The Crash of 1929

Die Geschichte

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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.

Besetzung

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