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There was no TV as we know it today during the Depression. Radio was the major form of home entertainment. The movies was one of the few industries that did not suffer as a result of the Depression. Movies became the main form of entertainment until the development of TV. Prices were cheap, about 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. The movies that did the best were escapist themes, which appealed to the people during the Depression.
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JudyThe music industry was almost destroyed by the Great Depression. But the popular music business was able to quickly rebound and became the second most popular form of entertainment during the Depression behind the movies. Both were popular because they were cheap entertainment and they helped take people's minds off their poor economic situation. The radio, which broadcast big band "gigs," news, comedy and drama, were as cheap as $10 and became depression-era Americans' favorite form of home entertainment. Movies were as cheap as 10 cents.
The radio, which broadcast big band "gigs" and comedy and drama shows, as well as news reports, were as cheap as $10 and became depression-era Americans' favorite form of home entertainment. Movies were also a cheap form of entertainment and they provided a form of escapism from the economic conditions most familys' faced. Theaters provided special nights when they gave away items or offered cheaper prices to get in to the movies.
Radio was a form of entertainment that was cheap enough ($10) so that most people could afford one. Radio not only carried music into the home, but news, FDR's Fireside Chats, and drama and comedy shows. Movies were a form of escapism. Again, cheap enough for families to go at least once in a while. The comedy or drama, or western took the public mind off the economic situation if just for a couple of hours.
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Did people watch television during the Great Depression?
It was a form of escapism at the time, similar to Jazz music and watching professional sports. It took people away from the grim depression days. Unfortunately for the previous answer, radio was the mass media of the Great Depression. TV did not come in until after WWII.
What did people use radio for during the Great Depression?
*FUN* (APEX) Radio was a cheap source of news, music, dramas, comedy, and local and national information. Radios were as cheap as $10 during the Depression so most every home with electricity had one. FDR used the radio (Fireside Chats) the way Presidents today use TV, to keep the public informed and to explain what was going on in the nation.
What major events happened in the 1900s?
Industrial revolution, the great depression, the computer and internet, the first automobile (Ford Model-T), television, NFL, many many things.
Do you remember an old Vietnam war show in the 80s or 90s?
TV series, 1990's; "China Beach" concerning US Military female nurses. Film: Deer Hunter (about 1976) Film: Apocalypse Now (1970's) Film: Platoon (about 1986)
Was there a tour of duty movie?
A TV series, a take-off from Oliver Stone's (himself a Viet War vet) film: Platoon.
