The second of HBO's nostalgic, entertainming, and exclusive six-part series focuses on the decade that began in a national depression and moved to the national "escape" as the entertainment industry captured American's energies. The '30s: radio in it's heyday, Lou Gehrig at bat, Europe at war, and much of America on bread lines. Host Dick Cavett takes you back in time with classic newsreel footage, gangsters on and off-screen, jitterbugs, FDR, and the New Deal.