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Give a Man a Job (1933)

Give a Man a Job poster
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
3 min
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short film urges viewers to hire unemployed people during the Great Depression. It was produced to support a government recovery program.

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What happens

Give a Man a Job (also known as National Recovery Act) is a 1933 American short film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in conjunction with the National Recovery Administration. The film encourages people to offer jobs to the unemployed in the midst of the Great Depression. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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