Media Resources for 1975-1999

Throughout this site, we have a number of video and other multimedia resources that can take you to historical sites or help visualize what are sometimes complex ideas. This page lists all of the media resources for the Cold War era. To play these media elements you will need two free player programs, QuickTime® and Flash®. Below are links to the sites where you can download the players. Clicking these links will open a new browser window — just close the new window to come back here.
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Farm Crisis

A short history of the 1980s farm crisis in QuickTime.
Desperation

QuickTime movie of the desperation farmers felt in central Nebraska during the 1980s.
Auctions

Auctions are social, economic and emotional events in the life of a rural area.
Bank Failures

QuickTime movie of a bank failure in Taylor, Nebraska.
Verdigre

QuickTime movie of the tough times and recovery that Verdigre, Nebraska, went through.
Stresses

When a bank fails, it puts even more stress on the families.
Hotline Call

QuickTime movie of a farm crisis hotline call.
    

Click below to access Media Resources from all the eras on nebraskastudies.org.
Pre-
1500		 1500
to
1799		 1800
to
1849		 1850
to
1874		 1875
to
1899		 1900
to
1924		 1925
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1949		 1950
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1974		 1975
to
1999		 2000
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2024