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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) Employees Personal narratives Conservation of natural resources United States History Films for the hearing impaired Forest conservation United States History New Deal, 1933-1939 Public service employment United States History United States Economic conditions 1918-1945 United States Economic policy 1933-1945 United States History 1933-1945 Video recordings for the hearing impairedFilter By Subjects
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) Employees Personal narratives Conservation of natural resources United States History Films for the hearing impaired Forest conservation United States History New Deal, 1933-1939 Public service employment United States History United States Economic conditions 1918-1945 United States Economic policy 1933-1945 United States History 1933-1945 Video recordings for the hearing impairedSummary: Inspired by Timothy Egan's best-selling book, The Big Burn is the dramatic story of an unimaginable wildfire that swept across the Northern Rockies in the summer of 1910. The fire devoured more than three million acres in 36 hours, confronting the fledgling U.S. Forest Service with a catastrophe that would define the agency and the nation's fire policy for the rest of the 20th century and beyond.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV BIGSummary: Started in 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt as part of the New Deal, the CCC was used as a way to not only help unemployed Americans, but to help conserve some of the country's forests and parks. Over the next ten years it would employ over 3 million men who planted trees, fought fires, and helped their families financially. Features interviews and archived footage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2010