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The roaring twenties [digital videodisc] / director, Henry Nevison ; producer, Dana Palermo ; Charles Hardy with Henry Nevison and Dana Palermo ; a production of Schlessinger Media a division of Library Video Company ; InVision Communications.

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Wynnewood, PA : Schlessinger Media, c2003.

United States -- History -- 1919-1933.

United States -- Civilization -- 1918-1945.

United States history origins to 2000 ; v. 17

1 videodisc (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide.

Introduction -- A third industrialization revolution -- Urbanization -- The revolution in manners and morals -- The electrical home -- Advertising and the promise of happiness -- The beauty industries -- The silver screen -- The jazz age -- Prohibition -- Nativists and fundamentalists -- The golden age of sports -- Lucky Lindy -- The coming of the Great Depression.

This riveting program outlines an America focused on post-war prosperity. The U.S. economy was in the midst of a third industrial revolution and the automobile and consumer goods sparked fundamental changes in daily life.

Designed for grades 5-12.

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