Of Mice and Men Study Guide Resources: The Great Depression Pictures, Images and Video Clips

1930s Propaganda

The unintentional comedy rating on these propaganda films is through the roof. The first one is from a movie called Reefer Madness, an anti-marijuana propaganda film. Apparently, telling the truth about marijuana, that it kills brain cells, demotivates, and leads to living in your parents’ basement playing video games until your 44 wasn’t good enough for 1930s’ film makers. The second clip is a propaganda clip showing just how wonderful it is to be a common laborer in one of the 1930s elegant factories.

Reefer Madness


US Industrial Propaganda


1930s Entertainment

Ever wondered what you’d do without TV, cable, Internet, cell phones, iPods and other modern devices? That’s one more depressing thing about the Great Depression.


Cigar Box Guitar


Billie Holliday: Strange Fruit


Non-YouTube Entertainment from the 1930s

  • Hollywood During the Depression
  • Movies from the 1930s
  • Louis Armstrong

Other Great Depression and Of Mice and Men Resources

Racism and Segregation in the 1930s

  • Legal Dictionary on Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  • Prohibition and the Gangster Film
  • Texas Executes Man with IQ of 61

 

 

 

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