The Crash of 1929 (movie)

The Crash of 1929 (movie)

  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Ellen Giffard , Muffie Meyer
  • Production companies: Middlemarch Films
  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release date: 11/19/1990
  • Run time: 55 min.

Movie description

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.

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Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

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Reuben L. Cain

Reuben L. Cain

Role(s): Self

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William C. Durant

William C. Durant

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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Henry Ford

Henry Ford

Role(s): Self (archive footage)

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