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Youth in Crisis (1943)

Youth in Crisis poster
Directed by
Louis De Rochemont
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
18 min
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary short looks at the challenges facing young people during the early 1940s in the United States. It presents their struggles and the societal response to them in a serious and direct manner.

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What happens

Youth in Crisis is a 1943 American short documentary film produced by Louis de Rochemont as part of The March of Time series. It was nominated for a 1944 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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