POV

POV· Season 9 · Episode 12

Taken for a Ride

S09E12·August 6, 1996·1h·PBS

This documentary exposes the role of General Motors' in the "Great American Street Car Scandal" of the 1930s. The scandal involved the dismantling of the street car transportation system in an effort to create demand for more automobiles.

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