Synopsis
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.
- Programme: 1929: The Great Crash
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2009
Licence: ERA Licence required
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