| 1 | When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. | |
| 2 | By pouring money into Vancouver, they should sustain the growth of a city that remembers bleak times of recession, high unemployment and depressed real estate value. | |
| 3 | The film is set in the Ruhr, in Essen, in the mid-50s. The post-war recovery is not yet in full swing though Essen has its heavy industry and its mines. Prosperity is not yet in the air there. |