The Crash of 1929

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Philip Bosco Narrator

Reuben L. Cain Self

William C. Durant Self (archive footage)

Thomas A. Edison Self (archive footage)

Henry Ford Self (archive footage)