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The Great Depression

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Qi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM8yxBL21Pk

This is a video that I want to use in my movie. I write about a factory director and his family’s life during the Great Depression and the New Deal. This video portrays the big difference between the roaring twenties and the Great depression. High suicidal rate, starvation and poorness were showed in this video. By adding this video into my movie, I hope people can get a clear sense about what was the real life of  a person who lived during the Great Depression.

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Bonnie and Clyde

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Yana

Bonnie Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were well known outlaws, robbers and criminals who, with their gang, traveled the Central United States during the Great Depression. The photo above was found in their hiding place in Missouri.

Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during what is sometimes referred to as the “public enemy era” between 1931 and 1934. Though known today for his dozen-or-so bank robberies, Barrow in fact preferred to rob small stores or rural gas stations. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders. They were eventually ambushed and killed in Louisiana by law officers. The video below is the scene after their death. Bonnie and Clyde have become a symbol of dangerously in love couple and an inspiration for numerous movies, theater plays and songs.

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