The Colossal Damage the Great Depression Caused (EP2) I SLICE HISTORY | FULL DOCUMENTARY

On Thursday, October 24, the Wall Street Stock Exchange crashes, the greatest economic crisis of the 20th century suddenly breaks out. Fuelled by frenetic speculation, and by the idea that everyone can get rich without limits, it puts a final stop to the euphoria of the 1920s.

America is then caught in a devastating cycle which spreads around the world a few months later like a malign infection. It reveals how the world's leading economy sinks into mass depression, allowing Hitler to rise to power, and how eventually Franklin D. Roosevelt brings hope and optimism back into the hearts of his people.

Documentary: 1929, The Great Depression
Directed by: William Karel
Production: ROCHE Productions

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