The Crash of 1929 backdrop

The Crash of 1929 1990 Directed by Ellen Giffard , Muffie Meyer

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Documentary , History
Production Company Middlemarch Films
Release Date 19 November 1990
55 mins
Cast
Philip Bosco Narrator
William C. Durant Self (archive footage)
Thomas A. Edison Self (archive footage)
Henry Ford Self (archive footage)
Herbert Hoover Self (archive footage)
J. P. Morgan Self (archive footage)
William Howard Taft Self (archive footage)
Calvin Coolidge Self (archive footage)