Bank Holiday Crisis of 1933

Duration: 33

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1957

Creator: Columbia Broadcasting System

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Uses a dramatized, "on-the-scene" news type of interview and documentary reporting to present the story of the quick collapse of American credit in 1933. Discusses systems set to keep commerce temporarily active, government controls, and measures taken to re-establish sound banking establishments. Points out the unusual nature of the "bank holiday" declared by Franklin D. Roosevelt and reviews many of the factors involved in strengthening the Federal Reserve System., Discusses how President Franklin Roosevelt acted to avert a panic on March 6, 1933

Complete Record: Uses a dramatized, "on-the-scene" news type of interview and documentary reporting to present the story of the quick collapse of American credit in 1933. Discusses systems set to keep commerce temporarily active, government controls, and measures taken to re-establish sound banking establishments. Points out the unusual nature of the "bank holiday" declared by Franklin D. Roosevelt and reviews many of the factors involved in strengthening the Federal Reserve System., Discusses how President Franklin Roosevelt acted to avert a panic on March 6, 1933NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.