Roosevelt - through the New Deal, Social Security, the WPA, CCC amd more - saved America’s wealthy from the fate they feared the most by giving people a safety net, dignity and a hand up.
This film is available on Netflix - we watched it as an instant download - or from PBS.
