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简介:Adocumentaryexploringthecausesofthe1929WallStreetCrash. Oversixterrifying,desperatedaysinOctober1929,sharescrashedbyathirdontheNewYorkStockExchange.Morethan$25billioninindividualwealthwaslost.Later,threethousandbanksfailed,takingpeople'ssavingswiththem.Survivingeyewitnessesdescribethebiggestfinancialcatastropheinhistory. In1919,theUShademergedvictoriousanddominantfromWorldWarOne.BritainanditsEuropeanallieswereexhaustedfinanciallyfromthewar.Incontrast,theUSeconomywasthrivingandtheworlddancedtotheAmericantune. Easycreditandmassproductionsetthetoneintheroaringtwentiesforaneraofconsumptionlikenonethathadeverbeenseenbefore.Thestockmarketroseandinvestorspiledin,borrowingmoneytocashinonthebubble.In1928,themarketwentupby50percentinjust12months.ThecrashwasfollowedbyadevastatingworldwidedepressionthatlasteduntiltheSecondWorldWar.Sharesdidnotregaintheirpre-crashvaluesuntil1954. Thisisthestoryofafinancialdisasterthatwehopedcouldneverhappenagain.…