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The Crash of 1929

DocumentaryHistory
0.0·1990·0h 55m

Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there wo...

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Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Narrator

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Reuben L. Cain

Self

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William C. Durant

Self (archive footage)

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Self (archive footage)

Henry Ford

Henry Ford

Self (archive footage)

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

Self (archive footage)

John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth Galbraith

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J. P. Morgan

Self (archive footage)

DIRECTORS

Ellen Giffard, Muffie Meyer

OVERVIEW

Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions -- a "New Era" when everyone could be rich. But when reality finally struck, the consequences of such unbound optimism shocked the world.