American Suburbia The New Frontier | 
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Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 124404
Format: Black & White, Collector's Edition, Color, Flash, Full Length, Full Screen, Original Recording Remastered, Restored, Ntsc
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 125
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 882012500590
EAN: 0882012500590
ASIN: B00079PGPS
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: March 21, 2005
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This 2-DVD set gives an account of the efforts made by American cities to promote real estate. The first DVD gives you an insight into the efforts made by cities- Doylestown, Levittown and /Detroit at inviting people to come and live there. You will see the Mayor of Detroit himself extolling the virtues of his city. The Second DVD showcases the city of Rochester and its penchant for cleanliness and spaciousness. You will also see clips of one of the first promotional campaigns and learn about the recommendations made by city fathers for keeping the city clean.A must see for real estate promoters!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Misleading August 31, 2007
I was looking for a history of American suburbs, and this doesn't provide it. The clips are interesting, but very "Chamber of Commerce" in their biased view of cities like Detroit and Rochester, highlighting the positive movement towards diversity when within two years these communities will be burning with race-motivated urban riots.
 Levitttown History. July 17, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My family grew up in Levittown so I was interested in this disk to learn m ore about where my parents grew up. There are many other interesting clips about suburbia in the 1950s on this set, but for me the film that explains the history of and how Levittown was sold is by far the most intersting. Nobody lived in these kinds of communities back then, so they really had to sell people on them and by doing so change an entire way of American life?
Selling The Suburbs May 5, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's funny to think that there was a time when almost everyone lived in cities and the suburbs did not exist yet. Yet, aparently in the 1940s and 1950s you had to choose between living in a city or on a farm.
That's the message here in these films that actually had to explain to people what a suburb was. Teh whole gimic here in these ads is to convince people that they will get killed if they stay in the city but will have a good life if they just buy a house in a development.
The lengths these ads go to to sell suburbia is incredible when you consider that most people want to live there now.
I had no idea until I saw this film that Levitown was a created community.
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