"Gives a fast-paced presentation of the newsreels, cartoons, etc. of the period called  'Age of Normalcy' and the 'Era of Wonderful Nonsense.' Traces casual factors that turned an era of quest for security into one ending in the nation's worst economic disaster."--Audiovisual Materials Catalog 2002-2007 by Audiovisual Services of St. Louis Public Schools.

"Analyzes the forces which arose after World War I and were at work in the twenties. Describes the conflict between those who accepted the complexity of the twentieth century and tried to copy with it, and those who rejected the new and tried to live according to past values."--WorldCat.