The Crash of 1929
1990 · 55 min
Documentary · History
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.
Crew
- Director Ellen Giffard
- Director Muffie Meyer
- Writer Ronald Blumer
Cast
Philip Bosco
Narrator
- R
Reuben L. Cain
Self
- W
William C. Durant
Self (archive footage)
Thomas A. Edison
Self (archive footage)
Henry Ford
Self (archive footage)
Herbert Hoover
Self (archive footage)
John Kenneth Galbraith
J. P. Morgan
Self (archive footage)
- R
Robert Sobel
Self
William Howard Taft
Self (archive footage)
Calvin Coolidge
Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Director — Ellen Giffard
- Director — Muffie Meyer
- Writer — Ronald Blumer
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