Episode 9 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 9 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

History | BBC Alba | 2018 | 44'59''

In the early 20th century, leisure and recreation transformed American lives. Newly wealthy, the American society filled fre...

Episode 8 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 8 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

History | BBC Alba | 2018 | 45'39''

In the early 20th century, leisure and recreation transformed American lives. Newly wealthy, the American society filled fre...

Episode 6 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 6 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

History | BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'38''

The story of America’s criminal past, seen in colour for the first time using rare archive.

Episode 3 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 3 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

History | BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'16''

A look at America in the 1940s - the decade that transforms the nation - using rare archive footage seen in colour for the f...

Episode 2 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 2 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

History | BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'17''

A look at 1930s America using rare and unseen footage and in colour for the first time.

Episode 1 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

Episode 1 | Ameireaga air Film/America in Colour

History | BBC Alba | 2018 | 46'08''

Documentary showing 1920s America in colour for the first time.

5: Roosevelt and the New Deal | Twentieth Century History

5: Roosevelt and the New Deal | Twentieth Century History

History | BBC One | 1977 | 19'54''

President F.D. Roosevelt attempted to solve America's economic problems in the 1930s with the New Deal. With the he...

3: Boom and Bust | Twentieth Century History

3: Boom and Bust | Twentieth Century History

History | BBC One | 1977 | 19'50''

History programme for schools narrated by John Tidmarsh. Today's programme looks at the 1920s, a prosperous time in the United S...

S3E3: Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds | Days That Shook the World

S3E3: Fact or Fiction: The War of the Worlds | Days That Shook the World

History | BBC Two | 2005 | 29'30''

How a 1938 radio production of ''The War of the Worlds'' caused panic in the United States.

S3E2: Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre | Days That Shook the World

S3E2: Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre | Days That Shook the World

History | BBC Two | 2005 | 30'05''

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929.

5: Little Britain | Andrew Marr’s The Making of Modern Britain

5: Little Britain | Andrew Marr’s The Making of Modern Britain

Conflict and Warfare | BBC Two | 2009 | 59'21''

The Wall Street Crash and the rise of fascist politics in Europe caused chaos in 1930s Britain.

American Voices: A History of America 1917-1941 | History File

American Voices: A History of America 1917-1941 | History File

History | BBC Two | 2007 | 1'58'55''

A history of America, 1917-1941, through the eyes of a variety of characters from the era.

7: Hoover Dam | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

7: Hoover Dam | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

History | BBC Two | 2003 | 48'55''

Over one hundred people died when Frank Crowe tried to tame the Colorado River by building the Hoover Dam.

8: 1929: Breadline | People’s Century

8: 1929: Breadline | People’s Century

History | BBC Two | 1995 | 53'59''

The economic boom of the roaring twenties comes to a sudden halt in 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression. In the years after ...

7: 1927: Great Escape | People’s Century

7: 1927: Great Escape | People’s Century

History | BBC Two | 1995 | 52'50''

The cinema excites, inspires and influences people seeking escape from their usually dull lives. Hollywood booms in the 1920s,...

6: 1924: On the Line | People’s Century

6: 1924: On the Line | People’s Century

History | BBC Two | 1995 | 53'40''

Henry Ford uses Taylorism, division of labour and the assembly line to manufacture automobiles, and other industries in the Uni...

S3E2: Rule of the Gun | Days That Shook the World

S3E2: Rule of the Gun | Days That Shook the World

History | BBC Four | 2005 | 59'10''

Gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881 and the St Valentine Days Massacre in 1929.

3: The Dry Crusade | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

3: The Dry Crusade | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

European settlers in America | BBC Two | 1997 | 50'00''

Examining the very beginnings of Prohibition from early colonial roots andnd the settlers of Kansas to the fo...

1: The Roaring Twenties | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

1: The Roaring Twenties | Prohibition: 13 Years That Changed America

History | BBC Two | 1997 | 49'58''

Ed Asner narrates a documentary examining the effects of Prohibition in America in the 1920s and 30s. Th...

9: Crime and Prohibition | Time to Remember

9: Crime and Prohibition | Time to Remember

History | BBC Four | 2010 | 29'02''

Material from the 50s newsreel documentary series Time to Remember tells the story of the media circus that surrounded gangsters ...

Roosevelt | 1929: The Great Crash

Roosevelt | 1929: The Great Crash

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 3'39''

The beginning of Roosevelt's presidency and his investigation into the crash.

The impact of the crash | 1929: The Great Crash

The impact of the crash | 1929: The Great Crash

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 5'04''

The immediate impact of the Wall Street Crash.

The crash | 1929: The Great Crash

The crash | 1929: The Great Crash

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 6'10''

The attempts to prevent the crash as it was happening.

Market manipulation | 1929: The Great Crash

Market manipulation | 1929: The Great Crash

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 3'41''

The financial market in America was largely unregulated and some people found ways to take advantage of this.

Buy on margin | 1929: The Great Crash

Buy on margin | 1929: The Great Crash

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 1'57''

An exploration of the use of buy on margin in the twenties in America.

Consumerism and liberty bonds | 1929: The Great Crash

Consumerism and liberty bonds | 1929: The Great Crash

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 3'25''

An exploration of the consumerist culture of the roaring twenties in America.

Stocks | 1929: The Great Crash

Stocks | 1929: The Great Crash

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 3'42''

The twenties in America saw a boom in people buying stocks.

The Day of the Wall Street Crash | 1929: The Great Crash

The Day of the Wall Street Crash | 1929: The Great Crash

History | BBC Two | 2009 | 2'07''

The beginning of the Wall Street Crash on the 24th October 1929.
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