University of Miami English Department professor Zack R. Bowen lectures on conditions in the United States during and after World War II. He discusses rationing, the widespread employment of women, the draft (about which he sings a song from the times), the military-industrial complex, Movietone news, and the GI Bill. Bowen recalls the shortage of automobiles and his father, who worked for defense transportation. He describes how the movie theater was a focal gathering point for ordinary people, who wanted to hear the news and often heard propaganda.
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