Synopsis
The immediate impact of the Wall Street Crash.
- Programme: 1929: The Great Crash
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2009
- History | America, 1713-1975 | Life in the United States of America, 1910-33 | The Great Depression, 1929-33
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