America on Screen: Made in the USA

Join us on select Friday afternoons for a special film series commemorating America’s 250th: Anniversary: America on Screen. Enjoy screenings of Smithsonian Channel programs that explore the people, places, and stories that shaped America.

Made in the USA

Witness the complicated path to the American Dream, forged by workers in the early 20th century. At the turn of the 20th century, 29 million Americans are working and 40% of them are farmers. Over the decades, factories expand like never before, two world wars speed up technological change, and by the 1950s, American workers have the highest wages and consumer power of any country in the world. This is the story of the men and women who built the American Dream, presented entirely in color through digitally remastered archival footage and home movies.

48 minutes

Included with museum admission. No registration required.

Presented courtesy of the Smithsonian Channel.