Riding the rails
Type
Label
Riding the rails
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Riding the rails
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
72
Series statement
The American experience series videorecording
Summary
During the Depression-era of the 1930s, tens of thousands of teenagers hopped freight trains in search of a better life elsewhere. What they discovered was a mixture of adventure, camaraderie, hardship and loneliness. They saw a country in turmoil and found experiences that impacted them for the rest of their lives -- their ultimate freedom traded for despair, lack of jobs, and even death. Through first-hand accounts, "The American Experience" recalls the stories of teen drifters crisscrossing America during tough times
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
- Tramps -- United States -- History
- Historical television programs
- Railroads -- United States -- History
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- United States -- History -- 1919-1933
- Teenagers -- United States
- Documentary films
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
Content
Director
Is Derivative Of
Is Part Of
Producer
resource.screenwriter
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor3
- Genre2
- Subject9
- Tramps -- United States -- History
- Historical television programs
- Railroads -- United States -- History
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- United States -- History -- 1919-1933
- Teenagers -- United States
- Documentary films
- United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
- Content1
- Director2
- Is Derivative Of1
- Is Part Of1
- Producer2
- resource.screenwriter2