The Great Depression - Season 1 Episode 2 The Road to Rock Bottom

Name: The Great Depression
Genre: Documentary
Released: 15 Nov 1993
Rating: 10.00
Cast: Joe Morton

1993-11-15 United States of America 54 minutes.

10.00 1 votes

Documentary

Episodes
Info
Cast

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Oct 25, 1993

1 - 1

A Job at Ford's Oct 25, 1993
1 - 2

The Road to Rock Bottom Oct 25, 1993
1 - 3

New Deal, New York Nov 01, 1993
1 - 4

We Have a Plan Nov 01, 1993
1 - 5

Mean Things Happening Nov 08, 1993
1 - 6

To Be Somebody Nov 08, 1993
1 - 7

Arsenal of Democracy Nov 15, 1993

Overview

As the Great Depression progressed economic collapse took its toll on rural America. Crops went unsold, farm mortgages were called in by banks, hungry farmers protested, and robberies increased dramatically. The U.S. Army was called in to defend the nation's capital from veterans who were demanding that President Hoover and Congress pay a bonus for their services in World War I. Concludes with Franklin Roosevelt's landslide election to the presidency.

Year 1993

Studio PBS

Director

Crew Henry Hampton (Executive Producer), Brian Keane (Original Music Composer), Michael Chin (Director of Photography), Steve Fayer (Writer), Terry Kay Rockefeller (Producer)

Popularity 1.6354

Language English