Film Description
Let’s Go America! America Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1936)
Sponsors: National Association of Manufacturers; National Industrial Council. Production Co.: Audio Productions Inc. Narrator: John A. Young. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 9 minutes.
One of many films sponsored by the NAM during the Depression to foster faith in the economic leadership of its corporate members. Let’s Go America! suggests that the creative spirit that led to America’s development will continue to shape its economy. It ends with two young men and a woman driving a swank roadster toward the glowing future, which promises television, air conditioning, air travel, and innovative home design.
Note: Also released in 16mm.
Resources
Educational Film Catalog, comps. Dorothy E. Cook and Eva Rahbek-Smith (New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1939), 83.