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S03E06: Insanity on Trial

American Experience · Season 3
Aired 29 Oct 1990 at 1:00am (UTC)
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Insanity on Trial

Synopsis

In 1929, while the stock market was rising, there were few critics. It was a "New Era" when everyone could get rich. But it was a small group of bankers, brokers and speculators who by manipulating the stock market grew fabulously wealthy. The film captures the unbounded optimism of the age and the shocking consequences when reality finally hit on October 29th.

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