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The Crash of 1929 (1990)

NR | Nov 19, 1990 (US) | Documentary, History | 00:55

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.

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Philip Bosco
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William C. Durant
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Thomas A. Edison
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Henry Ford
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Herbert Hoover
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J. P. Morgan
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William Howard Taft
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