The Crash of 1929
“The unbounded optimism of the Jazz Age and the shocking consequences when reality finally hit on October 29th, ultimately leading to the Great Depression.”
This is an excellent documentary for all students of the markets shown on Public Broadcasting’s American Experience – available online.
Lot’s of archival footage of the times is used and includes interviews with some who lived through it on Wall Street and relatives of famous traders such as Jesse Livermore. An excellent study in bubbles and irrational exuberance.
