What Everyone Gets Wrong About America's Lost Factories

What really caused America’s lost factories to disappear? In September 1977, Youngstown Sheet and Tube shut down its Campbell Works, costing 5,000 jobs and helping trigger the crisis remembered as Black Monday. But the collapse of Youngstown’s steel industry wasn’t caused by one decision or one villain. This documentary examines the forces behind America’s lost factories — corporate decisions, foreign competition, technology, trade, and the changing economics of American manufacturing — and what happened to the workers and towns left behind. Tell us which historic American factory we should investigate next.