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The Crash of 1929, presented by WGBH Boston, WNET/New York and KCET/Los Angeles ; a Middlemarch Films production for the American Experience ; produced by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer ; writer, Ronald H. Blumer

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The Crash of 1929, presented by WGBH Boston, WNET/New York and KCET/Los Angeles ; a Middlemarch Films production for the American Experience ; produced by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer ; writer, Ronald H. Blumer
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The Crash of 1929
Medium
videorecording DVD
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presented by WGBH Boston, WNET/New York and KCET/Los Angeles ; a Middlemarch Films production for the American Experience ; produced by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer ; writer, Ronald H. Blumer
Runtime
60
Series statement
American experience1930s
Summary
In 1929, while the stock market was rising, seemingly without limits, there were few critics. 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. The Crash of 1929 captured the unbounded optimism of the age and the shocking consequences when reality finally hit
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Crash of nineteen twenty-nine
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