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"CBS Reports" Harvest of Shame (1960)
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26 November 1960
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In this CBS News production broadcast on Thanksgiving 1960, Edward R. Murrow points out the plight of migrant farm workers in America...
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A strong short documentary on migrant workers
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(Episode Credited cast) | Edward R. Murrow | ... | Himself - Reporter |
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Fred W. Friendly got the idea for this documentary after hearing a commentary by Edward P. Morgan about migrant workers on Morgan's nightly ABC radio news program.
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I watched this CBS Reports short work for a college class. As is the case with most of the work of Edward R. Murrow and his investigative production team, the story is a powerful depiction of life. The impoverished children of migrant workers who wish to continue their education and thereby escape their world of harsh traveling work, but do not have the means. It shows the government to be inactive in the care of these people, many of who are American citizens, even in providing basic protection, such as not "packaging" or cramming them together onto trucks that placing them in grave danger if there is a traffic accident.