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The Crash of 1929

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.

1990 |0h 55m |  Documentary, History

Cast

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Philip Bosco

Narrator

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Henry Ford

Self (archive footage)

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Herbert Hoover

Self (archive footage)

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John Kenneth Galbraith

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William Howard Taft

Self (archive footage)

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Calvin Coolidge

Self (archive footage)

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Released

Language

English

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