In the early 20th century, leisure and recreation transformed American lives. Newly wealthy, the American society filled fre...
The story of America’s criminal past, seen in colour for the first time using rare archive.
A look at America in the 1940s - the decade that transforms the nation - using rare archive footage seen in colour for the f...
A look at 1930s America using rare and unseen footage and in colour for the first time.
Documentary showing 1920s America in colour for the first time.
President F.D. Roosevelt attempted to solve America's economic problems in the 1930s with the New Deal. With the he...
History programme for schools narrated by John Tidmarsh. Today's programme looks at the 1920s, a prosperous time in the United S...
How a 1938 radio production of ''The War of the Worlds'' caused panic in the United States.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929.
The Wall Street Crash and the rise of fascist politics in Europe caused chaos in 1930s Britain.
A history of America, 1917-1941, through the eyes of a variety of characters from the era.
Over one hundred people died when Frank Crowe tried to tame the Colorado River by building the Hoover Dam.
The economic boom of the roaring twenties comes to a sudden halt in 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression. In the years after ...
The cinema excites, inspires and influences people seeking escape from their usually dull lives. Hollywood booms in the 1920s,...
Henry Ford uses Taylorism, division of labour and the assembly line to manufacture automobiles, and other industries in the Uni...
Gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881 and the St Valentine Days Massacre in 1929.
Examining the very beginnings of Prohibition from early colonial roots andnd the settlers of Kansas to the fo...
Ed Asner narrates a documentary examining the effects of Prohibition in America in the 1920s and 30s. Th...
Material from the 50s newsreel documentary series Time to Remember tells the story of the media circus that surrounded gangsters ...
The beginning of Roosevelt's presidency and his investigation into the crash.
The immediate impact of the Wall Street Crash.
The attempts to prevent the crash as it was happening.
The financial market in America was largely unregulated and some people found ways to take advantage of this.
An exploration of the use of buy on margin in the twenties in America.
An exploration of the consumerist culture of the roaring twenties in America.
The twenties in America saw a boom in people buying stocks.
The beginning of the Wall Street Crash on the 24th October 1929.
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