The Crash of 1929

Documentary, History

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Ellen Giffard

Status Released

Release Date 1990-11-19

Storyline

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.