DEPRESSED AREA, U.S.A Part 1

Description

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY: Walter Cronkite reports on economic and educational problems in Appalachia. He interviews residents of Clay County in eastern Kentucky, emphasizing the effects of unemployment caused by automation and strip coal mining and by the exhaustion of farm land. Describes poor public services and educational facilities, and explains that the population of the area is declining although the birth rate is high. Discusses State and Federal programs and plans for Appalachia.

Collection

Records of the Community Services Administration

Series

Moving Images Relating to Anti-Poverty Programs