This is a collection of largely home movies from the 40s and 50s of life in and around Detroit - one of the world's greatest cities in those days and, during WW II, perhaps the world's most important. These films will no doubt create a sense of nostalgia for many, especially those old enough to remember Detroit as a vital metropolis. For younger people it will cause astonishment that a city whose name has become synonomous with urban decay was once so alive. But it should also cause anger. For Detroit's decline was not inevitable. It was the product of a perfect storm of clueless public policy and private venality.
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