The Crash of 1929

Original title: The Crash of 1929

55 minutes • 1990 • 0.0 Score

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.

Ellen Giffard

Director