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The Crash of 1929
Film / 1990

The Crash of 1929

Directed by Ellen GiffardMuffie Meyer
DocumentaryHistory

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Philip BoscoNarrator Reuben L. CainSelf William C. DurantSelf (archive footage) Thomas A. EdisonSelf (archive footage) Henry FordSelf (archive footage) Herbert HooverSelf (archive footage) John Kenneth Galbraith J. P. MorganSelf (archive footage) Robert SobelSelf William Howard TaftSelf (archive footage) Calvin CoolidgeSelf (archive footage)

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