- Overview
From the turn of the century - as emigrants to a New World - through the twenties and through the thirties - with great industry and the Great Depression - and finally during Detroit's heroic period in World War II - working in the armaments industry, the "arsenals of democracy." What remains when such men's dreams become real?
- Release Date
01 January 1989
- DirectingAngelika Finger
- Budget
$0.00
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$0.00
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