1929: The Great Crash
Overview
A documentary exploring the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash.Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on the New York Stock Exchange. More than $25 billion in individual wealth was lost. Later, three thousand banks failed, taking people's savings with them. Surviving eyewitnesses describe the biggest financial catastrophe in history.
Cast
Bill Paterson
Narrator
Karen Blumenthal
self
William Bologna
self
Ron Chernow
self
