The Crash of 1929
55 mins
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.
Reuben L. Cain
Self
William C. Durant
Self (archive footage)
J. P. Morgan
Self (archive footage)
Robert Sobel
Self