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Playlist from MNHS

Roger — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:09:11 +0000

Video's submitted to Minnesota Historical Society's Greatest Generation Film Project. Award winning video's include Miss Mickey (audience award) and The Best of Hard Times (best depiction of the era)

Video's include "Miss Mickey – The Flyer" (Mickey Axton) one of the first three WWII women test pilots; the "Romeo's" or retired telephone men in MN; "Collections and Reflections" on WWII vets in MN; and "The Best of Hard Times" with growing up in the depression.

Collections & Reflections

Roger — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:33:59 +0000

Reflecting on WWII through uniform collection of Kurt Barickman and memories from veterans in Albert Lea Minnesota. Originally produced for MNHS Greatest Generation Film Project.

Public Domain Photos from archive.gov and Veterans Service Albert Lea. ccMixter.org Creative Commons BY music "Photo theme: Yellow Flowers" by Anthony Raijekov.

The Best of Hard Times

Roger — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:05:04 +0000

A short documentary on growing up during the 1930′s depression as part of the Greatest Generation Film Project produced for the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) Film Project 2006. Life was normal to these men and women growing up during that period… they didn’t know of any other way.