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FDR's Tree Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps

This short documentary overviews the Civilian Conservation Corps, the New Deal's first relief program. It focuses on the experiences, both positive and negative, of the nearly 3,000,000 "soil soldiers" who labored in CCC camps.

Source | American Social History Program/Center for Media and Learning, 2009.
Creator | American Social History Program/Center for Media and Learning
Item Type | Documentary
Cite This document | American Social History Program/Center for Media and Learning, “FDR's Tree Army: The Civilian Conservation Corps,” SHEC: Resources for Teachers, accessed April 18, 2024, https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1768.

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