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    Taken for a Ride

    1996 · Documentary · 52m

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Taken_for_a_RideTaken for a Ride - Wikipedia

    Taken for a Ride is a documentary film by Martha Olson and Jim Klein about the Great American Streetcar Scandal. The 55-minute film was first broadcast on August 6, 1996 on the PBS television series POV . Synopsis. Taken for a Ride begins with interviews on the inefficiencies and congestion on Los Angeles' highways.

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    • English
    • Jim Klein
    • 1996

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  4. www.amdoc.org › watch › takenforarideTaken for a Ride | American Documentary

    Feature Film. 1996. Before freeways, traffic congestion and air pollution, public transportation was a vital part of the American landscape. Jim Klein and Martha Olson weave investigative journalism, urban history and social commentary to uncover General Motors' role in dismantling street car transportation ...

  5. www.newday.com › films › taken-for-a-rideTaken for a Ride | New Day Films

    2001. 52 mins. Purchasing Options. Find on Kanopy. Watch Film. Following a long buried trail of auto/oil industry schemes, Taken for a Ride exposes the dummy corporations, secret stock transactions and propaganda campaigns that destroyed one third of the nation’s streetcars.

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  7. www.pbs.org › pov › filmsTaken for a Ride | POV - PBS

    Jim Klein and Martha Olson weave investigative journalism, urban history and social commentary to uncover General Motors' role in dismantling street car transportation in the 1930's, and in ...

  8. www.imdb.com › title › tt0236785Taken for a Ride (1996) - IMDb

    Aug 6, 1996 · Taken for a Ride. 1996. 52m. IMDb RATING. 8.0 /10. 138. YOUR RATING. Rate. Documentary. How the American auto industry engineered the demise of city public-transit systems. Director. Jim Klein. Stars. Jim Klein. Renee Montagne. Bradford Snell. See production info at IMDbPro. Add to Watchlist. 3 User reviews. 2 Critic reviews. Awards. 1 win. Photos.

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  10. jimkleinfilmmaker.com › films › taken-for-a-rideTaken for a Ride » Films » Jim Klein, Filmmaker & Editor

    Taken For A Ride offers strong evidence. It raises unsettling historical questions about why public transit has let the public down. Caryn James, NEW YORK TIMES. This film is a must see. Identifies the powerful forces opposing us as we try to create a more humane, sustainable and less polluting nation. Dr.

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    Jan 27, 2021 · 23. 1K views 2 years ago. Taken for a Ride is a documentary film that argues that automobile manufacturers like General Motors deliberately sabotaged streetcar systems through service...

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