The 1930s / WGBH Educational Foundation.

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In 1929, there were few critics of a stock market seeming to rise without limits. Presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a "New Era" when everyone could be rich. Ultimately the promise of an economic boom disappeared almost overnight. In 1933 President Ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: PBS Distribution (Firm)
WGBH Educational Foundation
Middlemarch Films
Firstlight Pictures
Steward/Gazit Productions
Other Authors: Schreiber, Liev (Narrator)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [United States] : PBS Distribution, [2010]
Subjects:
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Seabiscuit > (Race horse), > 1933-1947.
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939.
United States > History > 1933-1945.
United States > History > 1919-1933.
Stock Market Crash, 1929.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.)
United States.
United States > Hoover Dam.
1919-1945
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Physical Description:5 videodiscs (approximately 5 hr.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Nineteen thirties
Format: Video DVD

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