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The Crash of 1929

The Crash of 1929 (1990)

0h 55m | PG-13

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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.

Director: Ellen Giffard

Studio: Middlemarch Films

Genre: Documentary, History

Video: 720p

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Cast

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

as Narrator

Reuben L. Cain

Reuben L. Cain

as Self

William C. Durant

William C. Durant

as Self (archive footage)

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

as Self (archive footage)

Henry Ford

Henry Ford

as Self (archive footage)

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

as Self (archive footage)