Land of Promise

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Date
1960
Summary
Land of Promise was produced for TV use Labor Day, 1960. It deals with American life and history of labor's role in both. Historical sequences highlight the struggle for national freedom, and economic and political development. Woven through all of this is the story of the labor movement - how workers fought for old-age pensions, better schools, safety regulations, workmen's compensation and other measures that benefit all Americans. The film was revised in 1962. Ralph Bellamy does the commentary.
Publisher
AFL-CIO
Subjects
Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor; Working class; Labor movement
Collection
Labor
Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
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Physical Description
00:28:12 hh:mm:ss; 16mm film
Notes
AFL-CIO Education Department Film Productions, Americans at Work
Accession AR1985-0195
A guide to the full collection of AFL-CIO Education Department Film Productions, Americans at Work is available in our archival collections: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42513.

Access

Access condition: public.
Other Identifiers
Fedora 2 PID: umd:714518; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/39828; Filename: labor-062116

Access Restrictions

This item is accessible by: the public.